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VACCINE NEWS

  • Texas COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker
  • Covid-19 vaccinations are given during a drive-thru vaccination site implemented by Memorial Hermann in the Yellow Lot at NRG Park on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 in Houston. Memorial Hermann plans to vaccinate approximately 13,000 people who are 65 or older, based on the state's vaccination distribution Phase 1B guidelines. The four-day event is only available for those who are pre-registered to get the vaccine.
    Texas rolls out additional vaccination hubs in the Houston area
  • Bill Braido receives his first dose of the Moderna-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine from medical assistant Melissa Garcia during an appointment at a Memorial Hermann Medical Group office on West Holcombe Boulevard, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Houston. Braido, 67, is currently receiving chemotherapy treatments at Memorial Hermann for stage 1 bladder cancer, and received an email during the last week of December asking him to schedule an appointment to receive the vaccine.
    Here's where you can get vaccinated in Texas
  • Registered nurse April Burgeons administers a dose of a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the Ascension Seton Medical Center on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Commissioner Dr. John William Hellerstedt of the Texas Department of State Health Services far left and Registered nurse Toby Hatton looks on. (Ricardo B. Brazziell /Austin American-Statesman via AP)
    Just how impressive is the vaccine rollout in Texas?

Coronavirus News

  • Houston firefighters remove PPE after a call for a man experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at a home in Houston.
    TX workers filed over 90K COVID claims, $121M paid in benefits
    The COVID-19 pandemic halted a 20-year trend in Texas of declining workers’ compensation claims.
    By Natalie Walters
  • In Texas, more than two of every five adults (42.3%) said they have tested positive for COVID-19 at some point since the start of the global pandemic.
    Nearly 1-in-5 Texans who’ve had COVID have 'long COVID'
    By Chandler France
    FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 shots for infants, preschoolers
    By LINDSEY TANNER
    US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel
    By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG
    COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise
    By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
  • Houston & Texas Houston City Council sued over lack of Hispanic...
    The League of United Latin Americans Citizens is suing Houston City Council over its implementation of at-large city council positions it believes stymies the voice of the city's large Hispanic population.  
  • Houston & Texas 'Pedophiles' banner hung over entrance of Texas...
    Protestors hung the banner following controversy surrounding a recent Balenciaga ad campaign featuring kids. 
  • Houston & Texas Body of 7-year-old Texas girl found, FedEx driver arrested
    FILE PHOTO A sign on the side of a FedEx truck.
  • Houston & Texas Hundreds of TX Methodist churches vote to split from...
    Lakeridge Methodist Church in Lubbock on Dec. 3, 2022. 
  • Houston & Texas Feds arrest Texas man charged with threats to Boston doctor
    Counter-protestors gather to demonstrate against an appearance by "Billboard Chris", who opposes medical treatments for transgender youth, outside of Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sept. 18, 2022.

More Coronavirus News

  • Coronavirus
    US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel
    The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before boarding a flight to the United States. By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG
  • Coronavirus
    Wastewater tests indicate rise in COVID-19 throughout Houston
    A file photo from 2018 shows a worker at Houston’s 69th Street Wastewater Treatment Plant. The city is testing samples from the plants for COVID-19. Recent tests show COVID-19 levels spiking across the city. Talk about a crappy way to start the summer. By Jay R. Jordan
  • Coronavirus
    COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise
    Safety-net hospitals and clinics are seeing sharply higher costs for salaries and other basic operating expenses, and they fear they won’t be prepared if there’s another surge and no backstop. By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
  • Coronavirus
    Moderna seeks approval on COVID-19 shots for kids under 6
    Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer. Moderna submitted data to the Food and Drug... By LAURAN NEERGAARD
  • Coronavirus
    Texas hospitals to pick up bill for uninsured COVID-19 patients
    The fund known as the Health Resources and Services Administration COVID-19 Uninsured Program — created to help hospitals pay for the care of uninsured COVID patients — has dried up. Hospitals and other health care providers in Texas, which has the lowest rate of insurance coverage in the nation, have gotten some $1.8 billion in federal help for uninsured COVID-19 patients. By KAREN BROOKS HARPER
Science News
  • Science & Environment TX asks feds to weigh energy industry in endangered bat...
    Power lines are seen on in Texas City, Texas. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has asked U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to refrain from identifying critical habitats for tricolored bats over concerns about how it could limit the state’s ability to produce energy.
  • Science & Environment Fixing methane leaks can be a climate game-changer
    A drilling rig operates as the sun sets Tuesday, July 5, 2022, near Midland.
  • Science & Environment NASA makes lunar comeback with successful Artemis 1 launch
    NASA's Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 
  • Science & Environment Mysterious spaceplane lands after circling Earth for over...
    The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6 sits on the flightline at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing its sixth successful mission, Nov. 12. 2022.
  • Science & Environment The world wants US to pay its share of climate change costs
    Al Gore speaks during the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit (SCIS) of the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 07, 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

