May 18 Watch 8:26 How homeschooling’s rise during the pandemic has impacted traditional school enrollment By William Brangham, Mary Fecteau Since the start of the pandemic, homeschooling has been on the rise with an estimated 30% increase in enrollment since the beginning of the 2019 school year. While the total number of homeschooled families remains relatively modest, its rise has… Continue watching
May 18 U.S. metropolitan areas are growing, reversing many 2021 drops, new estimates show By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Numbers released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau were another sign that flight from urban areas during the first year of the pandemic either slowed down or reversed in its second year. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 7:17 Sen. Klobuchar’s ‘The Joy of Politics’ invites readers into her personal life By Geoff Bennett, Cybele Mayes-Osterman With so much partisan division in our country, "joy" is not a word typically associated with politics, but it is for Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. She sat down with Geoff Bennett to discuss her new book, "The Joy of Politics."… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 8:50 Public health questions remain as COVID emergency ends By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings After more than three years, the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended. Thanks to vaccines, testing and treatment, we are in a much better place and deaths are at their lowest level since March 2020. But concerns over how the… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: U.S. COVID-19 health emergency ends In our news wrap Thursday, the end of the COVID health emergency put an end to vaccine mandates for federal employers and contractors, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered Imran Khan's release after it said the former prime minister's arrest was illegal… Continue watching
May 05 WHO downgrades COVID-19 pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency By Maria Cheng, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn't come to an end, noting recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 8:47 Comprehensive review of how U.S. handled pandemic lays out lessons learned By William Brangham, Courtney Norris Why the United States fared so badly during the pandemic, especially when compared to other similar nations, was supposed to be one of the many questions examined by a national COVID-19 commission. But that commission was never launched. William Brangham… Continue watching
Apr 24 Cities look to revive downtowns by converting offices to housing By Mae Anderson, Ashraf Khalil, Michael Casey, Associated Press A growing number of developers are considering converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive struggling downtown business districts that emptied out during the pandemic. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 5:25 CDC approves new COVID booster shots. Who’s eligible and when they can get it? By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas The government approved a second dose of the COVID booster for the elderly and immunocompromised. The bivalent booster shot targets the omicron variants. Seniors 65 years and older can now receive the updated booster four months after their first dose. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 9:01 Rural healthcare access at risk as public health efforts become politicized By Dr. Alok Patel The pandemic highlighted the power of local health departments and brought backlash from people who said these authorities were overreaching. In the wake of the turmoil, many were overhauled, leaving an outsized impact on rural parts of the country. With… Continue watching