COVID-19

The City of Paris will be offering COVID-19 drive-thru antibody testing soon at a date to be announced later. The tests will probably be held at Justiss Elementary School on 18th St. NW. The cost will be $25, which will recoup the $125,000 the city paid for 5,000 testing kits …

Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued updated joint guidance regarding the effect of Governor Abbott‘s Executive Order GA-16 on religious services conducted by congregations and houses of worship. It recommends strategies for houses of worship to effectively slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) while serving their respective communities of faith. “Government …

An updated model from the institute for health metrics and evaluation is suggesting Texas is past the peak of deaths from COVID 19. Researchers say the peak was this past Sunday when 477 deaths were reported. The models also suggest we hit the peak of resource use last week. Some …

Total Tests 205,399 Public Labs 9,369 Private Labs 196,030 COVID-19 Patients Currently In Texas Hospitals 1,419 Cases Reported 20,196 Fatalities 517 Patients Recovered *Estimated* 6,486

Texas A&M publication identifies federal COVID-19 relief as most applicable to agricultural producers. The Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University in College Station has developed a briefing paper that identifies provisions most applicable to agricultural producers in the three recent Congressional interventions to stimulate the economy and provide COVID-19 relief. “Texas …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The coronavirus behind the current pandemic is scary, but ignorance about it is even more frightening. That’s why Dr. Benjamin Neuman, head of Texas A&M University-Texarkana’s biology department, has been so busy lately trying to answer questions from journalists around the world, as well as children. …

Tuesday, April 21 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 2,520,455 172,472 670,123 1,677,272 The U.S. 800,229 43,177 72,615 684,437 Texas 20,083 520 5,706 13,542 Friday, Mar 20 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Serious Recovered Worldwide 256,176 10,593 7,449 87,388 The U.S. 15,888 206 60 26 Texas …

There have been some calling for an easing of stay-at-home orders meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Still, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that nearly 60% of U.S. voters are more concerned that relaxing the restrictions would lead to more deaths than they are that …

NASCAR is working to return to Texas soon. Texas Motor Speedway said that fans would enjoy a race by broadcast only. Drivers are in their cars with nobody to body contact, which is why it will be okay for NASCAR to return to action. TMS will soon announce a hard …

The administration is telling Texas State Troopers to continue stopping drivers from traveling from Louisiana to Texas. The directive has been in effect for more than two weeks now. Troopers were still operating the checkpoints at the state line yesterday. It is unknown how useful that order has been. It’s …