Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Biden continues to push for COVID relief and a minimum wage increase as a Cabinet nominee faces opposition in the Senate, global disparities and uneven distribution of COVID vaccines becomes more visible as the first shipment of doses arrives in Africa, and the pandemic highlights the discrimination African Americans encounter in the health system.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
News Wrap: FDA says Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective
House nears vote on Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan
Sen. Tester on COVID aid, minimum wage and Biden’s nominees
Global disparities highlighted by access to COVID vaccines
Black patients struggle for equal access in U.S. medicine
COVID-19 takes hold in Syrian opposition’s last strongholdÂ
Boston restores monument to Black civil war troops
Students reflect on their modern-day heroes
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