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Pérez/KUT" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25151510/vaccinectahi-gp-2021-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25151510/vaccinectahi-gp-2021-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25151510/vaccinectahi-gp-2021-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25151510/vaccinectahi-gp-2021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25151510/vaccinectahi-gp-2021-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Coronavirus</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/coronavirus/2024/08/29/498201/houston-covid-transmission-hits-highest-levels-of-2024-as-expert-urges-use-of-newly-approved-vaccines/" rel="bookmark">Houston COVID transmission hits highest levels of 2024 as expert urges use of newly approved vaccines</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/ariel-worthy/" title="Posts by Ariel Worthy" class="author url fn" rel="author">Ariel Worthy</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-08-29T15:05:22-05:00">August 29, 2024</time></span> · Since the beginning of July, the new numbers in the Houston wastewater data show COVID levels up 300%, 10 times higher than they were at the end of April.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/at-home-covid-tests/" rel="tag">at home covid tests</a> <a 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href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/08/28/498045/new-manufacturing-facility-in-south-houston-to-produce-more-than-800000-tests-per-day-for-covid-19-flu-and-rsv/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-1500x1000.jpg.webp 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-498047 wp-post-image" alt="Healgen" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28122907/IMG_1900-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Health & Science</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/08/28/498045/new-manufacturing-facility-in-south-houston-to-produce-more-than-800000-tests-per-day-for-covid-19-flu-and-rsv/" rel="bookmark">New manufacturing facility in south Houston to produce more than 800,000 tests per day for COVID-19, flu and RSV</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/dominic-walsh/" title="Posts by Dominic Anthony Walsh" class="author url fn" rel="author">Dominic Anthony Walsh</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-08-28T12:44:48-05:00">August 28, 2024</time></span> · The new production facility is Healgen Scientific’s largest in the U.S. The company is also opening a new headquarters in Katy. </p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-tests/" rel="tag">covid tests</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/flu-tests/" rel="tag">flu tests</a> <a 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https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/15105303/gettyimages-1368623436-c7cf513dac34a199cd133dadde14e76e9db602bc.jpg.webp 948w" sizes='(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="338" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/15105303/gettyimages-1368623436-c7cf513dac34a199cd133dadde14e76e9db602bc-450x338.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-439594 wp-post-image" alt="SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: In this photo illustration, free iHealth COVID-19 antigen rapid tests from the federal government sit on a U.S. Postal Service envelope after being delivered on February 04, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. The Biden administration has secured one billion at home COVID-19 tests and will deliver four per household for free to anyone who requests them. The tests can be ordered on the U.S. Postal Service website and will arrive 7-14 days after. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/15105303/gettyimages-1368623436-c7cf513dac34a199cd133dadde14e76e9db602bc-450x338.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/15105303/gettyimages-1368623436-c7cf513dac34a199cd133dadde14e76e9db602bc.jpg 948w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Coronavirus</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/coronavirus/2024/07/18/494015/covid-cases-are-on-the-rise-in-houston-due-to-flirt-variants-health-officials-say/" rel="bookmark">COVID cases are on the rise in Houston due to FLiRT variants, health officials say</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-07-18T16:24:27-05:00">July 18, 2024</time></span> · As of July 1, the amount of COVID in Houston's wastewater reached the highest level in more than five months. </p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid/" rel="tag">COVID</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-vaccine/" rel="tag">covid vaccine</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-variant/" rel="tag">covid variant</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/flirt/" rel="tag">FLiRT</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/peter-hotez/" rel="tag">peter hotez</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-491644" class="card post-491644 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coronavirus category-health-science category-news tag-covid-mandates tag-covid-vaccine"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/06/24/491644/study-asians-and-latinos-are-most-supportive-of-covid-vaccine-mandates/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-408935 wp-post-image" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. A key government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected Biden's plan to give COVID-19 booster shots across the board and instead recommended the extra vaccine dose only for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease." srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20174810/AP21261408985327-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Health & Science</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/06/24/491644/study-asians-and-latinos-are-most-supportive-of-covid-vaccine-mandates/" rel="bookmark">Study: Asians and Latinos are most supportive of COVID vaccine mandates</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/erica-smith/" title="Posts by Erica Smith" class="author url fn" rel="author">Erica Smith</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-06-24T16:51:31-05:00">June 24, 2024</time></span> · As residents of the San Antonio region waited in line to get the vaccine, each participant was asked if they would support a vaccine mandate.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-mandates/" rel="tag">covid mandates</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-vaccine/" rel="tag">covid vaccine</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-480423" class="card post-480423 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coronavirus category-health-science category-houston-matters category-medicine-wellness category-news tag-baylor-college-of-medicine tag-covid-19 tag-pandemic tag-peter-hotez tag-texas-childrens-hospital tag-vaccinations"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2024/03/13/480423/its-been-four-years-since-the-covid-pandemic-started-where-are-we-now/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-363570 wp-post-image" alt="Due to concerns surrounding COVID-19, the Houston Rodeo has been canceled. Taken on March 12, 2020." srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12150417/20200312-IMG_0686-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Houston Matters</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2024/03/13/480423/its-been-four-years-since-the-covid-pandemic-started-where-are-we-now/" rel="bookmark">It’s been four years since the COVID pandemic started—where are we now?