More Coronavirus News

  • Coronavirus
    New, highly transmissible forms of omicron may pose threat
    What Is Omicron's Incubation Period?: Omicron's incubation period is shorter than previous COVID-19 variants. Here's why that matters. Disease trackers are monitoring the spread of new, highly transmissible versions of the omicron variant in New York state and Europe, the latest evidence of the coronavirus's ability to overhaul its genetic profile and pose a fresh threat. By Katie Shepherd and Salvador Rizzo
  • News
    Study: Ivermectin does not reduce risk of COVID hospitalization
    Anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for COVID-19 despite a lack of strong research to back it up, showed no sign of alleviating the disease, according to results of a large clinical trial... By Carl Zimmer
  • Coronavirus
    Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US
    FILE - Fans storm the court at the conclusion of a college basketball game in Champaign, Ill., on Sunday, March 6, 2022. After about two months of falling COVID-19 cases, pandemic restrictions have been lifted across the U.S., and many people are taking off their masks and returning to indoor spaces. Experts are also keeping their eyes on yet another mutant. By LAURA UNGAR
  • Coronavirus
    Moderna: low-dose COVID vaccines work for kids under 6
    The nation’s 18 million children under 5 are the only age group not yet eligible for vaccination. By LAURAN NEERGAARD
  • Houston & Texas
    Houston ISD dropping mask requirements in schools, facilities
    Students are shown at Atherton Elementary School, 2011 Solo St., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 in Houston. The change follows new indoor mask-wearing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  By Ariana Garcia
Politics
  • Politics Losing Houston GOP candidate wants Texas House to void...
    From left: Republican Mike May and Texas House District 135 incumbent Democrat Jon Rosenthal.
  • Politics Hidalgo, Turner schmooze with celebs at White House dinner
    Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo was spotted alongside singer John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen at the White House state dinner Thursday evening. 
  • Politics Murphy proposes linking police funding to gun law...
  • Politics $1 million check from FTX’s founder returned by Beto...
    Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried attends a press conference at the FTX Arena in downtown Miami on June 4, 2021.
  • Politics New Congress has few leadership roles for Texans in the...
    The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2022.

More Coronavirus News

  • Politics
    Houston takes another step toward being mask free
    Houston is dropping its indoor face mask requirements for city buildings as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall.  The action coincides with the CDC relaxing its indoor masking requirements Friday. By Ariana Garcia
  • Coronavirus
    US authorizes new antibody drug to fight omicron
    The drug is for adults and adolescent patients with mild-to-moderate cases. By MATTHEW PERRONE and RICARDO ALSONSO-ZALDIVAR
  • Coronavirus
    Houston scientists acclaimed for patent-free COVID-19 vaccine
    Maria Bottazzi replaces vials of the vaccine into a freezer at the Tropical Medicine Lab at Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston. Corbevax, a low-cost coronavirus vaccine created in Houston, could be a better weapon against COVID-19 by reaching the unvaccinated in poorer countries. By KAREN BROOKS HARPER
  • Coronavirus
    Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes
    More than a third of COVID-19 survivors by some estimates will develop lingering problems. By LAURA UNGAR and LINDSEY TANNER
  • News
    Texas teen suffers from distorted smell months after COVID
    For 13-year-old Reagan Springer, the last nine months have not been easy. By Hearst Television

