"The pandemic’s toll in 2020 and the difficult road ahead" PBS NewsHour 12/31/2020
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SUMMARY: Since the first reported case of COVID-19 a little more than a year ago, the pandemic has taken a devastating toll in the U.S. -- far worse than in many other developed countries. Donald G. McNeil Jr., a science and health reporter for The New York Times, joins Judy Woodruff to give some perspective.
"Unseen crisis emerges as patients delay medical care during the pandemic" PBS NewsHour 12/29/2020
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SUMMARY: For much of the year, millions of Americans have been hunkering down and avoiding crowds to try to stay safe from COVID-19. But with that, many have also been delaying important medical care, sometimes with devastating consequences. John Yang reports.
"How the pandemic is shaking up college admissions and testing" PBS NewsHour 12/29/2020
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SUMMARY: With many college admissions testing sites closing down during the pandemic, as many as 50 percent of early applications arrived without any test scores this year. That's resulted in some top-ranked schools seeing a surge in applications, but elsewhere, application numbers are flat or even down. William Brangham spoke with Jeffrey Selingo, author of "Who Gets In and Why," to learn more.
"Biden’s pick to lead the CDC: ‘We have a lot of hard work in front of us’" PBS NewsHour 12/29/2020
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SUMMARY: When President-elect Joe Biden enters the Oval Office three weeks from now, his health team will be tasked with taking over the U.S. response to COVID-19, including the vaccine rollout. One of the members of Biden's team is Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who was named the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. She joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.
