Oct 26 Watch 6:05 News Wrap: FDA advisers back Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11 In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers recommended that the agency approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11. The Pentagon is warning that the Islamic State in Afghanistan could be able to strike… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills 47, wounds dozens In our news wrap Friday, at least 47 people were killed and 70 were wounded in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in the city of Kandahar, attorneys for Nikolas Cruz say he will plead guilty for… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 10:09 FDA panel backs another shot for some Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine recipients An FDA advisory panel on Friday recommended a second booster dose for Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine. Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine, and Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean… Continue watching
Sep 11 China to donate 3M vaccine doses to Vietnam By Associated Press The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the pledge Saturday as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Hanoi. The visit comes amid a virus lockdown in Vietnam to contain a coronavirus surge. Continue reading
Jun 20 US sends Taiwan 2.5 million vaccine doses, tripling pledge By Associated Press The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan on Sunday, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health and geopolitical meaning. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 6:04 4 ways the US can help stem COVID deaths globally By William Brangham While the pandemic's toll is easing in the U.S., COVID-19 still has a deadly grip on many other countries. The estimated global death toll remains around 13,000 people a day, and the World Health Organization's new estimates are far higher. Continue watching
May 21 ‘It feels like freedom,’ 8 people describe getting their COVID-19 vaccine By Chloe Jones, Joshua Barajas Permission to hug your family. Freedom from fear. A chance to carry on the memories of those who were lost to the pandemic. We asked our audience what getting the vaccine meant to them. Many called it a harbinger of… Continue reading
May 18 Watch 7:17 Examining the American Medical Association’s racist history and its overdue reckoning By Yamiche Alcindor, Claire Mufson The national calls to action over racial justice have brought new awareness of past injustices in many parts of our society, including the fields of science and medicine. Yamiche Alcindor speaks to Dr. Aletha Maybank, the American Medical Association's chief… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 10:41 NIH director optimistic about teen vaccinations, says it’s ‘time to roll up your sleeves’ On Wednesday afternoon, a key advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended allowing Pfizer's COVID-19 shots for children aged 12 to 15. Many parents have been eagerly awaiting this decision, but it's far from universal. Dr. Continue watching
May 11 Watch 8:42 Gov. Cox on Utah’s vaccination rates, bipartisanship and ‘fairly large divides’ in the GOP President Joe Biden on Tuesday met with a bipartisan group of governors to discuss vaccination efforts as his administration aims to vaccinate a majority of American adults by July 4. Judy Woodruff talks with Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who… Continue watching