COVID-19

Health site bodynutrition.org placed Texas at the top of a most stressed-out state ranking accounting for three months. The top 10 are as follows: Texas Hawaii North Carolina Georgia Mississippi Alabama California Nebraska West Virginia Arizona They based the ranking and map that the website created on geotagged Twitter data …

As of Tuesday, June 9, Lamar County received notification of two additional COVID-19 cases, a 17-year-old female and a 32-year-old male. Lamar County has 158 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Seven are travel-related, and 151 community spread. There are 11 Total COVID-19 deaths, eight are associated with Paris Healthcare Center, one …

The Texas Department of State Health Services is distributing five additional cases of the antiviral drug Remdesivir to five hospitals across East Texas. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides medicine to the Department of State Health Services. East Texas counties to receive the drug are Gregg, Smith, …

Extending Order Declaring A Local State Of Disaster For Lamar County. WHEREAS, in December 2019, a novel coronavirus, now designated COVID-19, was detected in Wuhan, China; and WHEREAS, symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and mild to severe illness; and On January 30, 2020, the World Health …

Titus County cases of COVID-19 on Monday picked up six more COVID-19 cases for a total of 635. Last Wednesday through Friday there were 477 drive-through tests at the Civic Center. The results of that three-day testing will come back this week. Titus has 115 estimated recover.

Photo by the Associated Press Some people are more willing to adhere to public health guidelines than others, which comes down to personality. Whitman College researchers found people with psychopathic personality traits such as meanness and disinhibition are more likely to ignore official health advice as it relates to the …

The Major League Baseball players’ association plans to reject the reported offer of a 76-game season and 75% prorated salaries. MLB’s latest proposal, which the league reportedly characterized as its “best” offer, for a 2020 season was submitted to players Monday and a 48-hour window for the MLBPA to respond. …

Oklahoma Health Department has confirmed 55 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The latest was a Tulsa County woman older than 65.

Governor Abbott has called for increased testing for COVD-19 in underserved and minority communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the virus. It will also include areas that have seen large groups of protestors. Abbott added that this is to ensure Texans can continue to exercise their first amendment rights …