Posted on · Houston-area hospitals and nonprofits are stepping up to assist those impacted by the category four storm. It's just the latest in a string of storms that have forced Houston and Louisiana to rely on one another.
Posted on · A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is readily available for immunocompromised individuals, while the general public waits to gain access next month.
Posted on · At least five more Texas hospitals have followed Methodist's lead, and hospitals in New York, Michigan and Kentucky have done the same.
Posted on · The majority of cases at the hospital system are in unvaccinated or partially vaccinated patients.
Posted on · Just 25 employees chose to get vaccinated and return to work.
Posted on · Employees at Houston Methodist who are unwilling to get the shot say the vaccines are unsafe and even "experimental." The hospital system's CEO says they're spouting "anti-vaccination rhetoric."
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Houston Methodist requires employees to be vaccinated, Congressman Al Green fields your questions, physicist Brian Greene finds meaning amid the vastness of time, and former Houstonian Jen Shyu discusses her music.
Posted on · Harris Health System CEO Esmaeil Porsa cited the vaccines' emergency use authorization as a reason to wait, though he said he expected full approval by the end of the summer.
Posted on · The hospital had already identified variants from the United Kingdom and South Africa. Now strains from Brazil and California have arrived in the region.
Posted on · Robert Luckey, a registered nurse who works in the Memorial Hermann COVID-19 ICU in the Texas Medical Center, became the first person to be vaccinated in the Houston area on Tuesday, kicking off the state's phased-in vaccination plan.
Posted on · The Houston Health Department reported a positivity rate of 7.9% on Monday at their COVID-19 testing sites. Harris County officials said Tuesday their number is 8.2%, which is lower than what some hospitals' emergency rooms are seeing right now.
Posted on · Public and private hospitals are both struggling with their finances as COVID-19 stresses the system and cuts off important revenue streams.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Why the Texas Medical Center changed how it's reporting ICU bed capacity, the Supreme Court invalidates a Louisiana abortion law, Fort Bend County Judge KP George answers questions, and a conversation with a member of the local police oversight board.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: how COVID-19 is affecting our local hospitals, the latest political news, and social pressure from the pandemic.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Calls to release video of recent fatal police shootings, our weekly political roundup, fighting summer brain drain, the effects of spaceflight on the body.