On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic. We interviewed 9 health workers around the world to learn what's surprised them most — and how they've managed to cope.
Thursday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp issued guidelines to expand eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations to more than three million more Georgians. The move lowers the age threshold to 55 and covers those with a broad range of health conditions. Meanwhile, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is nearing President Joe Biden’s desk. Republicans argue the massive spending bill is swollen with spending that has little to do with coronavirus-related matters.
The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day a year ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.
High-ranking GOP state officials are objecting to a provision in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that blocks them from using the federal funds to pay for tax breaks.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now recommends that visitors and residents, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, be allowed to meet in person under most circumstances.
For four months last year, Dr. Angela Chen only saw her child through a window. A year into the global pandemic, the view is a different, but it's impossible to forget the memories of last spring.
Since April, 33 probate judges in Georgia have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s up from 17 in November. With one probate judge for each of the state’s 159 counties, that’s an infection rate of about 20 percent. And 69 clerks of those courts have been infected.
Gov. Kemp announced today that all adults in Georgia over the age of 16 will be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19 beginning April, if supply and data allow. Adults 55 and up will be eligible Monday, March 15, along with people with health conditions.
The agreement, which still must be ratified by members of the teachers union, would see most students returning to physical classrooms for the first time in more than a year.
Infusing blood plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 into sick patients looks good on paper. But studies of the treatment haven't found benefits.
California moved from a risk-based to an age-based system for the COVID-19 vaccine in January. People with disabilities say that pivot cast them aside and they should have been prioritized.
As Michigan prioritizes vaccines for the state's most vulnerable populations, some not in that category are complaining that using data that way is unfair. Others see racism in the pushback.
Congress approved $25 billion in emergency rental assistance to keep people housed during the pandemic, but states are facing glitches on the federal moratorium for renters and landlords.
A year ago this week, the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in Albany. The city would become a global hotspot and one of the places that first showed that COVID-19 disproportionately kills Black people. Now Albany has the COVID-19 vaccine and something else to teach us.
