Andrew Smith is a journalism professor who contracted COVID-19 during a class trip to the UK. After returning home to Kansas, he soon found himself in the ICU fighting for his life. Andrew joins us to share his ordeal with the virus and his road to recovery.

COVID-19: A recovering patient shares his ordeal

Hear the stories of people battling the coronavirus from China’s front line at a Wuhan Intensive Care Unit.

Between life and death, stories from a Wuhan ICU

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, the U.S. healthcare system finds itself short on equipment and staff. Nurses are in high demand, but as CGTN’s Mark Niu reports, they’re also feeling those in charge are failing to protect them on the job.

Nurses battle COVID-19 without enough protection

As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates in the U.S., doctors are forced to make hard choices on who will receive life saving treatment - and who cannot be saved. To speak on the heavy burdens set upon U.S. health workers, we are joined by Dr. Calvin Sun, an Attending Physician at multiple emergency rooms in New York City.

COVID-19: Who lives and who dies? A harrowing decision for U.S. doctors

Police departments across the United States are trying to find ways to continue working while keeping officers and the public safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York, the epicenter of the outbreak in America, five members of the NYPD have died, and more than […]

New York police fight COVID-19 while maintaining lockdown

As New York City prepares for a worsening death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are forced to build temporary morgues to house the bodies of the dead. CGTN’s Sarah Walton has the latest.

New York hospital builds temporary morgue as deaths from COVID-19 surge

If you’re from California, New Jersey, New York or Washington state, you likely feel more confident in your governor than you do in President Donald Trump in battling the coronavirus pandemic. A poll by Monmouth University found that 74% of people in these states said […]

Poll: Americans rate governors higher than Trump amid COVID-19

The Heat

The Heat: UK Prime Minister moved to ICU

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care and Americans brace for the hardest and saddest week of their lives.

The Heat: Coronavirus – Global Impact

More than a million coronavirus cases have now been reported around the world — nearly a quarter of them in the United States. And, jobs numbers continue to tank.

The Heat: Over 1 million people infected by Covid-19

More than 50-thousand people globally have now died from the coronavirus as the number of infections surpasses one million.

The Heat: Human cost of coronavirus around the world

Nearly one million people infected globally. We take a look at the human and economic costs of the coronavirus pandemic.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the U.S., shortages of basic safety supplies, such as masks and gowns, endangers the lives of nurses and other health professionals – as they attempt to heal the sick. We speak to Zenei Cortez, a registered nurse and co-president of National Nurses United, about the life threatening burden placed on U.S. health workers.

Americas Now

A tiny island in the Caribbean is home of some of the world’s fastest

They call Jamaica “The Sprinter Factory.” Two of the three fastest men in history come from this country.

Chile’s ambitious plan to preserve its natural patrimony

In early 2019, thanks to a large “land” donation, Chile was able to unite multiple national parks in the south of the country.

Commercial surrogacy surging in Mexico

Commercial surrogacy has become big business in places like Mexico. Alasdair Baverstock reports.

Is Latin America ready for COVID-19? A conversation with epidemiologist Manuel Patarroyo

Manuel Patarroyo developed a partial vaccine against malaria and became one of Latin America’s most renowned scientists.

Full Frame

Full Frame: New Cancer Drugs with Dr. Frank Jiang

The cancer therapy market is currently worth more than $130 billion globally. Beijing has prioritized creating a world-class pharmaceutical industry, and the race is now on for Chinese drugmakers to develop new cancer treatments.

Full Frame: Widespread

The World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic is now accelerating in every major city on the planet. But, before the coronavirus, there was the Spanish Flu of 1918, which killed millions around the globe.

Big Story

BIG STORY: Recovery – 24 hours in Wuhan

‘Recovery – 24 hours in Wuhan’ tells the story of how medical teams and volunteers are helping thousands of patients overcome the coronavirus in Wuhan.

BIG STORY: Quarantine 24 hours in Wuhan

This documentary goes behind the scenes in Wuhan, China and follows community heroes who are doing their best to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control.

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