One key COVID-19 metric is trending downward, but experts worry that Labor Day gatherings and school reopenings could cause cases to spike again.
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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Analysis: College football is back — as both a spectacular and a science experiment
College football is starting back up with a new burden: It’s the most visible evidence of the wisdom of putting Texas students back on campus.
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UT-Austin says it will require only student ticket holders to test negative for COVID-19 before Saturday’s football game
Other ticket holders and visitors from University of Texas at El Paso are not required to be tested to enter the stadium.
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As Congress weighs a new coronavirus aid bill, will U.S. citizens from mixed-status families get left out again?
U.S. citizens who have undocumented family members were barred from receiving stimulus checks earlier this year. They’re hoping that Congress doesn’t leave them out again.
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Unemployed Texans will no longer receive an extra $300 in weekly payments
The Federal Emergency Management Agency notified state officials Wednesday that the payments for out-of-work Texans have ended, according to the Texas Workforce Commission, which handles unemployment claims.
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Texas physicians are losing money during the pandemic. They want lawmakers to make health insurers pay up.
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is also asking legislators to expand Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults and restore funding for a program that studied racial health disparities.
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Texans with developmental disabilities in state homes still don’t have visitors. Their parents worry they don’t know why.
Across Texas, families with loved ones in state supported living centers are desperate for in-person visits after months have ticked by with coronavirus restrictions in place.
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Texas universities blame off-campus parties for rising COVID-19 cases, but few are disciplining students
Schools, desperate to keep their doors open but worried about health risks to their students, are being put in the uncomfortable position of having to govern young adult behavior that is mostly happening off university property.
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Student athletes get COVID-19 tests three times a week, while experts say testing for other university students is lagging
Public health experts say colleges need to dramatically ramp up testing in order to catch “silent spread” fueled by students who are infected but don’t have symptoms.
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Coronavirus cases postpone TCU-SMU game, the season’s first college football matchup involving a Texas Big 12 team
The game had been scheduled for Sept. 11.