Mayor asking Houstonians to complete COVID-19 survey

Responses to the COVID-19 survey will give the city important information on how the virus has impacted residents’ lives as well as identify how to support health and wellbeing.

Several METRO employees test positive for COVID-19

Those who tested positive included two bus operators, a First Transit contract driver for METROLift, and a fare inspector.

Gov. Abbott expands local authority on outdoor gatherings

The proclamation follows data showing an increase in COVID-19 transmission in Texas and precedes Independence Day celebrations next week.

With senses failing, Florida woman turns to tequila to confirm COVID suspicions

For some, losing taste and smell may be one of the only symptoms you experience after getting COVID-19. One local woman discovered that in an unusual way.

Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes

Fauci was testifying along with the heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services.

TEA, medical experts release guidelines for reopening Texas schools

The Texas Education Agency hosted a call Tuesday with superintendents across the state to discuss plans for returning to school.

Help for amputees during the COVID-19 pandemic

A local mobile company is helping fill-in the gap of closed doctor's offices, providing care in a patients' home or even their workplace.

UT Austin to drop ACT, SAT requirement for fall 2021 applicants

UT Austin says that the change will ensure that testing limitations due to COVID-19 do not affect a student's ability to apply as spring test dates for the ACT and SAT have been canceled.

Summer rays can inactivate coronavirus in 34 minutes, study says

Midday sunlight is capable of inactivating 90 percent or more of the SARS-CoV-2 virus after 34 minutes of exposure, a recent study found.

Houston children’s hospital begins admitting adult patients as COVID-19 outbreak worsens

The largest pediatric hospital in the United States has begun admitting adult patients to provide more hospital capacity in Texas, where coronavirus cases continue to soar.

First responders worried about increase in hospitalizations
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Tiffany Justice reports on concerns from hospital executives and first responders about the increase in COVID-19 cases