italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health, or emergency reasons on a limited number ofs. with brief exceptions, all but essential shops will remain closed. italy follows countries like the netherlands and germany, which have imposed lockdowns until january. translation: we must intervene but i assure you this is not an easy decision. it is difficult to reinforce a series of necessary measures to better face the upcoming holidays and protect ourselves against of the resumption of work activities in january. with me is our news reporter paul hawkins. paul, right across europe then, we will want things are going to get worse and of course in winter it looks like they are. yeah, starting with italy and as you say following the netherlands and germany in introducing a national lockdown over the festive period. what does it entail? it means italians are only allowed to travel for work, health or emergency reasons from the 24th of the 27th of december, 31st of the 27th of december, 31st of december to the third of january and the fifth to the sixth of january. 0nly essential s

italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health, or emergency reasons on a limited number ofs. with brief exceptions, all but essential shops will remain closed. italy follows countries such as the netherlands and germany, which have imposed lockdowns until january. translation: we must intervene — and i assure you, this is not an easy decision. it is difficult to reinforce a series of necessary measures to better face the upcoming holidays and protect ourselves against of the resumption of work activities in january. earlier i wasjoined by our news reporter paul hawkins, who gave some more details about the restrictions in italy. so italians are only allowed to travel for work, health or emergency reasons between the 24th and 27th of the 31st to the third and the fifth of the sixth of january and only essential shops will remain open and italians can only have a maximum of two people in their homes at the time to avoid a third wave. lots of countries, i'm sure, are trying to do exactly the same so what about the uk? infection rates rising in england, wales and scotland, stat

italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health or emergency reasons on a limited number of with some exceptions, all but essential shops will remain closed. italy follows countries such as the netherlands and germany, which have imposed lockdowns until january. translation: we must intervene but i assure you, this is not an easy decision. it is difficult to reinforce a series of necessary measures to better face the upcoming holidays and protect ourselves against of the resumption of work activities in january. with me is our news reporter paul hawkins. shall we start by getting just a bit more on what italy is doing? italy is in your's's worst affected country and the netherlands and germany, they are imposing lockdowns until january and looking down from much of christmas and new year so much of christmas and new year so italian is only allowed to travel for work, health or emergency reasons between the 24th and 27th of the 31st to the third and the fifth of the sixth of january and only essential shops will remain open and italians can only have a maximum of two people i

nonessential shops will be shuttered between december... 0n those days, italians can only travel to work, for healthemergency reasons, so in european country announcing new lockdown measures as we head over the festive period —— another european country. france meanwhile has become the third european country to have surpassed 60,000 deaths from the coronavirus, after the uk and the worst affected country, italy. earlier, french president emmanuel macron posted a clip on twitter after he tested positive for coronvarius. here's some of it.

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italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health, or emergency reasons on a limited number of days. all but essential shops will remain closed. americans will soon have a second coronavirus vaccine, developed by moderna, after it was approved by the us food and drug administration. distribution of almost six million doses is expected this weekend, with vaccinations possible as early as monday. a damning report has been published by the us senate, saying boeing officials "inappropriately coached" test pilots during re—certification tests after two fatal boeing 737 max crashes. the report also says boeing officials sought to cover up ‘important information‘ that contributed to the crashes. now in a few minutes it'll be time for newswatch. but first, here's click. hey, welcome to click! hope you're 0k. it is nearly the end of 2020 — insert cheering here — and for the first time since march, you and i are together at the bbc at the same time. hello, mate. how are you? it's great to see you, even though you still feel quite far away, but hey, things here are festive, it is feeling

we have started working through by working through the health service system, so we're working through city test for city employees. we're working through the health system to bill those cost out to the providers that provide insurance for city employees. we have been working with kaiser on reimbursement in a number of firms, and then most recently, we rebid -- we did an r.f.p. for our testing vendor, and that is in -- just gone through the process and is now in the -- on contract award and negotiation phase, and as part of that r.f.p., we included a requirement about testing -- or about billing for testing. so that will be part, and there has been a lot of challenges in terms of logistics, the technology, the relationship with insurance plans that are routine in a lot of areas. when it's new, it's taken a while to build that, but that is one of our relationships that we are actively working to build on, and that's one of our budgets for increased revenue that will, as you say, exactly will offset the cost and allow us to have fewer restraints on all these important activities. >> than

