Dec 03 Watch 3:18 News Wrap: China eases some COVID policies in several cities In our news wrap Saturday, former President Trump called for the Constitution to be "terminated" over unfounded allegations of 2020 election fraud, cities in China eased more COVID restrictions after protests, Iran announced construction of a new nuclear plant, volcanic… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch 6:56 Misinformation hurts effort to immunize children in Democratic Republic of the Congo By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso Millions of children around the world did not get routine vaccines as a result of disruptions and disinformation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, these setbacks threaten to undo years of public health advances. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 2:57 News Wrap: 2 new COVID subvariants driving majority of U.S. cases In our news wrap Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci called attention to two new subvariants of COVID-19 that now represent more than half of all U.S. cases, protestors in Shanghai clashed with police over China's restrictive COVID lockdowns, intense Russian shelling… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 7:17 How scientists use wastewater to track the spread of COVID By Cat Wise, Layla Quran As the newest dominant COVID subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 emerge, scientists are looking beyond traditional methods to track its spread. One important tool in their arsenal is wastewater surveillance. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from California, one of the first… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch 3:58 News Wrap: Ukraine hosts food security summit in Kyiv By PBS NewsHour Weekend In our news wrap Saturday, European leaders arrived in Ukraine for a food security summit as the country’s power grid slowly comes back online, heavy rains caused deadly landslides across the Italian island of Ischia, China eased some COVID lockdown… Continue watching
Nov 25 After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges amid holiday season By Laura Ungar, Associated Press The omicron variant is driving U.S. COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just in time for the holiday season. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Russian lawmakers expand restrictions on promoting LGBTQ rights In our news wrap Thursday, Russian lawmakers approved new restrictions on anything seen as promoting LGBTQ rights, the U.N.'s Human Rights Council condemned Iran’s violent repression of protests as activists say more than 400 people have been killed and thousands… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 6:48 News Wrap: Biden pauses student loan payments as debt cancelation plan faces legal battle In our news wrap Tuesday, President Biden is extending his pause on federal student loan payments while his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt is tied up in courts, the Supreme Court cleared the way for a… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 7:27 'Tridemic' threatening to overwhelm health care systems as flu, RSV, COVID cases rise A so-called "tridemic" is threatening healthcare systems across the country. It's essentially a triple threat from the spread of flu, RSV and COVID. More than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds nationwide are occupied, seniors are hospitalized at a higher rate… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 6:13 China's latest zero-COVID lockdowns spark rare public dissent By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Beijing shut parks and museums as China faces its largest outbreak of COVID in six months. Authorities confirmed more than 28,000 cases Monday and the first official COVID fatalities since May. The numbers might seem relatively low, but despite some… Continue watching