How you can save announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening there is News Tonight that officials hope will get many cautious and reluctant americans off the fence and to covid vaccination centers. Pfizer today granted full Fda Approval for its vaccine. The hope now is that americans who have been waiting for a full Fda Signoff will have the reason they need to roll up their sleeves. But the news is also strengthening the hands of companies and institutions that are moving to require workers and students in some cases to be fully vaccinated americans still playing catchup with a virus that infected 180,000 people just this past weekend and took almost 1,200 lives. Miguel almaguer has details. Reporter expected but still historic todays full approval of Pfizers Vaccine for people 16 and older marks another major milestone in the pandemic, coming 97 days after the fda began its official review the first Covid Vaccine to move beyond emergency use authorization. The ne
Home workers, elderly care advocates, and public health experts testified. They said it got worse during the pandemic. This morning, the Finance Committee is holding the second of three hearings that well be holding this week. This is a particularly important hearing because our country is now a full year into the Covid19 Pandemic. In the pandemic. Let me just give a brief kind of Process Statement with respect to how well do this. We have two votes at 11 30 a. M. , and well do everything we can to keep this moving. And we have been working with the ranking member on this. And if we dont do that, well probably be here until 3 00 p. M. So well do our best to keep this moving. As i indicated, were a year in, and vaccinations are up, americans are beginning to feel encouraged. And yet so many families, hundreds of thousands spread across the country, are unable to share in this sense of uplift because they are mourning loved ones that they have lost. Over the last year, more than 175,000
american health care association with us to talk about the impact of covid-19 and health care facilities and nursing homes across the country. good morning. guest: good morning, bill. host: since the pandemic began first of all, give us numbers on how many facilities, assisted living facilities, your organization represents. guest: about 15,000 nursing homes in the country and about 35,000 assisted living. we represent 10,000 out of 5000 out of the 35,000. host: what are the changes you have made to address the issues, the spread of the virus, the deaths in those facilities? guest: i think the challenges really been learning about the virus. early on nobody really knew about the virus. it was hard to control. we did not know so many people who did not have symptoms could spread it. we did not have availability of testing. we did not know what the right practices were. so it was very hard to control for the first several months. i think now that we have a better sense we are
the america health care association is with us this morning to talk about the impact of covid-19 and health care facilities, nursing homes across the country. good morning, dr. gifford. good morning, bill. since the pandemic began first of all, how many give us numbers on how many facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, your organization represents. there s about 15 now nursing homes in the country and about 35,000 assisted living and we represent about 10,000 of the 15,000 nursing homes. what has your organization done since the beginning of the pandemic, the changes you have made to address the issues, the spread of the virus, the deaths in those facilities? well, i think the challenge has really been learning about the virus. early on, no one new about the virus. it was really hard to control. we didn t know so many people who didn t have symptoms could spread it. we didn t have availability of testing. we didn t know what the right practices w
ukraine and georgia as member countries. representatives of nato, ukraine, and georgia talk about the process of expanding nato membership and russia s opposition to adding the two countries. the german marshall fund hosted this hour and ten minute event. and i m very pleased that today we have the pleasure to welcome our panelists and our viewers on both sides of the atlantic, so good evening, europe. good morning, america. and for my part, greetings from brussels. the topic of today, ukraine, georgia relations with nato is something i would say is almost part of the dna of the german marshall funds. gmf has been working many years on ukraine and georgia related issues. we do so through our black sea trust fund that supports a new society in black sea countries but also by address so i also really want to thank our partners in this event for all the support they provide. i think we have a terrific lineup of speakers ready to contribute tonight. so today we want to dig a