health care is available to all. from an early age, i saw the life-saving work that our health care professionals provide, especially for the most vulnerable among us. my mother was a breast cancer researcher and my sister and i spent many hours roaming the hallways of the hospital where she worked. i'm sure your kids have too. and it's why i actually later cofounded an auxiliary group to help patients at a hospital in oakland, california, more than 20 years ago. it's why we need to protect and expand the affordable care act, and it's why we have to listen to front line health care workers like maureen and talisa. during our conversation, talisa said we wouldn't send our soldiers to battle without the gear they need. and we shouldn't, then, send our doctors and nurses to fight this pandemic without the gear they need. and of course she's right. and president-elect biden and i, along with this world-class team, will make sure we are doing everything we can to save lives and contain once and for all getting this virus under control is one of the defining challenges of our time, and we will do what the american people h

now president-elect biden has offered me a breathtaking opportunity to work with his team to shape our health care future. i share the president-elect and vice president-elect's determination to rebuild unity and civility in america. we know it takes hard work. we know we must do it together. we know it will be key to building critical momentum and support for the prevention and treatment of the coronavirus. those values and priorities will help us emerge from this pandemic a stronger, more just and more equitable nation. literally there are millions of small business owners and tens of millions of workers who are counting on us. i am proud to have this chance to implement the president-elect's vision for a better america through the challenging assignments that are in store for the department of health and human services. mr. president-elect, madame vice president-elect, thank you for this opportunity to serve. >> mr. president-elect, madame vice president-elect, thank you for your trust and your confidence. happy greetings and thanks also from my grandmother, my mother and father, from my s

the way we think of our monolith. >> this issue in terms of healthcare and assessing health disparities and working towards health equity is the lack of good data disaggregated at the level to understand the diverse experiences of different subgroups in this broader population so we asked a broader level have gaps in data to understand different racial and economic groups but greater challenges to digging deeper been he throws broader classifications to look at the variances of the diverse subgroups in them. increasing the availability of data and in particular disaggregated data to get a better picture of varied experiences is really important. >> the next question about diverse city, immigration is a big issue for many latinos, we talked about how migration itself can be a social determinants, talk about the impact immigration policy had on healthcare for latinos, civic rules and brought immigration policy, walk us through some of them. >> over the last few years we engaged in a series of research to better understand how the immigration policy environment has been affecting immigrants and what w

health care is available to all. from an early age, i saw the life-saving work that our health care professionals provide, especially for the most vulnerable among us. my mother was a breast cancer researcher and my sister and i spent many hours roaming the hallways of the hospital where she worked. i'm sure your kids have too. and it's why i actually later cofounded an auxiliary group to help patients at a hospital in oakland, california, more than 20 years ago. it's why we need to protect and expand the affordable care act, and it's why we have to listen to front line health care workers like maureen and talisa. during our conversation, talisa said we wouldn't send our soldiers to battle without the gear they need. and we shouldn't, then, send our doctors and nurses to fight this pandemic without the gear they need. and of course she's right. and president-elect biden and i, along with this world-class team, will make sure we are doing everything we can to save lives and contain once and for all getting this virus under control is one of the defining challenges of our time, and we will do what the american people h

then the second thing is that women working in the health care service, women working in the cleaninging during the lockdown situation, and so their partners, the fathers, had to stay at home, and so this has been proven to change the gender roles for the children at home. —— the first one is that some of the firms have been forced to flexibilise the employment situation, to make employment more flexible, to allow working from home, and in the long—term, this is going to beneficialfor women. then the second thing is that women working in the health care service, women working in the cleaning service, these women had to keep working during the lockdown situation, and so their partners, the fathers, had to stay at home, and so this has been proven to change the gender roles for the children at home. do you have an idea of how many families this is affecting, how many families are changing their gender roles as a result of this pandemic? in 10% of the families, the fathers were in charge of the children during the lockdown situation. 0k. and some fathers who weren't before, so this is a