Most Popular

  1. Justin Verlander signs with Mets, ending brilliant run with Astros
  2. 'Pedophiles' banner hung in front of Texas Balenciaga store after controversial ad campaign
  3. The Houston Astros should sign this hated rival in free agency
  4. Popular TX pastor returns after absence over an 'inappropriate' online relationship
  5. Report: Houston Astros eyeing trio of outfielders in free agency
  6. Jeremy Peña expresses excitement about Houston Astros' offseason moves
  7. Texas’s crypto mining boom is starting to look more like a bust
  • Coronavirus
    Many families resume lives even as hospitals are overwhelmed
    LEFT: Gabriela Hernandez leans over her daughter, Kimberly, who is being treated for covid-19 and an autoimmune disease at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. The split-screen reality of American life amid a pandemic has never been as stark as at this moment, in the 23rd month of a crisis that people had expected would long be over. While some argue that time has come to resume parts of American life,... By Ariana Eunjung Cha
  • Sports
    New virus rules put Djokovic at risk of missing French Open
    France is tightening its vaccination rules in a way that could put Novak Djokovic at risk of missing the French Open.
  • Coronavirus
    Texas toddler saves COVID symptomatic parents from house fire
    Kayla and Nathan Dahl were fast asleep when their toddler approached their bed one recent morning to utter two of the few words he knows so far - words that would save his family from danger. "Mama, hot," Brandon, who turns 2 on Sunday, said while... By Andrea Salcedo
  • Coronavirus
    What's known about 'stealth' version of omicron?
    BA.2, is widely considered stealthier than the original version of omicron. By LAURA UNGAR
  • Coronavirus
    How Texans can get free at-home COVID-19 tests and N95 masks
    Last week, the Biden administration launched covidtests.gov, where people can order rapid at-home antigen tests free of charge.  Last week, the Biden administration launched covidtests.gov, where people can order rapid at-home antigen tests free of charge.  By Allyson Waller
Business News
  • Technology Texas’s crypto mining boom is starting to look more like...
    Whinstone US CEO Chad Harris points to where Bitcoin mining machines will go during a tour at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 10, 2021.
  • Technology Elizabeth Holmes appeals Theranos fraud conviction,...
    Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at federal court with her partner Billy Evans on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. 
  • Business US shoppers kick off holiday season with a muted Black...
    People shop in The Galleria mall during Black Friday on November 26, 2021 in Houston, Texas.
  • Business Amazon faces Black Friday protests, strikes in 40 countries
    Amazon packages move on a conveyer belt at Rugeley Amazon Fulfilment Centre on November 23, 2022 in Rugeley, England. 
  • Technology Tesla opens floodgates for owners to test out automated...
    Until now, some paying customers have been blocked from accessing the feature known as FSD because they didn’t score high enough on metrics Tesla uses to set insurance rates.

More Coronavirus News

  • Coronavirus
    Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults
    The new U.S. study will include up to 1,420 volunteers ages 18 to 55. By LAURAN NEERGAARD
  • Coronavirus
    New version of omicron doesn't appear to be more dangerous so far
    Anders Fomsgaard, a respected virologist in Denmark, says the world is five steps behind the coronavirus. BA. 2 has been detected in India, Denmark and Britain, among other countries. By Lenny Bernstein
  • Coronavirus
    New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
    Research shows that people of color are at a higher risk of severe illness. By TODD RICHMOND
  • Coronavirus
    COVID-19 patient at center of ventilator fight dies in Texas
    Darrelyn Mathieu, patient care assistant, provides care for a patient in the cardiovascular acute care unit, at Houston Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Houston. Texas hospitals, already facing an increase in patients brought by the pandemic, is dealing with poached nurses. Seven months after hospitals competed for ventilators, personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test, nurses have become the hot commodity, desperately needed around the country. The family feels Quiner didn’t receive adequate care at Mercy Hospital.
  • Coronavirus
    Omicron wave leaves US food banks scrambling for volunteers
    Several food banks have reported a similar dynamic: minimal volunteers for most of 2021. By ASHRAF KHALIL

HOMES

  • Homes $16.5M River Oaks mansion is brand new, ready for its...
    3001 Inwood in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood
  • Homes Terry Bradshaw's 744-acre ranch could be yours for only...
    Terry Bradshaw's Quarter Horses Ranch is listed for $22.5 million.
  • Homes $3.2M luxury condo comes with gorgeous views of downtown...
    The Houston skyline is seen from the apartment.
  • Homes This $12.5M Houston Tudor mansion is a timeless classic
    The home at 418 W Friar Tuck lane feels like an escape to England
  • Homes $2M Houston home built in 1928 by iconic architect hits...
    The Houston home at 1702 Milford Street is listed for $2 million
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