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The Texas A&M University System plans to serve underserved communities by bringing the coronavirus vaccine to rural areas in ten Texas counties.

‘Do the right thing’: Alabama’s top health officer concerned about Mobile Mardi Gras risk Updated Feb 13, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Facebook Share Mardi Gras Day in Mobile represents a concern for Alabama’s leading public health officer who implored revelers on Friday to “do the right thing” and avoid large crowds. Dr. Scott Harris, the state’s health officer, said he sees a large gathering for Mardi Gras having the potential of causing a COVID-19 super spreader event one year a...

Without the Mardi Gras parades, Mobile rolls on with road construction Updated Feb 13, 2021; Posted Feb 13, 2021 Crews are busy at work along Royal Street in February 2021. Typically, road work is halted during Mardi Gras in Mobile so the roads are cleared for the parades. But without any parades in 2021, the road work has continued without much delay. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com). Facebook Share Gina Jo Previto is not about to spread a conspiracy theory involving the carved up Royal Street in ...

With its first Sydney-Melbourne flights barely three weeks away, Regional Express is showing just how heated competition could get on Australia's most popular route.

Bargain fares on Australia’s most popular routes are on offer today for as low as $29 as three airlines fight for supremacy in the skies.

Texas A&M hits $1.131 billion in research funding Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Texas A&M Division of Marketing & Communications and last updated 2021-02-10 12:56:28-05 COLLEGE STATION, TX — According to their Division of Research, Texas A&M has officially become the first Texas university to reach $1.131 billion in research expenditure funding for the fiscal year of 2020. So how good is t...

Texas A&M first in state to spend more than $1 billion on research FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Texas A&MUniversity has become the first university in the state to surpass $1 billion spending on research within a year. College officials announced Wednesday that the university spent $1.13 billion on research during the 2020 fiscal year — an increase of 18.8 percent from 2019, during which the university spent $952 million.Sam Craft/Texas A&MUniversity Division of Marketing & Communications, Multi...

How long will it take to vaccinate Alabama and how can we speed it up? Updated on Feb 07, 2021; Published on Feb 07, 2021 Large-scale COVID vaccination sites like this one at the Hoover Met Complex opened across Alabama in early February 2021. UAB Media Relations Twitter Share If more vaccines in more arms will end this pandemic, Alabama still has mountains to climb. Vaccine rollout in the state started slow and sputtered since, with low distribution rates, confusing messaging and overwhelme...

Pandemic-related precautions will delay any public celebration of the engine's arrival and due to security, the arrival date will not be announced.

Aggies reflect on journey to build Senator Matthew Gaines statue on campus The statue will be unveiled in Fall 2021. It will be on display in a grass area in front of the Student Services Building on campus. Author: Tristan Lewis (KAGS) Updated: 10:28 PM CST February 5, 2021 COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A statue to honor Sen. Matthew Gaines on Texas A&M Universitys campus nears completion, after decades of trying to get one built. "The statue means a lot of things,...