Posted on · In an internal memo, Turner directed all city employees who can "medically tolerate" a face covering to wear one while on city premises in areas where it’s difficult to maintain social distancing. The mandate is effective Wednesday.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Local pediatricians help parents prepare for a new school year amid a pandemic, City Council Member Tiffany Thomas answers your questions, and Houston as a hotbed for Olympic fencing.
Posted on · Public health experts and medical professionals are sounding the alarm over the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19. The governor has stood firm on his ban against masking mandates in schools.
Posted on · On Monday's show: A closer look at Gov. Abbott’s new executive order prohibiting local governments from issuing mask and vaccine mandates, your pet peeves about life in Houston, and an update on sports.
Posted on · It’s the first vaccination increase since early April.
Posted on · Gov. Greg Abbott this week issued an order restricting ground transportation of migrants who could have COVID-19, a move Attorney General Merrick Garland said violates federal law.
Posted on · The order allows law enforcement to stop, reroute, or impound any vehicle that they reasonably suspect may be violating the order. The governor’s order did not detail what constitutes reasonable suspicion.
Posted on · The U.S. economy is expected to have grown at a blistering pace in the April-June quarter. A slowdown is inevitable; the question is how much it will slow.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: An analysis of Census Bureau data shows 54 percent of Houstonians saw a drop in employment since the beginning of the pandemic. That's higher than the rest of the state -- and the rest of the country.
Posted on · Houston Methodist and Baylor College of medicine previously announced mandates.
Posted on · Cases of the variant have popped up in several states. But neither the WHO nor the CDC considers it a variant of concern, and the fast-spreading delta variant continues to dominate U.S. cases.
Posted on · Reversing earlier guidance, the agency is encouraging indoor masking for fully vaccinated people under certain circumstances.
Posted on · The decision from Baylor comes months after Houston Methodist Hospital’s own mandate, which received backlash from some hospital workers who refused vaccination.
Posted on · Smaller events will take in the coming months, including a block party in October.
Posted on · On Monday's show: Public health officials deal with a "fourth wave" of COVID-19, and we begin a weeklong series exploring summer Olympic sports played here in the Houston area starting with a visit to a local table tennis academy.