same way some companies offer free flu vaccines, some voters can get free covid-19 vaccines at work. healthepartments play a key role in administering vaccines. so follow them on social media for updates, and see if you can get alerts by texts or email. you can find more covid-19 vaccine information at nbcbayarea.com/vaccine. >>> all right. so have you been able to find clorox wipes at the supermarket? there is still a shortage. today on "nightly news" the coo of clorox answering questions about when those wipes are coming. >>> in "time" magazine, they announced their short list of the person of the year for 2020. the four finalists were announced this morning. they are, joe biden, the current president, donald trump. the movement for racial justice, and dr. anthony fauci, along with frontline health workers. "time" magazine editor in chief says this year's pick was a challenging one to select. >> it's always hard. this is the hardest year that i've been involved in. so many massive stories all over the world, racial justice, the pandemic, presidential election, wildfires. i mean, really, r

committee advising the cdc says the first doses will go to health care personnel and long-term care facility residents essential workers who do not work in health care in phase, one b and adults with high-risk medical conditions and adults were 65 and older in phase, one seat the decision comes just days before fda advisers are scheduled to discuss the emergency approval of the vaccines made by pfizer biontech and moderna doctor sarah all over another advisor on the committee says the plan is to start distributing the shots within 24 hours of that approval, we expect a constrained supply environment for some months and need to make the best use of available vaccine ultimately the state will decide who gets the vaccine first, but the vote today will help the governor's make those choices and start setting up the process for administering shots. >>health and human services secretary alex azar says 40 million doses of the vaccine will be available by the end of the year, enough to vaccinate 20 million americans that won't all be available at the same time, however we anticipate 5 to 10 million doses per week post authorization. the cdc s

public health physicians also served in need of another, often forgotten, sector of the population, prison inmates. since 1930, phs officers have workedh the bureau of prisons, it's facilities, and hospitals. environmental health issues surfaced in the forties in steel towns like can or, up pennsylvania. smog made 600 people ill and killed another hundred 20. along with air pollution, concerns about water pollution we're mounting as well. radiation in the atmosphere from nuclear testing was apparent. the phs began to study radiation and its biological effects. environmental health concerns have stayed on the scene, growing in prominence. within the cdc, public health teams deal with toxic substances. since the seventies, the national institute for occupational safety and health has dealt with a myriad of industrial and environmental issues. postwar development in biomedical research paid rich dividends and lead to nobel prize honors for dozens of investigators supported by nih grants. for scientists from the nih have been nobel laureates. marshall nuremburg for breaking the genetic code, julius axelrod for his work on the central nerv

the work of the economic team because controlling the pandemic delivering better health care and reviving the economy go hand in hand. the work of my foreign policy and national security team, because we can't only beat the virus here at home. it must be beaten everywhere or it will come back to haunt us again. today i'm announcing that in consultation with dr. tony fauci we drefled the first three objectives of the new initiative i'm asking this team to complete. once i'm sworn in in our first 100 days in office. my first 100 days won't end the covid-19 virus. i can't promise that. but -- but -- we did not get in this mess quickly. we're not going to get out of it quickly. it's going to take some time, but i'm absolutely convinced that in 100 days we can change the course of the disease and change life in america for the better. first, my first 100 days is going to require i'm going to ask for a masking plan. everyone for the first 100 days of my administration to wear a mask. it will start with my signing an order day one to require masks where under the law, like federal buildings, int

