Tonights event is part of our brandnew Virtual Event series. Were excited to continuethe work of bringing authors and their writers to our community. Every week we will be hosting events here on our podcast page and just like always Events Schedule will appear on our website harpers. Com and you can sign up for an email or newsletter for more updates. Running us for our next event featuring neal schuman discussing his book some Assembly Required decoding form dillion years of life from ancient fossils to dna. This evenings event will conclude with time for questions. If youd like to ask the speaker something go to the ask a question button at the bottom of the screen. Please be considerate with your question, we will get as many as time allows. You will sink see a link to purchase your copy. All sales through this link support harpers bookstore so huge thanks for your generosity during this difficult and uncertain time. Your purchases make this new virtual author series possible and no
The coronavirus crisis, flocking to parks on a beautiful spring day with the weather looking good again today. Shoppers across the south, meanwhile, heading to the malls from georgia to texas. But in other places frustration and anger as pockets of protesters fight the restrictions imposed in their states. Here is the latest this morning. Seven more states will begin to partially reopen for business. They are arizona, florida, indiana, minnesota, missouri, nebraska and new hampshire. All roads into and out of the city of gallop, new mexico, have been blocked as the governor says the coronavirus is, quote, running amuck there. Meanwhile, there are now 1. 1 million cases of coronavirus in the United States, and more than 66,000 deaths so far. Much more on those starts of the story in a moment. Plus, with scientists now focusing on more than a dozen possible vaccines, we will talk to the man who helped to develop a vaccine for another deadly virus about how soon we might see one now. Late
Something hes never done before performing a solitary easter mass inside a virtually empty st. Peters basilica. Live streamed into homes of millions of americans. Here are the latest headlines. The u. S. Has now surpassed italy as the country with the most total deaths from coronavirus. More than 20,000 people have died of covid19, and more than 500,000 americans have contracted the virus. For the first time in history, all 50 states are under a major disaster declaration this morning. On saturday President Trump declared wyoming a disaster area. That is the last state to receive the designation. And some good news for americans awaiting a t federal government. The first round of Economic Impact payments were deposited directly into Bank Accounts saturday. The irs says it is issuing the money as quickly as it can. Much more on those stories. Plus, we will talk to dr. Natalie azar, after spending two weeks in selfisolation, spent this week on the front line inside a new york city hospit
People out into the world too soon. So, when is the right time . Well get to that question in a moment. First, the latest headlines. The coronavirus death toll in the u. S. Has risen to more than 53,000. The number of cases is inching closer to 1 million. There are 938,000 in this country. The World Health Organization caused somenn satu reporting there is no evidence that people who had coronavirus would be immune from getting it again. That, of course, would be a Major Public Health setback. The w. H. O. Later clarified a bit saying, it does believe people who are infected will develop some level of antibody protection but its too soon to know for sure. During a webcast on saturday, dr. Fauci said the u. S. Should be testing twice as many people as it is currently before we begin reopening the economy and society at large. Dr. Fauci says he believes that will happen in the next couple of weeks. More on these stories in a moment when we talk to the former head of t and sunday spotligh
And now im book tv we would like to highlight some Program Summer archives of focus on pandemics. All of the programs are about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website booktv. Org using the Search Button at the top of the page. First, in 2000 on cspans book note Program Science journalist talks about the history of influenza, specifically the 1918 outbreak. Heres a portion of that interview. Hadley thought much about the fluid just seemed like something that came round every year people get sick and then they get better again. Ive never really been interested in it at all within a few years ago im a reporter for the new york times, wrote an article for the times about a really miraculous discovery. There is a guy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and he was writing and that technical journal called Science Magazine that he had managed to get some lung tissue from a soldier who died in 1918. And that lung tissue, there were still fragments of the virus that it ki