Cecile Young to lead Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Young, a longtime public servant, will take the helm of an agency of nearly 37,000 employees as it navigates a worsening pandemic and a host of lingering internal problems. Full Story
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Texas' count of coronavirus deaths jumps 8% after officials change the way they tally COVID-19 fatalities
Hispanic Texans are overrepresented in the state's updated fatality count, making up 48% of deaths, but only 40% of the state's population. Full Story
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Texas biotech facility in College Station tapped to mass-produce potential COVID-19 vaccine
The Texas A&M University System Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing has a federal contract to mass-manufacture doses of a candidate COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Novavax. Full Story
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![Graduate research assistant Nicole Johnson researches viral proteins at the McLellan Lab at The University of Texas at Austin on March 11, 2020.]()
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Fort Worth 1-year-old can stay on life support, Texas appeals court rules
The 2nd Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Tinslee Lewis can stay on life support. The case, which has garnered much scrutiny, is still awaiting a final ruling. Full Story
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Mask mandate appears to be helping in Texas, but experts ask Gov. Greg Abbott not to rule out a shutdown
A plateauing of new virus cases would hardly represent a victory over the pandemic, but it would help keep hospitals from being overrun with sick patients. Full Story
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![Austin residents take photos on Congress Avenue bridge in Austin on May 13, 2020.]()
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Hidalgo County judge tries slowing coronavirus, but Gov. Greg Abbott has limited his options
Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez issued a new shelter-at-home order Monday night, but it “has no enforcement mechanism” according to Abbott’s office. Full Story
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Coronavirus kills another 1,000 in Texas in just 10 days
The number of COVID-19 deaths has reached 4,000 in Texas, and public health experts say that’s an undercount because not all people who died with coronavirus symptoms were tested. Full Story
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![The COVID-19 unit at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Health System in Edinburg on June 30, 2020.]()
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Five U.S. Navy teams deploy to Rio Grande Valley, other Texas coronavirus hot spots
Doctors and nurses at local hospitals across South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley have been working a number of extra shifts as their hospitals near capacity. Full Story
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![A patient at the COVID-19 unit at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Health System in Edinburg on June 30, 2020.]()
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85 babies under 1 year old in Nueces County have tested positive for COVID-19 since mid-March
Nueces County Medical Examiner Adel Shaker told The Texas Tribune last week that a baby boy, younger than 6 months old, tested positive for COVID-19 and died. Full Story
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![A lab at Methodist Dallas Medical Center prepares viral transport media for samples before collecting samples for COVID-19 in Dallas on June 24, 2020.]()
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With 4 in 5 Texans living in a "red zone," coronavirus hot spots are moving targets
Early hot spots have been eclipsed by new regions in crisis. Now that so much of Texas is battling major coronavirus outbreaks, some severely ill patients have to travel long distances to receive the care they need. Full Story
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![The Hoffman family, visiting from Chicago has dinner at Harrison's Landing Restaurant & Bar at the Corpus Christi Marina on July 16, 2020.]()
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Texas attorney general says religious private schools "need not comply" with local health orders to close
On Wednesday, TEA officials confirmed that school districts wouldn't be penalized for barring students on campuses if local health officials mandated that schools stay closed, as long as remote instruction is offered. Full Story
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UT-Austin prepared a list of scenarios that could lead to a shutdown this fall. One trigger: a student dying of COVID-19.
Other reasons UT-Austin would close include “significant actions” by the governor or other public officials, sharply diminished hospital capacity, testing shortages on campus and unmanageable, widespread clusters of cases. Full Story
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "there is no shutdown coming" as coronavirus cases surge
Abbott said it will take weeks to see whether his recent mask order and decision to close bars are effective in slowing the virus' spread. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott defends mask mandate to "frustrated" delegates at Texas GOP convention
The governor began the state party convention Thursday by addressing head-on the growing discontent with his orders to contain the pandemic. Full Story
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Texas A&M System will provide free COVID-19 tests, but it’s a mixed bag for other schools
Up to 15,000 test kits will be available per month across its 11 universities. The system has set aside $16 million to pay for the testing program. Full Story
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Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the U.S. And during the pandemic, an estimated 659,000 Texans lost their health care.
The pandemic-driven economic downturn has left more than 5.4 million Americans with no job and no insurance. Texas has one of the largest shares of this increase. Full Story
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![A doctor cares for a patient at MedSpring Urgent Care clinic on South Lamar Boulevard and Barton Springs Road in Austin.]()
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Joe Biden to air first general-election TV ads in Texas as polls show increasingly close race against President Donald Trump
The ads address the state's coronavirus surge, which has become dire as hospitals and morgues scramble to respond to the rising number of infections and deaths. Full Story
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Texas hospitals are running out of drugs, beds, ventilators and even staff
Many Texas hospitals are no longer accepting transfer patients in order to maintain space for a surge that’s expected to come. In some parts of the state, it’s already here. Full Story
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6 things to watch in Texas’ primary runoff election
In the middle of a pandemic, voters will be weighing in on primary runoffs for U.S. Senate, nationally watched congressional races and a handful of seats in the Texas Legislature. Full Story
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![Connie Ford explains the curbside voting system to poll worker Jeremy Matthews at the Collin County Elections Department on June 23. The polling site included newly added signs to inform voters and employees on how to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 during the voting process.]()
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Feeding tubes, hallucinations and numb toes: One Texan’s battle to survive COVID-19
When pharmacist Frank Arredondo was wheeled on a stretcher into a South Texas ward for coronavirus patients in early April, his wife wondered if they would ever see each other again. Full Story
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![Frank Arredondo had one of the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley and spent 10 days on a ventilator.]()
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