's also been co-chair of the senate rural health caucus, working to ensure quality health care, not just in urban areas where it's so important, but also, in rural areas, we both come from families of newspaper men. senator roberts great grandfather, jw roberts founded the second oldest newspaper in kansas and my dad started at a minneapolis paper as a sports reporter where his main beat was the minnesota vikings. so, maybe our-- the things that we have in common stop there, but certainly, that newspaper background is something we have talked about and share. i will miss senator roberts' humor and good work and look forward continuing to work with senator stabenow and senator boseman as leaders of the agriculture committee. next senator alexander. senator alexander served the people of tennessee for more combined years for their state. with both senator roberts and senator alexander, we'll miss the long commitment and service to the government. senator alexander has served our country as he worked to find concensus on issues that matter most, like education, health care, mental health an

italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health, or emergency reasons on a limited number of days. all but essential shops will remain closed. americans will soon have a second coronavirus vaccine, developed by moderna, after it was approved by the us food and drug administration. distribution of almost six million doses is expected this weekend, with vaccinations possible as early as monday. a damning report has been published by the us senate, saying boeing officials "inappropriately coached" test pilots during re—certification tests after two fatal boeing 737 max crashes. the report also says boeing officials sought to cover up important information that contributed to the crashes. the government's plans to test millions of school pupils in england when they return injanuary is undeliverable — that's according to teaching unions, school governors, the church of england and colleges. ministers announced the plans on thursday along with a staggered return to the classroom. but schools says it will be impossible to recruit and train the thousands of people needed to carry out

>> i'll be working health care providers to make sure the texts are happening, the automatic messaging to remind people it is their time. >> reporter: doctors should reach out to their patients when vaccinations are available. >> all this week we're bringing you an in-depth look at the vaccine with our team of reporters and medical experts. tomorrow you'll hear about people who are hesitant to take the vaccine and distrust that it has roots in racism and they're skeptical. you'll find all our stories online. >>> governor newsom is painting a bleak picture of coming days. he's ordered 5,000 body bags and refrigerated trucks on stand by. california set another record today for hospitalizations, due to covid-19 as well as the number of people in icu. but the governor did share the state will get 672 doses of moderna's vaccine. a second covid vaccine could be approved in the u.s. this week. the fda released new moderna data today ahead of a panel vote tomorrow. they found it is nearly 95% effective. it could go out on thursday. for the latest updates on the coronavirus vaccine, you can alw

>> i'll be working health care providers to make sure the texts are happening, the automatic messaging to remind people it is their time. >> reporter: doctors should reach out to their patients when vaccinations are available. >> all this week we're bringing you an in-depth look at the vaccine with our team of reporters and medical experts. tomorrow you'll hear about people who are hesitant to take the vaccine and distrust that it has roots in racism and they're skeptical. you'll find all our stories online. >>> governor newsom is painting a bleak picture of coming days. he's ordered 5,000 body bags and refrigerated trucks on stand by. california set another record today for hospitalizations, due to covid-19 as well as the number of people in icu. but the governor did share the state will get 672 doses of moderna's vaccine. a second covid vaccine could be approved in the u.s. this week. the fda released new moderna data today ahead of a panel vote tomorrow. they found it is nearly 95% effective. it could go out on thursday. for the latest updates on the coronavirus vaccine, you can alw

this is part of the work that public health is built to do. the distribution of vaccine will be in accordance with the prioritization requirements set forth by the state of california. at first the amount of vaccine will be limited. the national system of prioritization will direct the first doses to people at the highest risk including those who work in health care and on the front line of exposures of coughed. it is important poem to have trust in an effective vaccine so it has the power that we need it to have to save lives. this positive news about vaccine planning comes amidst a time of record cases and hospitalizations for covid-19 in our county. the number of patient hospitalized with covid-19 in our hospitals continues to rise. we continue to be at risk of exceeding our hospital capacity with typically used beds in our hospitals potentially exceeding capacity by mid november if the trend continues. as of december 1st, icu occupancy among hospitals traditionally serving the south county and east part of san jose, their icu occupancy was

