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Coronavirus cases, daily hospital admissions and intensive care unit use in the Austin area are all down since last week, and the area remains in stage 3 of Austin Public Health’s risk-based guidelines. Numbers have declined the most among older populations, since they are more likely to have been vaccinated by now. But hospitalizations in the area for people ages 10 to 19 rose over the past week. After the Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility for the Pfizer vaccine to kids ages 12 to 15 on Monday, Austin’s chief medical director is encouraging parents to find a vaccine for ...

The Texas House on Tuesday passed a bill that would curb the governor's powers during a pandemic, a response to criticism from both Republicans and Democrats over Gov. Greg Abbott's use of disaster powers during the coronavirus pandemic.  House Bill 3, known as the Pandemic Response Act, approved 104-39, would create an oversight committee with powers to strike down any governor's order, waiver or suspension. It now heads to the Senate.  "We must now take what we have learned this past year in dealing with a pandemic and set a different framework in dealing with future pandemics," state R...

10,000 variant COVID infections reported in Florida Gina Martinez For Dailymail.Com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Cases of variant forms of COVID have surged in Florida just weeks after the state was inundated with spring breakers, data has revealed.   Florida now has the distinction of being the home to the most variant COVID-19 cases in the country as state health officials reported more than 11,800 cases of COVID-19 variants on Wednesday, the Sun Sentinel reported.    In mid-March 753 cases were reported from three 'variants of concern' - the B.1.1.7, th...

A third of vaccine skeptics would get COVID-19 shot if offered a $100 cash incentive, study finds Researchers at UCLA asked more than 7000 unvaccinated Americans whether cash incentives would encourage them to get the COVID-19  shot 34% said they would be more likely to get vaccinated if they were offered $100, 31% said they'd be more likely to get it if offered $50  But cash incentives were not universally popular: 15% said a cash offer  of $100 would make them less likely to get vaccinated Latest figures put the number of fully vaccinated adults in the United States at 34%, and at least...

A third of vaccine skeptics would accept COVID-19 shot if offered $100 Bevan Hurley And Natalie Rahhal, U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A third of Americans yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine say they would be more likely to get the shot if offered $100, a study has found. The cash incentives proved far more persuasive than an endorsement from a doctor or pharmacist, a public health expert such as Anthony Fauci or a polarizing political figure like Joe Biden, the New York Times reported. But not everyone was swayed by money: 15% ...