Health May 21 White House COVID response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha discusses the growing virus surge By Juliet Fuisz, Ian Couzens, Andrew Corkery
Nation May 16 Watch 6:51 Why the fight against COVID appears to have stalled in the U.S. The CDC on Monday formally confirmed that COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have surpassed 1 million. That's roughly the American death toll in the Civil War and World War II combined. It’s the highest reported death toll of any country,…
Health May 14 Watch 5:52 ‘Faces Of COVID’ memorializes Americans who have died during the pandemic Each day the Twitter thread “Faces Of COVID” posts the names, images and a short remembrance of Americans who have died from COVID-19. The project was started by Boston-based communications consultant Alex Goldstein, who has posted more than 7,000 remembrances… By Sam Weber, Maea Lenei Buhre
Nation May 12 Watch 8:17 Dr. Fauci on the state of the pandemic as the U.S. marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths President Biden on Thursday marked the U.S. nearing one million lives lost due to the pandemic and called on Congress to pass funding for more COVID relief. The pandemic has claimed more than 6 million lives worldwide, though WHO estimates…
Politics May 12 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans In our news wrap Thursday, the Jan. 6 committee in Congress subpoenaed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans, North Korea acknowledged its first COVID outbreak, Palestinians mourn journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot dead during an…
May 12 Watch 6:02 Americans reflect on hardship and loss from the pandemic By Sam Lane, Sam Weber, Maea Lenei Buhre As we approach the tragic milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. we wanted to bring you reflections from some of the people we’ve met over the past two years of this pandemic. A paramedic, a nurse,… Continue watching