now president-elect biden has offered me a breathtaking opportunity to work with his team to shape our health care future. i share the president-elect and vice president-elect's determination to rebuild unity and civility in america. we know it takes hard work, we know we must do it together. we know it will be key to building critical momentum and support for the prevention and treatment of the coronavirus. those values and priorities will help us emerge from this pandemic a stronger, more just, and more equitable nation. literally, there are millions of small business owners and tens of millions of workers who are counting on us. i'm proud to have the chance to implement the president-elect's vision for a better america through the challenging assignments that are in store for the department of health and human services. mr. president-elect, madam vice president-elect, thank you for this opportunity to serve. >>> mr. president-elect, madam vice president-elect, thank you for your trust and confidence. i bring greetings and thanks also from my grandmother and my mother and father, from my si

acknowledging the work health workers are doing ahead of the nhs in england has given a message to staffspring we think with vaccine supply continuing to come on stream, we will be able to offer all vulnerable people across this country this covid vaccination. and that perhaps provides the biggest sign of hope for the year ahead. that will only be possible thanks once again to dedication and the commitment of countless nhs staff, our brilliant gps, our pharmacist and nurses and many others. and now is therefore, the right time, i believe, on behalf of the whole country, to record our enormous debt of gratitude and our nude thanks stop tomorrow, the terror levels in england will be reviewed. across the uk, ministers have pleaded with people to stay at home for new year's, sticking to restrictions in place. —— and our huge thanks. keith doyle, bbc news. one of the most devastating effects of the pandemic in india has been on the lives of daily—wage workers, who live on the margins of society, and are now struggling to get by. yogita limaye reports from mumbai on how the covid—19 crisis has

that is what the department of health has been working on. the buffalo bills proposed 6700 fans. the department of health is working on a model where you would test the fans before they go in. if they are negative, they go in. and then contact tracers afterwards to see what the effect was. commissioner zucker and robert mojica have been working with the buffalo bills on this and i am going to ask them to comment. commissioner zucker, he is using his hands. that is because he is italian. they tend to talk with her hands. robert mujica isn't smiling ofause the man is incapable smiling. i have known him for 10 years and i have yet to see him smile. don't take anything from his facial expression. there is no negativity intended. that is just his face in repose. dr. zucker, would you like to make a comment? >> thank you, governor. this would be a demonstration project. it is a public health model, never been done anywhere in the country before. as the governor mentioned, what we will do, we will work with the team to get all the fans tested were coming in before hand. 6700 people prior

people will only be allowed to travel for work, health, or emergency reasons.but i assure you this is not an easy decision. it is difficult to reinforce a series of necessary measures to better face the upcoming holidays and protect ourselves ahead of the resumption of work activities in january. our correspondent in rome mark lowen gave us more details on the lockdown. between the 24th of december and the 6th of january, all restaurants, bars and cafes will have too close, although they will be able to offer a takeaway service until 10pm. and except for four of those days all nonessential shops will also be closed, and all but essential movement will be prohibited. people will be allowed only to accept two people into their homes at any one time, be it family or friends. these measures come on top of restrictions that had already been announced which mean that the ski resorts will be closed until the 6th of january and that there will still be a night—time curfew in place, and that anybody coming into italy from abroad between this monday, the 21st of december

and the illinois department of public health works together in collaboration with those 97 public health departments, but they're not controlled by the department of public health at the state. and so that collaboration, which is a good one, and is ongoing for many years, does mean that, illinois has a different system perhaps than some other states. here's what i know though. you want this kept in ultra cold storage as long as possible until local counties are ready to push these vaccines into people's arms. and that is what we're accommodating, making sure that there is the least amount of spoilage and that there is the greatest number of vaccinations that are given all across the 96 public health departments. chris: governor, there's been a lot of ramp up to this moment in time. i sense a little frustration, tongue in cheek, saying you don't really believe projections from the federal government anymore. how would you grade where we're at 48 hours into this rollout compared to what you thought it might look like? gov. pritzker: you've heard my frustration with the federal government o

