Doctor named as one of victims in fatal Tesla crash in Texas by Reuters
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Austin, TEXAS, April 20 (Reuters) - One of the two victims killed in Texas at the weekend in the crash of a Tesla car believed to operate without a driver was William Varner, a doctor, his employer said on Tuesday.
The Tesla Model S smashed into a tree near Houston on Saturday night and burst into flames, killing one occupant found in the front passenger seat and the owner in the back seat, the police has said.
Witnesses told the police that the accident happened shortly after the victims left a house, saying they would test automated driving capability.
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GALLERY: Heartwarming photos of newborns dressed as bunnies for Easter
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HOUSTON – This is the definition of cuteness overload.
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center is keeping the Easter weekend festive by dressing up the newborn babies. NICU nurses decked the babies in sweet cottontails with hand-knitted bunny ear caps and matching knitted bottoms.
These sweet tots are ready for their first visit from the Easter bunny. These photos are adorable and may even raise your “baby fever.”
There is even a set of triples and three pairs of twins in the mix, the hospital announced.
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Local vaccinations begin
One regional health care system with initial allocations of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Texas Children s Hospital, began vaccinations for its employees Dec. 15. The hospital s The Woodlands and Energy Corridor campuses each received 975 doses each this week, while its main Houston campus received 3,900 doses. Among the first at the hospital to be vaccinated were Mark A. Wallace, the system s president and chief executive, and Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development. Based on federal, state and leading academic guidance regarding vaccine allocation, we established a framework for the equitable allocation of COVID-19 vaccines that guides us in our distribution process, Wallace said in a statement. What we know as a medical community is that vaccination is one of the safest and most effective means we have to fight against preventable diseases. . We also know we must couple being vaccinated with the practices w