Speaking with a group of more then a dozen foreign nationals, China’s top respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan, discussed his experience in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak and what people abroad can take from his trials.
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On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he’d be halting the U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, claiming it “missed the mark” on the COVID-19 pandemic while also being “very China centric.” The WHO pushed back against the comments and the latest move […]
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While Argentina remains under a COVID-19 lockdown, one restaurant owner is using his business to help support the community, one breakfast at a time.
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COVID-19 quarantine is forcing many poor Venezuelans to make an unexpected journey home.
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In a White House press briefing on Tuesday U.S. President Trump announced the halt of direct payments to the World Health Organization.
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As countries all over the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll is also heavy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the coronavirus could peak in the United States. The Trump administration is under pressure to reopen the U.S. economy as soon […]
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Recently, Hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria, has started to show up more in conversations about how to fight COVID-19. U.S. President Donald Trump touts the drug as a sort of miracle cure. However, the WHO said there is no definitive evidence that it […]
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Days after the first batch of health kits, including masks, wipes and medicine arrived at a Chinese embassy facility, the delivery of those goods to over 3,000 students across the Washington D.C. area began the morning of Monday, April 13. In addition to basic protective […]
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As the U.S. struggles to control the COVID-19 pandemic, powerful storms pounded the southeast part of the country, killing more than 30 people.
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In the United States, governors are discussing how and when to re-open the economy. The Heat takes a look at that and also the mental health impact of social isolation.
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Argentina has entered its third week of lockdown, and the halt in activity is hitting the economy hard. Faced with a slump in orders for magazines, one factory has switched to making basic protective equipment.
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We asked three urgent questions of infectious disease expert Gavin MacGregor-Skinner, Director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council.
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Communities around the world are urging people to stay home as they try to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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The United States outpaces the world with 400,000 more case. Still, there’s a growing push to re-open the U.S. economy. CGTN White House correspondent Nathan King reports.
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The collapse in global oil prices, along with the coronavirus and U.S. sanctions, is putting severe pressure on the Venezuelan government.
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Los Angeles has extended its stay-at-home order for non-essential businesses and public spaces.
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Global cases of coronavirus are close to 1.7 million. Deaths more than 102-thousand. But amid the devastating numbers, there are signs of hope.
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As COVID-19 spreads in the U.S., the death rate among African Americans is twice that of white citizens. What are the factors for this disparity? Are they biologic? Cultural? Economic? We speak to Joseph P. Williams, Senior Editor at U.S. News World Report, about the disturbing connection between race and health in America.
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After returning from a dream trip to Egypt, Monica Yeung Arima and her husband came down with fever and would later be tested positive for COVID-19. As her health deteriorated, Monica was accepted into a clinical trial – receiving a treatment to combat the virus. […]
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Many New Yorkers have to travel by subway, even though they’re anxious. “I’m scared for like people not to touch me, people not to get close to me. I’m scared for other people, too. They ride too close. We New Yorkers, we don’t listen. That’s […]
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New York City is digging mass graves for unclaimed bodies from COVID-19. The city has experienced an overwhelming amount of COVID-19 infections and deaths, making it a global epicenter of the disease. With more than 170,000 infections, NYC has more COVID-19 cases than any nation […]
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are reporting a shortage of blood supplies. In Brazil, one of the country’s biggest football clubs, Sport Club Corinthians, stepped in to help.
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The global death toll from COVID-19 has passed 102,000.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shed greater light on the economic and health disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control has not released complete data on race and COVID-19, but in an initial study they found evidence that […]
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With more than 170,000 infections, NYC has more COVID-19 cases than any nation on earth.
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As the world struggles to contain the coronavirus, we begin with encouraging news from the United Kingdom.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve announced a new series of policies and plans on Thursday to make more loans and money available to stats, localities, and companies hit hard by the coronavirus.
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Over 1.4 million students have signed up for an online course on happiness since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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As communities across the U.S. suffer from the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, food banks are stocking up and distributing supplies to those desperately in need.
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These are sites and sounds of the city of Wuhan reopening following its months long lockdown.
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The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic keeps on rising. Is there any end in sight?
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On the eve of the 2020 Chinese New Year a mysterious new illness was discovered in Wuhan China. Now known as COVID-19, the illness quickly infected thousands causing the unprecedented lockdown of millions within the city and its surrounding areas.
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COVID-19 supplies from China, for Chinese students overseas, have arrived in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. With nearly 420,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the U.S. is the world’s virus epicenter. While some Chinese students studying abroad have been able to return home, the outbreak has also left […]
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NPC deputies and party members, especially those who work in the health and wellness sector, are revising their current plans and recommendations for the Two Sessions legislative meetings – delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CGTN Correspondent Wu Lei reports on one NPC deputy who […]
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On the day that the coronavirus lockdown were lifted in Wuhan, there are internet rumors that a city in another part of China may be locked down because of COVID-19. The rumor says the alleged outbreak was caused by Africans living in Guangzhou, capital of […]
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Life is beginning to return to normal in Wuhan, with the end of the travel restrictions in the Chinese city where the coronavirus was first detected.
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As COVID-19 spreads, different regions and countries are seeing different measures taken to prevent bigger problems. In Mexico, with no tourists left to serve, one beach resort is taking measures into its own hands.
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California is granting early release to 3,500 inmates in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus infections in the state prison system. The decision follows an emergency order filed by lawyers, requesting an intervention by judges to prevent illness and death.
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Yoga is usually done in groups, but during the coronavirus pandemic, practitioners are adapting and using technology to continue their practice. CGTN spoke with LeeAnn King, a Washington, D.C. -based health and wellness guide who has gone from teaching free courses at her local library, […]
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As the coronavirus pandemic spreads in the United States, schools have closed and many international students have nowhere to stay. CGTN spoke to one Chinese overseas student who made the long trip home. She says it took more than 30 hours for her and other […]
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With commerce and regular life virtually shut down amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the city that never sleeps is uncharacteristically quiet. Listen.
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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.
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Amid the clubs and theaters shut down over coronavirus, one American tradition is seeing something of a comeback, the drive-in movie theater.
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In times of crisis, journalism thrives.
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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.
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The Johns Hopkins University coronavirus map tracks new COVID-19 cases around the world in real time, and 15 billion people have viewed it as of Wednesday. The idea began in January when Ph.D. candidate Ensheng Dong and his advisor, Associate Professor Lauren Gardner at the […]
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The adventures of a penguin named Wellington is causing a stir at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium.
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A catering company, instead of completely shutting down because of the COVID-19 outbreak, is helping feed first responders during the crisis. CGTN’s Dan Williams takes a look at what the restaurant, Soul and Smoke, is doing to help essential workers.
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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.
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Weeks after a state of emergency was declared in Peru in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the usually packed beaches of the seaside capital Lima have been reclaimed by seabirds.
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