and public health department will work to provide those to first-responders, to the staff of nursing homes, perhaps to school nurses. we will have active role with municipality as well as health systems within our city to make sure the vaccine is distributed quickly and in the manner what is being recommended. connell: how do you feel about, we'll hear later this hour exactly what the cbc group says about it, the order things should happen? health care workers at the front of the line certainly makes sense to anybody who is asked about this but to the point blake was making a moment ago, there seems to be a deso-called 1 a group, people in long term nursing homes and care facilities 3 million in the country, bump them up ahead of other folks or get it at the same time as health care workers? how do you think that one or isa phase shut work out. what makes sense to you? >> health care workers make a sense. health care capacity right now not necessarily physical space, when it comes to nursing home question i think you have to look at, obviously want to preserve

italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health, or emergency reasons on a limited number of days. all but essential shops will remain closed. americans will soon have a second coronavirus vaccine, developed by moderna, after it was approved by the us food and drug administration. distribution of almost six million doses is expected this weekend, with vaccinations possible as early as monday. a damning report has been published by the us senate, saying boeing officials "inappropriately coached" test pilots during re—certification tests after two fatal boeing 737 max crashes. the report also says boeing officials sought to cover up important information that contributed to the crashes. despite the rising number of covid infections, on christmas day up to three households are being allowed to mix in england, scotland and northern ireland, with slightly tigher rules in wales. around half the population is planning to form a bubble with friends or relatives for christmas, according to research by the office for national statistics. our home editor mark easton reports. "‘tis the s

that is with the department of health has been working on. proposed 6700lls fans. department of health is working on a model where you would test the fans before they go in. if they are negative, they go in. afterwardsct tracing to see what the effect was. and othersr zucker have been working with the buffalo bills on this and want to ask them to comment. commissioner zucker, the picture he is using his hands because he is italian. [laughter] they tend to talk with her hands. isn't smiling because he is incapable of smiling. i have known him for 10 years, and he is incapable of smiling. don't take anything from his facial expression, there is no negativity intended. that is just his face in repose. >> thank you, governor. this would be a demonstration project. it is a public health model, never been done anywhere in the country before. what we will do, we work with a team to get all the fans tested who are coming in beforehand. 6700 people prior to the game. we will have proof of a negative result prior to entering. we will work with the team and do contact tracing

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reboot work. health insurance... is understanding health insurance in another language.vered california offers free, expert assistance in multiple languages and financial help for people who need it. enroll now at coveredca.com . >>> like many of you we have been working from home. on this christmas day we wanted time to look back of your been so kind and generous with your feet back. how we're making it work. >> hello. hi. good to be here. >> i miss you. i see you every morning but i miss you. >> we're so close but so far away. that's the reality. >> it's a policing that we're able to work from home and be together as a family. >> i feel like i've been under house arrest for nine months. >> things are chaotic. you can probably hear the noise in the background. i have a three-year-old and a 5- year-old. one of our first live shots she tried to break down the door. i had barricaded the door with her doll house. >> ellis are you working hard giving us the information. you are parenting from home. >> yes. that's right. you probably heard my daughter. >> hello claudine, what

around people experiencing homelessness not having mental health and substance abuse needs addressed as quickly as they should be, and a lot of work has gone into mental health reform and now we have prop c funding to help expand services. a lot of great opportunities, and the same exact three points were raised about the hiring behavioral health leadership and public information and the summary of the responses. i am repeating the things doctor levenburg said. it is the acknowledgment that hiring is a top priority and very, very clearly understood as a challenge. we did reclassify the position of the dhs director. i am -- bhs director. i am acting director now. there are a few people committed to the new director. we hope to announce this month and eta in the name of a new director. we are getting close to final selection. that is very exciting. there is a lot of opportunities that we have to improve access to information for dph as a whole and for behavioral health. we will be working on more concrete plans. there is a lot of information that we provide online. we acknowledge it is not easy to navigate and could be better mainta

