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Galveston County Planning Public Push For Vaccine Boosters, County Health Authority Says

Jen Rice

Posted on August 16, 2021 · Galveston County Health Authority Dr. Philip Keiser said he expects a high demand for vaccine boosters in the coming months.

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Coronavirus In Greater Houston: Liberty County Vaccine Hub Opens Registration

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on January 18, 2021 · Houston Methodist Hospital is the top vaccine provider in the state, vaccinating about 77,000 people as of Tuesday.

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Galveston Officials Confirm The Second Flesh-Eating Bacteria Death After Harvey

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on October 24, 2017 · 31-year-old Josue Zurita had recently worked on repairing homes, damaged by Harvey flooding.

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Galveston County man dies from rare infection linked to consuming raw oysters

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Posted on September 12, 2023 · Local and national health officials are warning the public of an uptick of the rare infection tied to unusually high ocean temperatures.

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Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider may be the busiest man in news these days

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Posted on August 16, 2023 · We do another mid-year check-in, this time with the reporter covering politics and government for News 88.7.

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Resurgence of NASA (Aug. 11, 2023)

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Posted on August 11, 2023 · On Friday's show: Amid Artemis, the Webb telescope, and the recently announced NASA+ streaming service, has the space agency -- and by extension, Space City -- gotten its mojo back?

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Expert witness accuses GOP Galveston County commissioners of racial gerrymandering

Andrew Schneider

Posted on August 9, 2023 · William Cooper, who previously advised plaintiffs in a U.S. Supreme Court case upholding Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, called the 2021 redistricting plan by Galveston County’s Republican leaders one of the most extreme examples he’d ever seen of an attempt to eliminate Black and Latino political representation.

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