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Deaf Community Faces Unique Challenges During The Pandemic

Posted on May 8, 2020 · Communicating with the hearing world can be even more challenging when everyone's wearing a mask.

Health & Science

Houston doctor suspended for vaccine misinformation files $25 million defamation lawsuit against Methodist Hospital

Posted on July 25, 2022 · The lawsuit accuses Methodist Hospital and Methodist CEO Marc Boom of making "false and defamatory" statements about Dr. Mary Bowden, an ear, nose, and throat doctor in River Oaks.

Health & Science

Home testing makes predicting new COVID waves in Texas challenging

Posted on July 15, 2022 · New cases of COVID-19 in Texas are increasing again. But predicting how long this wave of infections will continue — and how severe it could be — will not be easy this time around.

Houston Matters

COVID case numbers on the rise, and images from the James Webb Space Telescope (July 11, 2022)

Posted on July 11, 2022 · On Monday's show: The county's COVID positivity rate nears 30 percent, NASA releases the first images from the new James Webb Space Telescope, and veterinarian Dr. Lori Teller answers your pet care questions.

Education

Texas students in grades 3-8 make significant gains in STAAR tests, while lower math scores linger

Posted on July 5, 2022 · While Texas students have not regained all the ground they lost in math during the pandemic, scores across all grades were higher in 2022 than they were in 2021. Reading proficiency, on the other hand, appears to have fully recovered.

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Deaf Community Faces Unique Challenges During The Pandemic

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