previously scheduled their appointment afford this vaccination we're talking about people who work in health care system education or in social security systems and they have to be younger than 60 and they have to be basically health is still suffering from no serious chronic diseases. iran's supreme national security council has approved a motion to stop inspections by the u.n. nuclear watchdog an increase in richmond of uranium the plan is expected to be in place in 2 months time after it is signed into law by president hassan rowhani ethiopia says it's captured or killed most of the leaders of the battle tikrit region as it tries to bring an end to the month long conflicts e.u. says a deal to open access to humanitarian aid doesn't go far enough u.s. president donald trump is pulling nearly all american troops out of somalia in the next year months some 700 american soldiers are training and advising somali forces in the fight against al shabaab latest order follows a series of announcements to withdraw forces from missions abroad before he leaves office voting is underway in kuwait spawn

italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health, or emergency reasons on a limited number of days. all but essential shops will remain closed. americans will soon have a second coronavirus vaccine, developed by moderna, after it was approved by the us food and drug administration. distribution of almost six million doses is expected this weekend, with vaccinations possible as early as monday. a damning report has been published by the us senate, saying boeing officials "inappropriately coached" test pilots during re—certification tests after two fatal boeing 737 max crashes. the report also says boeing officials sought to cover up ‘important information‘ that contributed to the crashes. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament — where labour says borisjohnson shouldn't ignore medical worries about relaxing covid restrictions for christmas. can he tell us what is the assessment, and has it been done of the impact that it will have on infection rates and increased pressure on the nhs? i wish he had the gutsjust

public health physicians also serve in need of another often forgotten sector of the population, prison inmates. since 1930, officers have worked with the bureau of prisons. environmental health issues surfaced in the 1940's. in towns like pennsylvania, smog made 6000 people ill and killed another 120. along with air pollution, concerns about water pollution were mounting as well. radiation in the atmosphere of nuclear testing was apparent. studied radiation and its biological effects. environmental health concerns have stayed on the scene, growing in prominence. within the cdc, public health teams deal with toxic substances and since the 1970's, they have dealt with a myriad of industrial and environmental issues. postwar development paid rich dividends and lead to nobel prize honors for dozens of investigators, supported by nih grants. four scientists have been nobel laureate. the person for breaking genetic code and on the central nervous system. christian won a chemistry prize for work on amino acids. and carlton for isolating a virus fatal among natives of new guinea. work,lected in international health had become an area

the people who are really making the difference in these difficult times it is clearly those working in our health care system people who work day and night to save other people's lives and nursed them back to health. so we thought what can we do to shore appreciation and to give something back the answer was obvious as a hotel we could offer them complementary stays so that's what we did on the how was the response and norm overwhelming within 34 days the 1000 overnights days you offered were all booked and the waiting list was started half of the states have already been redeemed more than half of our healthcare heroes have come to stay here in our hotel and buy only that everything be could to ensure they enjoyed themselves it's been incredible when it comes from is a thing like the pandemic in the restrictions that followed the tourism and berlin on hold but that's not entirely true in the midst of the 2nd lockdown the long awaited new berlin airport opened its doors to the world and you can also now visit the reconstructed berlin palace my colleagues look at stake i went and checked out . my

weeks with them and in coordination with the illinois hospital soirks and the local public health departments work with their hospitals. this has been pre-planned. there are certain areas of the state that sl asked to have not them delivered, for example the ones that were delivered to chicago department of public health who got their shipments directly from the federal government. they get theirs after they have beb been repackaged. those are our regional hubs. no county or hospital wants these pulled out of cold storage until they are ready to put them in the arms of health care workers that are going to be vack inated and that schedule as been set for some time now. indiscernible] governor pritzker: the federal government decides that big cities which are in those states get the shipments directly. big cities have been faster than other areas of a state that is receiving shipments because they are going to the big cities area of coverage and the closeness of hospitals within a big city allows it to deliver much quicker. we have 58,000 square miles of the state of illinois and in order to cover

