PBS NewsHour

July 19, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, July 19, global confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 14.3 million and 600,000 deaths with more than 3.7 million confirmed cases in the U.S., frontline healthcare workers and their families fight for compensation, and how aging caregivers are preparing for a future when they can no longer care for their disabled adult children. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Florida.

Caring for an adult child with disabilities in retirement

9m 2s

Hundreds of thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in America are living and receiving care at home. But their aging caregivers, many of whom are parents or siblings, are worried about who will continue to care for their loved ones when they are gone. Christopher Booker reports on some steps being taken to support families as part of our series, ‘Rethinking Lifespan.’

Previews + Extras

  • Inside the fight for denied comp for healthcare workers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Inside the fight for denied comp for healthcare workers

    S2020 E214 - 4m 19s

    As COVID-19 cases in the U.S. continue to soar, healthcare workers on the frontlines are increasingly getting sick and even dying of the disease. A recent Kaiser Health News report found that many of the sick workers and families of the deceased are facing hurdles and are even being denied benefits from the worker's compensation system.

  • As cases skyrocket, Texas officials disagree over testing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    As cases skyrocket, Texas officials disagree over testing

    S2020 E214 - 3m 46s

    A disagreement between city and state authorities over which test result constitutes “positive” in Texas is complicating the state’s case count, with cities like San Antonio adding over 5,000 cases in one day due to the backlog created by the discrepancy. Joey Palacio of Texas Public Radio joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the situation in one of America’s growing hotspots.

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