Jul 17 France: Thousands protest against vaccination, COVID passes By Constantin Gouvy, Associated Press In Paris, separate protest marches by the far-right and the far-left wound through different parts of the city. Demonstrations were also held in Strasbourg in the east, Lille in the north, Montpellier in the south and elsewhere. Continue reading
Jul 17 Finns push for younger people to get vaccines By Associated Press Health officials in Helsinki, a city of 631,000 inhabitants, urged all those aged 16 and above, and those 12 to 15 who belong to a risk group, to get vaccinated. Continue reading
Jul 13 France rushes to get vaccinated after president's warning By Angela Charlton, Associated Press More than 1 million people in France made vaccine appointments in less than a day, figures showed on Tuesday, after the president cranked up pressure on everyone to get vaccinated to save summer vacation and the French economy. Continue reading
Jul 13 FDA adds warning about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine By Matthew Perrone, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction, but said it’s not entirely clear the shot caused the problem. Continue reading
Jul 06 'Now our people are at risk,' Rep. Bennie Thompson says of Mississippi's failure to take government funding for vaccination efforts By Matt Loffman, Alex D'Elia “Our governor refused to take the FEMA money to go out and identify those vulnerable areas,” Thompson told PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff in an interview Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 6:19 Despite improving conditions, COVID will 'scar' a generation of health care workers By William Brangham On Thursday night, we looked at problems in Louisiana, where COVID-19 vaccination rates are lagging behind the rest of the country. William Brangham now turns focus to how vaccines have improved life dramatically in New York, but the toll on… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 5:49 'America is back': Biden heads for NATO summit after a successful G-7 By PBS NewsHour President Biden flew to Brussels for the NATO summit after wrapping up the G-7 in the UK. At a news conference Sunday, he talked about the G-7’s plan to donate a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally and an agreement… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 4:14 COVID-19, climate change, China: Biden reaffirms America's global role at the G7 By PBS NewsHour President Joe Biden made his first foreign trip as president to the U.K. for the G-7 summit where he was welcomed by world leaders amid talk of “shared values.” In a bid to move past the Trump-era, President Biden reaffirmed… Continue watching
Jun 12 Aid groups appeal to G-7 for cash to get shots into arms By Danica Kirka, Associated Press The appeal came after U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped leaders of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations will agree to provide at least 1 billion vaccine doses for poorer countries. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 11:31 40 years on, HIV/AIDS is still spreading despite medical advancement By PBS NewsHour President Joe Biden recognized the 40th anniversary of the first documented cases of HIV/AIDS on Saturday, acknowledging the more than 32 millions lives lost to the virus and the more than 39 million people across the globe living with it… Continue watching