Apr 06 Governors plead for food stamp flexibility amid pandemic By Astrid Galvan, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press State governments and food security activists across the country are imploring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make the food stamp program more flexible and easier to access at a time when so many people are losing their jobs and… Continue reading
Apr 06 U.S., UK brace for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down By Lori Hinnant, Danica Kirka, Associated Press The United States and Britain braced for one of their bleakest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened. Continue reading
Apr 06 Chaos and scrambling in the U.S. oil patch as prices plummet By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press The global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has devastated the oil industry in the U.S., which pumps more crude than any other country. Continue reading
Apr 06 Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19 By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. Continue reading
Apr 06 Japan’s prime minister to declare state of emergency as early as Tuesday By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to bolster measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak, but that there will be no hard lockdowns. Continue reading
Apr 05 Today’s coronavirus task force briefing in 5 minutes By Hari Sreenivasan, Zachary Green Another day, another coronavirus task force briefing. NewsHour Weekend's Hari Sreenivasan and Zachary Green once more dive into the White House press conference to sift out the most accurate information about the pandemic that's affecting all our lives in our… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 6:07 British PM Boris Johnson hospitalized with COVID-19 Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has tested positive for COVID-19, was admitted to the hospital late Sunday. The prime minister has been in isolation at his residence next door to 10 Downing Street. The government says Johnson is running… Continue watching
Apr 05 WATCH: Trump, White House coronavirus task force hold news briefing By Michael D. Regan President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing. Watch the briefing in the player above. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 7:43 Pandemic brings telehealth to the forefront The University of Mississippi and other medical groups have been pioneering the use of telemedicine to connect people living in the state's rural areas to health care. But while telemedicine has been slow to take off nationwide, the spread of… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 4:15 Should parents lower the bar while working from home? By Zachary Green With the growing coronavirus outbreak, millions of parents in the U.S. are being asked to work from home while also caring for their children. Balancing the two may seem like an impossible task. But one writer says that this is… Continue watching