Posted on · Underscoring its high transmissibility, in a week, omicron went from a 12.6% share of new COVID infections in the U.S. to a dominant 73.2%, according to the CDC's latest estimates.
Posted on · Experts discuss the latest COVID headlines – including the Mu variant, boosters, pediatric case numbers and the fall “forecast” for COVID.
Posted on · Houston ISD returns Monday with a mask mandate and some virtual instruction, though it will only serve a few thousand of the district's nearly 200,000 students.
Posted on · More than 1.9 million doses were administered in the state in the last four weeks, including more than 520,000 last week, according to the most recent data available.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: The region is on pace to exceed 4,000 total COVID-19 hospitalizations, City Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz answers your questions, and how air conditioning shaped Houston's growth.
Posted on · A leaked CDC document compared it to the highly contagious children's disease. Data does not support this claim. Nonetheless, the variant is one of the world's most contagious respiratory diseases.
Posted on · On Friday's episode of Town Square, Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine and infectious disease expert at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, discussed the recent surge of infections and how it may impact the upcoming school year.
Posted on · On Friday's show: The county hits its highest threat level for the first time since June 2020, how a local company is helping solve long-cold missing persons cases, and a conversation with legendary R&B producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Posted on · Officials at the state health department are concerned about the exponential growth in hospitalizations due to coronavirus over the past month. More than 7,600 people are currently in the hospital with coronavirus in Texas.
Posted on · New COVID cases are up 92% in Texas, hospitalizations are up 49% and fatalities are 15% higher, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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 · 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 · Houston Methodist and Baylor College of medicine previously announced mandates.
Posted on · What should you know about the spread of the Delta variant? Long COVID? And breakthrough infections? And how do you keep yourself safe amidst the rise in infection rates?
Posted on · New estimates show the U.S. is on track to see a big rise in cases and more than triple the number of deaths by October.