
Health & Science
Seafarers in the port of Houston avoid medical care for fear of retaliation, new study says
Posted on · Workplace injuries and at-sea sickness are often left untreated in a job rife with occupational hazards.
Posted on · Workplace injuries and at-sea sickness are often left untreated in a job rife with occupational hazards.
Posted on · Experts continue to address perceived concerns surrounding J&J, Pfizer, and Moderna vaccines, and how to gather safely this time of year amid the Omicron surge.
Posted on · The lab has access to a high-security facility that Pfizer needed to prove its COVID-19 vaccine was working. Now the scientists there are testing the vaccine's effectiveness against viral variants.
Posted on · Vaccine hesitancy is still a hot-button issue leaving some to wonder if "mutual respect and understanding" are still viable options towards those who refuse to wear masks or accept even the existence of COVID.
Posted on · There are more than 2,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in children 9 and younger in Harris County. And parents trying to take care of those children have been forced to put themselves at risk.
Posted on · The Galveston County Health District reports 17 people with the infection so far this year
Posted on · The World Health Organization says there have been more than 1,700 cases of Ebola and more than 900 deaths since the start of the outbreak in Africa earlier this year. Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and, more recently, Nigeria are batting the virus. The World Health Organization is meeting in the coming week to discuss the […]