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Victor J. Test, MD has been honored by the American Medical Association with the AMA Medal of Valor for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Victor J. Test, MD has been honored by the American Medical Association with the AMA Medal of Valor for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Victor J. Test, MD has been honored by the American Medical Association with the AMA Medal of Valor for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the Lubbock Public Health Department continues to vaccinate citizens, the COVID-19 variants throughout the United States present a new threat. Lubbock experts discussed the variants and whether the vaccine protects against them. Dr. Ron Cook, Lubbock Public Health Authority, said the coronavirus is a RNA virus and is made up of spike proteins. The spikes are made up of three different moieties, three little puzzle pieces as Cook called them. Sometimes when the virus replicates one of the puzzle pieces changes its shape, this is called a mutation, Cook said. “It still fits together, bu...

With the Lubbock hospitalization percentage under the 15 percent threshold outlined in Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Orders, the hospital and restaurants within the Lubbock community are finally experiencing lessened COVID-19