June 3, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

The U.S. will donate 75 percent of its unused COVID-19 vaccine doses to nations in need. The Biden administration announced Thursday its plan to ship 80 million doses by month's end to countries around the world. Nick Schifrin reports, and speaks to the State Department coordinator in charge of the effort.

Even as the rest of the world is clamoring for the vaccine, there are still a large number of Americans who don't want it or are hesitant to get it. We asked some of our viewers to tell us about their concerns and why they've chosen to wait, and Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of Health, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday released an urgent request for money to help rehabilitate Gaza. The coastal enclave has 1.8 million people in dire need of basic provisions, and the U.S. is currently negotiating on how best to rebuild, without aiding Hamas. Nick Schifrin reports on the urgent need felt by so many in Gaza.

For Black women in America, a breast cancer diagnosis brings with it a disturbing statistic. Black women are less likely to develop breast cancer but 40 percent more likely to die from it than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yamiche Alcindor reports on the complicated story behind the statistics.

The bombs may have stopped falling on Gaza and the rocket fire from there has ceased for now, but Gazans face a huge task of rebuilding. Ilan Goldenberg, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for a New American Security, and Zaha Hassan, a human rights lawyer and visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, join Nick Schifrin for more on the rebuilding of Gaza.

Unemployment claims dropped again Thursday, and this week may also bring a clearer picture of what's happening with the job market. As more Americans get vaccinated, workers and companies are figuring out what post-pandemic work life will look like -- and how it may change permanently. NewsHour's Paul Solman has the story as part of his series, "Making Sense."