health care workers safe, including standing up a vaccination program for them. we'll have the staffing to be able to do this and people are pitchi pitching in to make sure it works well. >> the priority here at ucla will be to get vaccinations for those health care workers who are constantly around covid-19 patients and close to those patients. now, he will not be one of those who gets the vaccine. that's because he's part of the astrazeneca clinical trial. reporting from ucla, i'm paul vercammen. back to you. >>> joining me now, dr. jeffrey smith, executive vice president of hospital operations and chief operating officer at cedars-sinai medical center. his hospital will be among the first to get the covid-19 vaccine. great to have you on the show. thanks so much for joining me this hour. so, how has your hospital prepared for the arrival of this vaccine? >> thank you. our teams have been working around the clock to be prepared to receive and administer the vaccine. that includes making sure that we can receive the vaccine and put it directly into our ultra-low temperature freezers and make sure they're kept at the proper temperature at all times. we've built t

prioritization algorithm, using a computer, a cell phone app, and health care workers will answer some questions about what type of workhey do in health care and then those health care workers that are working on the front line, in the emergency rooms, in the intensive care units, in the places where they are interacting daily with covid patients, those are the highest priority to get the vaccine. soledad: the first dose, they say, gives 50% coverage or protection, and the second dose brings that to 95%. is there a different strategy around distribution of the second dose so that you don't have people who somehow got the first one, but drop off before they get the second one? dr. jackson: i think that's going to be a really critical piece, and one of the reasons we want people to enroll in our -- we call it our twistle app, is to make sure that they get reminders to come in for that second dose because we want them to have the full efficacy of the vaccine. soledad: is the vaccine free to you? do you have to pay for it? dr. jackson: the vaccine is free and we're not charging for the vaccine. we will charge an administra

then the second thing is that women working in the health care service, women working in the cleaninghad to keep working during the lockdown situation, and so their partners, the fathers, had to stay at home, and so this has been proven to change the gender roles for the children at home. do you have an idea of how many families this is affecting, how many families are changing their gender roles as a result of this pandemic? in 10% of the families, the fathers were in charge of the children during the lockdown situation. 0k. and some fathers who weren't before, so this is a new pattern emerging? exactly. for lots of people, it's been a difficult year. for some, it's been life—changing. we met conchi braojos in 2019 because she had been working with the feminist collective to find a solution to the problem of getting to work. she's a cleaner in a hospital and she had to walk alone in the middle of the night because of the lack of bus connections. none of us could have imagined the year that was in store for her, as the hospital she worked in became one of those at the centre of the pa

. >> she served as a social worker of the she believes her theater work can give support to those facing mental healthhsh worker of the she believes her theater work can give support to those facing mental health issues.believes her theater wor give support to those facing mental health issues. >> six months after the police came, no theater in guangzhou would rent the group space. on this day, the members met with someone to help explore their options. this dancer has pursued freedom of expression amidst strict regulations. >> long used her own connections to build a theater in guangzhou. >> the group have finally booked a theater in guangzhou and was ready to perform two days later a theater in guangzhou and was ready to perform two days latera theater in guangzhou and was ready to perform two days later a theater in guangzhou and was ready to perform two days later. but then, after just an hour had passed -- >> the members had been forced to cancel for any number of reasons in the past. >> they searched everywhere for performance space, outdoor venues, hotel conference rooms, and community centers.

cdph is trying to keep up with the work to support all the local health. the first element was a scientific safety review work group. that was convened to evaluate the fda application for the first vaccine that was just given an emergency use authorization and recommended the doses be given in california. it was washington, oregon and california to add an additional review to the fda review. that is just helping to support and make sure there are a lot of eyes on this and there are -- you know, the data is holding up to be administering the vaccines. additionally there's a guidelines work group to try to help draft in california specific guidance for the allocation of the vaccine and that's the guidance we're using and there's community advisory vaccine committee and that's to make sure safety, equity and transparency are all key elements to the vaccine distribution and allocation within the state. and then finally, the cdph is administering a system and we have a system called covid ready that all providers of covid vaccinations have to register through an