Sep 07 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Putin vows to continue Ukraine invasion, Obamas unveil White House portraits In our news wrap Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin is defying pressure to halt the war in Ukraine and insisting Moscow will forge ahead, former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled their official portraits at the White… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 5:42 News Wrap: California moves to eliminate most sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, California moves to eliminate most sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, President Biden calls for Russia to return a nuclear plant to Ukraine's control, a court rules Pakistan's former prime minister cannot be arrested until… Continue watching
Aug 25 WHO chief laments inability to help ‘starving’ relatives in Tigray By Associated Press He said Thursday that he has relatives he cannot communicate with or send money to amid a blockade by government forces. They were some of the most personal comments among many he has made about Tigray. Continue reading
Aug 15 The COVID lessons the U.S. still needs to learn to tackle monkeypox By Laura Santhanam Exhausted public health workers and experts are "seeing a lot of Groundhog Day."… Continue reading
Jul 27 WHO chief advises men to reduce number of sexual partners to avoid monkeypox By Associated Press The head of the World Health Organization is advising men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners "for the moment."… Continue reading
Jul 26 What are monkeypox symptoms? Here’s what you need to know By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Here’s a look at what we know, who is eligible to get vaccinated and what people can do to protect themselves and others. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 10:34 Epidemiologists warn of critical moment to contain monkeypox By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings Vaccinations against the monkeypox virus are picking up in the U.S., but access and speed of delivery remain issues as cases spread. This comes as the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency. We spoke to Americans who’ve… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 2:59 News Wrap: WHO calls monkeypox virus a global emergency In our news wrap Saturday, the WHO announced the monkeypox virus has now reached more than 70 countries and should be treated as a global emergency, two Americans were killed in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region while elsewhere Russia targeted Odesa,… Continue watching
Jul 23 WHO chief declares monkeypox a global emergency By Maria Cheng, Associated Press WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among experts serving on the U.N. health agency's emergency committee. It was the first time the chief of the U.N. health agency has… Continue reading
Jul 21 WHO reconsiders whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis By Maria Cheng, Associated Press The World Health Organization has convened its emergency committee to consider for the second time within weeks whether the expanding outbreak of monkeypox should be declared a global crisis. Continue reading