Vaccine events and appointments across Texas were shut down when snow and ice made travel too dangerous, brought power outages and delayed vaccine deliveries.
Coronavirus in Texas
As the coronavirus spread across the state, The Texas Tribune covered the most important health, economic, academic and breaking developments that affected Texans. Our map tracker showed the number of cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations in Texas from 2020-22.
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Texas launches multimillion dollar campaign to combat vaccine hesitancy
Local governments and advocacy groups are targeting skeptical communities early, but the state is holding back a large media blitz until more vaccine arrives.
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Gov. Greg Abbott plans to relax business restrictions soon if COVID-19 numbers continue to drop from record highs
While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending downward, the numbers are higher than when Abbott initially announced restrictions on businesses.
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Three FEMA-run vaccination sites aimed at underserved Texans to open later this month, Abbott says
Combined, the three sites are expected to administer more than 10,000 shots per day, with doses supplied by FEMA.
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Half of Texas’ nurses experience workplace violence. A Texas lawmaker says it’s time to protect them.
Now praised as heroes of the pandemic, nurses and other front-line medical workers have been routinely scratched, bitten or verbally abused by patients. Well over half of Texas’ nurses reported being subject to workplace violence in their career, according to a 2016 state study.
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COVID-19 testing has become a “cash cow” for freestanding ERs in Texas, experts say. And it’s getting out of control.
Freestanding emergency rooms in Texas have been charging patients’ health insurance plans thousands of dollars for a single coronavirus test.
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Older and disabled Texans are demanding their home caregivers be vaccinated for COVID-19. But many workers don’t want it.
Home health workers, most of whom are women of color, could start losing their jobs if they aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Experts widely agree that the vaccine is safe — Pfizer and Moderna both reported their vaccines are more than 90% effective at protecting people from serious illness — but some still refuse to get a shot.
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Up for the task: Younger Texans are helping older family members get COVID-19 vaccine
Jackie Tidwell, a sixth-generation Texan living in Seattle, made it her mission to get her 90-year-old grandfather in Corpus Christi vaccinated for COVID-19 and hopes others “have persistent grandkids like me.” Listen, in the weekend edition of The Brief podcast.
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Texas’ COVID-19 cases are down from record highs, though health experts warn the pandemic is far from over
While vaccinations are reaching more people every day, health care experts warn that this doesn’t mean Texas is out of the woods.
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Texas cities face difficulties counting their unsheltered homeless population — at a time when their numbers matter most
Despite changes to the regular count of people experiencing homelessness, support organizations are hoping they’ll still be able to capture a clear picture of who is unhoused in Texas as the pandemic continues.