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The alarming surge in new hospitalizations comes amid growing debate over mandatory mask wearing and debilitating health care facilities with hospitals stretched to capacity

“Each individual independent school district has to make the calls that are best for them," said Keene ISD Superintendent Dr. Ricky Stephens.

COVID-19 outbreak forces breakaway Texas Democrats to change plans COVID-19 outbreak forces breakaway Texas Democrats to change plans A COVID-19 outbreak among the renegade Texas Democrats in D.C has jeopardized their chances of meeting with President Joe Biden on voting rights. WASHINGTON, D.C. - A COVID-19 outbreak among the renegade Texas Democrats in D.C has jeopardized their chances of meeting with President Joe Biden on voting rights. Five of the 55 members tested positive late last week ...

Delta variant of COVID-19 accounts for 20% of all U.S. cases The Delta variant is on its way to become the most dominant strain of COVID-19. AUSTIN, Texas - A new strain of COVID-19 called the Delta variant has made its way to the nation. Health officials say the variant accounts for 20% of all cases in the country so far. "We may be done with COVID-19, but its not done with us nor any of its mutations," said Dr. Mark Casanova with the Texas Medical Association COVID-19 Task Force. The Delta va...

Some North Texas cities offering incentives to receive COVID-19 vaccine Some North Texas cities offering incentives to receive COVID-19 vaccine As demand for the COVID vaccine continues to go down in North Texas, some cities are coming up with clever ways to motivate more folks to get vaccinated. DALLAS - Those who desperately wanted the COVID-19 vaccine have likely already received at least one dose.  The focus now shifts to those who dont see the vaccine as a priority. So what better way to ...

“A lot of people have been getting into the hobby because of COVID-19. Everyone’s stuck at home watching TikToks,” vendor Hebreb Morales said. Sneaker Con was just one of several events to welcome back big crowds since COVID-19 cases started to drop. Dallas County averaged 156 daily cases this week, a decrease from last week when the county averaged 179 cases per day. Dr. Mark Casanova, immediate past president of the Dallas County Medical Society, said events can mark an encouraging retu...

Even so, doctors say having some protection is better than none. "If you are compromised, make sure youre vaccinated because the safety profile is excellent. Make sure the people around you are vaccinated and continue to use masks and social distancing until we have full data that can show us how protected compromised people are after vaccination," Behre said. Kyle Killough, of North Richland Hills, heeds the advice. Hes a double lung transplant recipient and takes immunosuppressants so his bod...

Print U.S. District Judge David O. Carter’s order to Los Angeles officials to sweep homeless people off skid row into shelters or housing is grounded in his conviction that a wrongheaded focus on creating permanent housing has perpetuated racism, spread encampments and caused the avoidable deaths of Black people. But the complexities of the lives of homeless people on skid row suggest that shelters may be, at best, an incomplete and unwelcome solution to the homelessness that has persisted in...

For years, Shawn Pleasants did nothing but rise up. He was high school valedictorian, went to Yale, landed banking jobs on Wall Street, started his own business. And then, for years, he did nothing but fall. Lost his business, his home, the car he was living in, and landed on the streets of Los Angeles. Advertisement For about six years, home for him and his common-law husband was a lean-to near 7th and Hobart in Koreatown. And like a lot of L.A.’s sizable homeless population, Pleasants was a...

SDS Supportive Housing Fund Expands Housing for the Homeless with Fourth Project in South LA $10.7 Million in Private Equity Funding Will Develop 60 Units of Permanent Supportive Housing News provided by Share this article LOS ANGELES, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The recently launched SDS Supportive Housing Fund  (SHF or Fund)— a first-of-its-kind private-equity impact fund that finances new, financially-sustainable permanent supportive housing (PSH) for individuals experiencing homelessn...