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As the weather turns colder in the months ahead, Americans will spend more time indoors, where the risk of COVID-19 infection is more significant. Unfortunately, most of the country is in a poor position to handle a spike in cases over the fall and winter, according to health experts. Follow …

Members of the Texas Senate Committee on Education are reviewing the training that teachers are receiving. Some experts are telling lawmakers that teachers need more help preparing for on-line instruction. Most teachers had to develop virtual lesson plans this spring with very little notice when schools shut down because of …

The Texas Department of State Health Services is now reporting 809,808 coronavirus cases in the state as of Thursday afternoon, adding a total of 4,615. The state also reported a total of 16,812 fatalities, including 95 newly reported ones. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 4,263 patients in …

The coronavirus has now touched just about every County in the state – except for one. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services’ official map, Loving County is the last in Texas with no reported cases of COVID-19. Loving County, which is nestled just below the extreme southeastern …

More Texas pets are coming down with COVID than anywhere else in the nation. For pet owners, the cure to feeling better when your sick can be as good as cuddling with your fur baby. But here in the lone star state, if you have COVID, don’t let your kitty …

Here is a reason that a growing number of companies are leaving California and relocating here. For the eight-straight year, Texas has been named the nation’s best state for businesses by the International Economic Development Council. Annie Spilman, with the federation of independent companies, is not surprised. Still, she says …

Governor Abbott rolled out a new pilot program for rapid testing for COVID-19 in schools. The hope is to have it fully operational in two weeks. They administer the rapid antigen tests to students, teachers, and staff who initially participate in eight school systems throughout the state. Governor Abbott teased …

On top of COVID and the flu, we’re now in the heart of the West Nile season. So far this year, more than one-dozen Texas counties have reported a trace of West Nile. A new study done at Texas Tech shows that mitigation efforts are falling short. Steve Presley, who …

Texas reached an uneasy milestone in the pandemic on Tuesday, with 800,000 diagnoses reached and surpassed. Hospitalizations in the state are trending up.  

Governor Abbott is sending in extra help to El Paso after a surge of COVID-19 cases. Abbott says the Texas Dept. of State Health Services and the Texas Division of Emergency Management will have dozens of nurses, respiratory therapists, and plenty of personal protective equipment to help hospitals dealing with …