Disney World offering mask-free 'relaxation zones'

Walt Disney World has reportedly opened several designated spaces throughout its theme parks where visitors can remove required facial coverings.

Application opens for $30 million Harris County Small Business Relief Fund

The application process for the $30 million Harris County Small Businesses Fund grant program opened Monday morning and will remain open until 3:30 p.m. July 24.

Bar owners hold rally demanding Texas Gov. reopen bars
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Local bar owners, who have been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic and reopening and closing again, are demanding Texas Governor Greg Abbott reopen bars. FOX 26's Natalie Hee has more.

COVID-19 deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse

Researchers now expect deaths to rise for at least some weeks, but some think the count probably will not go up as dramatically as it did in the spring.

Texas hospital says man, 30, died after attending 'COVID party'

The unidentified 30-year-old man died at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, according to the hospital’s top doctor, Jane Appleby.

California plans to release 8,000 inmates early amid COVID-19 prison outbreaks

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is taking several actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 that is plaguing several prisons, especially San Quentin. 

COVID-19 survivors likely to suffer future health issues, study

According to recent studies, some recovered COVID-19 patients are likely to have future issues with their brain, heart, lungs, and/or kidneys.

Long-term effects of COVID-19 being researched
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FOX 26's Matthew Seedorff spoke with doctors about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on people.

Additional federal resources coming to Houston to combat COVID-19

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that additional federal resources have been activated to combat COVID-19 in Houston. 

Heat forces closure of Harris County’s COVID-19 test sites

Hundreds of people, who are under the weather or wondering if they have Coronavirus, are now having to reschedule their appointments after the county abruptly shuttered its testing sites, protecting staff from extreme heat.

Alabama Senate leader says he wants ‘more people’ to contract COVID-19

Republican Sen. Del Marsh appeared to be referring to herd immunity, which public health experts say is either a long way off or perhaps unachievable.

Study of Spain population’s COVID-19 antibody tests suggests herd immunity ‘unachievable,’ researchers say

A nationwide population-based study published by researchers in Spain in the medical journal “The Lancet” found that despite the high impact of COVID-19 on the country, antibody “prevalence estimates remain low and are clearly insufficient to provide herd immunity."