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The number of COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals is rising too fast for hospitals to keep up with, hospital leaders told state lawmakers Tuesday.

The number of COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals is rising too fast for hospitals to keep up with, hospital leaders told state lawmakers Tuesday.

Texas hospitals are on the brink of catastrophe, close to being completely overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, leaders of some of the state’s largest hospitals told...

Hospitals have hundreds of empty positions and a fraction of the workforce they need at the worst possible time, officials told legislators on Tuesday.

The number of COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals is rising too fast for hospitals to keep up with, hospital leaders told state lawmakers Tuesday.

When Terry Scoggin left work at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday evening, there were five patients at the facility being treated for COVID. Overnight, six more people suffering severe coronavirus infections were admitted to the rural Northeast Texas hospital — pushing the facility to its capacity limit and putting Scoggin, the hospital’s chief executive, on high alert for what he’s calling “a fourth surge.” “We’re at it again,” S...

"On a crash course": Texas hospitals brace for another COVID-19 surge as delta variant burns through unvaccinated communities Hospital officials worry that "staggering and frightening" hospitalization rates will push facilities to capacity at a time when staffing is short and workers are exhausted Shutterstock/Shutterstock By: Karen Brooks Harper and last updated 2021-07-29 16:31:43-04 When Terry Scoggin left work at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday eve...

San Antonio hospitals struggle with rising COVID-19 cases 695 residents hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Thursday, up nearly five times over early July average July 29, 2021 7:44 pm San Antonio hospitals coping with latest surge of COVID-19 cases SAN ANTONIO – As hospitalization numbers continued to shoot up Thursday, driven by unvaccinated residents, hospitals in the San Antonio area are feeling the squeeze. As of Thursday, there were 695 COVID-positive patients in San Antonio-area hospital...

/ San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg (left) talks with San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh before a Wednesday press conference updating public health advisories on mask usage in Bexar County. Face masks are now recommended for all indoor public settings across Bexar County under a new health advisory from San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. It follows similar guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this week. In the health advisory, mask usage is strongl...

Skip to main content In jeopardy of losing the grid: San Antonio officials plagued by missing, faulty information during winter storm FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A vehicle drives on IH-10 westbound on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Several inches of snow fell in the city from Sunday, Feb. 14, starting in the evening through the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. A few vehicles and people were out either to see the spectacle or to try to head to work.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staf...