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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Power outages in Texas have forced many to seek warmth in unconventional ways. Some are burning the artwork in their…
Continue ReadingHARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Power outages in Texas have forced many to seek warmth in unconventional ways. Some are burning the artwork in their…
Continue ReadingThe extreme weather in parts of the country, including a hard-hit Texas, is causing delays in Covid-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries, White House…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every week, ABC-7 anchor Mauricio Casillas will speak to Dr. Edward Michelson. Dr. Michelson is the chairman of the…
Continue ReadingSome vaccine providers have been forced to cancel Covid-19 vaccine appointments due to the winter weather that has ravaged much of the US and caused…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 variants are threatening to cause another surge of infections, health officials warned Wednesday, and it’s now more important than…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 case rates among children track much more consistently with overall case rates in a state than with trends in in-person learning in K-12…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 24 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. The latest deaths…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas reported 72 more deaths Wednesday from Covid-19, but hospitalizations from the disease continued to fall. However,…
Continue ReadingLife expectancy in the US dropped a full year in the first half of 2020, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, Feb. 17: University Medical Center announced Wednesday night that it had now received one of two weather-delayed shipments of second doses of…
Continue ReadingThe scene sits at the core of tense debate across America. In the city of Atlanta’s public schools, masks cover the faces of children and…
Continue ReadingAmericans may soon be able to choose between two clearly labeled levels of face mask protection while browsing store shelves. The new national mask…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — Just over 280 newly confirmed cases were reported Wednesday by New Mexico health officials, bringing the statewide total to…
Continue ReadingTessa Miller was just 23 when her nightmare of deadly infections, procedures and misdiagnoses began. Over the next several years, Miller tried dozens…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is relishing the chance to put its new-and-improved distribution program on display with the release of the forthcoming…
Continue ReadingA new report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday suggests that Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect people…
Continue ReadingPeople who survive a bout of Covid-19 with mild symptoms or even no symptoms may be able to thank their Neanderthal ancestors, a new study suggests.…
Continue ReadingPeople with mental disorders have been found to be at higher risk of developing age-related diseases, but not necessarily at greater risk of aging…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico ranks as third in the U.S. when it comes to vaccine distribution, having boosted the number of vaccines…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake N95 masks in recent weeks. It’s the result of an ongoing investigation into…
Continue ReadingNew coronavirus variants could lead to a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, and can “dangerously accelerate the trajectory of the pandemic,”…
Continue ReadingThe world’s first Covid-19 human challenge study will begin within a month in the UK, deliberately exposing up to 90 healthy young people to…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 41 coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday morning, elevating the county’s…
Continue ReadingFully vaccinated people can now skip quarantine even if they’ve been exposed to Covid-19, according to new guidelines from the US Centers for…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced that it has agreed to buy a further 300 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine against Covid-19 and was…
Continue ReadingGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Authority sent the first shipment of coronavirus vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said during a CNN town hall Tuesday that teachers should be moved higher on the list of those who are getting vaccinated against…
Continue ReadingWhile many Americans were dealing with how to stay warm Tuesday, some vaccine providers were dealing with the news that some shipments were running…
Continue ReadingLowering Covid-19 cases across the US isn’t only critical to helping prevent another surge fueled by variants — it also makes vaccines…
Continue ReadingGoing back more than a hundred years, New York has held the dubious distinction of being a corruption leader among US states and has struggled to…
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