Coronavirus
New COVID variant found in Houston resident, fourth such case in U.S.
Posted on · The variant first emerged two weeks ago and has since been detected in several countries, including Denmark, Israel and the United States.
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Health & Science
Long COVID: Tell us how it’s impacting your life
Posted on · Houston Public Media is looking to further report on the ripple effects Long COVID is having in people’s lives, whether financial, educational, physical or emotional.
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Early signs a new U.S. COVID surge could be on its way
Posted on · Here we go again. The virus is starting to surge in many European countries and there are early signs a wave may be starting in the U.S. too.
Health & Science
Long COVID is pulling Texans out of work
Posted on · The illness is contributing to a growing population of disabled Americans.
Health & Science
Houston researchers find your heart arteries may play a role in long COVID
Posted on · Most studies of what causes symptoms of COVID-19 to linger on after the virus has passed focused, with little success, on the heart muscle. Doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital instead looked at the heart arteries and hit on a promising idea.
Coronavirus
FDA authorizes first revamp of COVID vaccines to target omicron
Posted on · The new shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech target both the original strain of the coronavirus and the omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants that most people are catching now.
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Harris County says it will continue to provide free COVID-19 testing
Posted on · The Biden Administration blames the halt of the program on Congress due to a lack of funding.
Health & Science
With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules
Posted on · Revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks to minimize COVID-19's disruption of daily life while conceding that the pandemic isn't over.
Health & Science
A preventative COVID-19 drug has opened up life for some immunocompromised Texans. But it remains unknown to many others
Posted on · The preventative therapeutic has calmed the anxieties of some immunocompromised people, but is still going largely unnoticed in Texas.
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Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine produces a strong immune response in kids under 5
Posted on · Pfizer plans to submit the new data to the Food and Drug Administration this week, bringing families with young children one step closer to a long-awaited vaccine.
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Experts say Texas is ready for latest COVID-19 uptick but advise caution
Posted on · It’s still unclear what the increase in cases will mean for the state, but doctors and hospitals say Texas is better prepared to face a surge than before.
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The judge who tossed mask mandate misunderstood public health law, legal experts say
Posted on · Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word 'sanitation' that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark.
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Texas’ chief epidemiologist hopeful as COVID-19 hospitalizations fall to 2-year low
Posted on · Texas’ Chief State Epidemiologist says nearly 99% of the state population has developed at least some immune response to COVID-19. However, other public health experts caution the virus can be unpredictable.
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The COVID-19 BA.2 subvariant now makes up 24% of all Houston cases, according to researchers
Posted on · Houston Methodist researchers stressed that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the hospital did not increase substantially, but the proportion of cases has.
COVID-19
Grueling conditions have fueled a Texas nursing shortage 2 years into the pandemic
Posted on · Understaffing, long hours and ungrateful patients have forced many nurses to leave full-time positions nationwide. Texas' shortage is projected to reach 60,000 nurses by the end of the decade.