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4-year-old girl seriously injured, mother, brother hurt after crashing into Orange County Sheriff s deputy
Texas DPS state troopers were at the scene of an accident on FM 105 near Turning Point Church in Vidor. Author: Eleanor Skelton Updated: 11:09 PM CST January 2, 2021
VIDOR, Texas A 4-year-old girl was airlifted to a Houston hospital after a car accident that also injured her mother and brother, Texas DPS state troopers said.
Texas DPS state troopers responded to the accident at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan 2 on FM 105 near Turning Point Church in Vidor, Sgt. Stephanie Davis said in a news release.
Both directions of FM 105 are closed as of 10 p.m. between Spoonmore Road and Lakeview Cutoff while state trooper are investigating the crash.
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in Antarctica, the pandemic has reached every continent. And a
mutant virus has emerged in the United Kingdom, which threatens to shut down the world yet again a world just beginning to recover from lockdowns and movement restrictions.
The mutation of viruses
The genetic material or genome of SARS-CoV-2 is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) made up of over 30,000 units (called nucleotides). Among the families of RNA viruses, the coronaviruses have the largest genome. Most other RNA viruses have on average about 10,000 nucleotides. When genomes replicate any genomes, whether DNA or RNA, from the smallest viruses to humans there are random errors (or mutations). While higher organisms have the machinery to correct these errors, viruses and especially the RNA ones, don’t.
Not Forgotten: Stories Of Houstonians We Lost To COVID-19
More than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States. Here are some of the stories of people we’ve lost in the Houston area.
December 21, 2020, 6:00 AM
Three-hundred thousand. That was the latest grim milestone passed in the United States: More than 300,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19. Of that number,
more than 3,000 people have died right here in Harris County, more than any other county in the state of Texas.
But the COVID-19 death toll is more than just a statistic. Each number represents a person. Whether they’re police officers, security guards, educators, preachers or artists, every individual helps make up the very fabric of their community, across the country and here in Greater Houston. And as the death toll from COVID-19 rises, such monumental loss is reflected in the city itself.