</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/joshua-zinn/" title="Posts by Joshua Zinn" class="author url fn" rel="author">Joshua Zinn</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-03-13T11:17:06-05:00">March 13, 2024</time></span> · Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the state of COVID-19 and whether we're prepared for our next pandemic.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/baylor-college-of-medicine/" rel="tag">Baylor College of Medicine</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-19/" rel="tag">COVID-19</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/pandemic/" rel="tag">pandemic</a> <a 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Smith</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-03-08T07:00:12-06:00">March 8, 2024</time></span> · Officials urge the public to continue to wear a mask and wash hands frequently.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/cdc/" rel="tag">cdc</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/cdc-guidelines/" rel="tag">CDC guidelines</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid/" rel="tag">COVID</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-473916" class="card post-473916 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health-science category-news tag-coronavirus tag-flu-vaccine tag-health-wellness tag-health-science tag-kera-news 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type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09081136/ap22102543039739-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-473917 wp-post-image" alt="A chair sits at the nurses station where Jennifer McClung worked as a longtime dialysis nurse at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Ala., Monday, March 7, 2022. In November of 2020, McClung, 54, tested positive for COVID-19. "Mama, I feel like I'm never coming home again," she texted her mother, Stella Olive, from a hospital bed. Her lungs severely damaged by the virus, she died just hours before the nation's vaccination campaign began on December 14. Today, a decal with a halo and angel's wings marks the place McClung once occupied at a third-floor nurses' station. "It still just seems like. She could just walk through the door," McClung's mother says. "I haven't accepted that she's she's gone. I mean, a body is here one day and talking and laughing and loving and and then, poof, they're just gone." (AP Photo/David Goldman)" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09081136/ap22102543039739-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09081136/ap22102543039739-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09081136/ap22102543039739-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09081136/ap22102543039739-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09081136/ap22102543039739-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Health & Science</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/01/09/473916/as-respiratory-illnesses-surge-nationally-texas-doctors-are-worried-about-long-covid/" rel="bookmark">As respiratory illnesses surge nationally, Texas doctors are worried about long COVID</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/elena-rivera-kera/" title="Posts by Elena Rivera, KERA" class="author url fn" rel="author">Elena Rivera, KERA</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-01-09T07:00:00-06:00">January 9, 2024</time></span> · COVID-19 cases are increasing nationally after the winter holidays, which can mean more health risks like long COVID.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/coronavirus/" rel="tag">Coronavirus</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/flu-vaccine/" rel="tag">flu vaccine</a> <a 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class="card post-471367 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coronavirus category-health-science category-news tag-covid-19 tag-long-covid tag-long-covid-research"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2023/12/05/471367/as-funding-for-long-covid-research-runs-out-houston-area-advocate-calls-for-at-least-1-billion-in-funding-for-next-10-years/"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12103110/longcovid-450x300.webp" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-432740 wp-post-image" alt="Man in a white protective mask, looking outside through a window, during recovery from COVID illness in home." srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12103110/longcovid-450x300.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12103110/longcovid-1000x667.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12103110/longcovid-1500x1001.webp 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12103110/longcovid-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12103110/longcovid.webp 1760w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Health & Science</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2023/12/05/471367/as-funding-for-long-covid-research-runs-out-houston-area-advocate-calls-for-at-least-1-billion-in-funding-for-next-10-years/" rel="bookmark">As funding for Long COVID research runs out, Houston area advocate calls for at least $1 billion a year over next decade</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/patricia-ortiz/" title="Posts by Patricia Ortiz" class="author url fn" rel="author">Patricia Ortiz</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-12-05T16:31:38-06:00">December 5, 2023</time></span> · Research for Long COVID used to be funded by the National Institutes of Health. Advocates are asking for at least $1 billion over the next 10 years for research funding and clinical trials.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-19/" rel="tag">COVID-19</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/long-covid/" rel="tag">long COVID</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/long-covid-research/" rel="tag">long covid research</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-471244" class="card post-471244 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coronavirus category-health-science category-news category-politics tag-covid-19 tag-ken-paxton tag-pfizer-vaccine tag-world-health-organization"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2023/12/01/471244/texas-attorney-general-sues-pfizer-claiming-vaccines-didnt-end-pandemic-quickly-enough/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27173806/AP23146774509484-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27173806/AP23146774509484-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27173806/AP23146774509484-1500x1000.jpg.webp 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27173806/AP23146774509484-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27173806/AP23146774509484-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27173806/AP23146774509484-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail 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rel="bookmark">Texas attorney general sues Pfizer, claiming vaccines didn’t end pandemic quickly enough</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/karen-brooks-harper-texas-tribune/" title="Posts by Karen Brooks Harper, Texas Tribune" class="author url fn" rel="author">Karen Brooks Harper, Texas Tribune</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-12-01T11:26:08-06:00">December 1, 2023</time></span> · Experts argue other assertions made in the lawsuit filing are completely unsubstantiated, such as one claiming that vaccinated people were more likely to die from COVID-19, which Texas health data disputes.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a 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The state Legislature has passed a bill that prohibits private businesses from requiring their employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19." srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01090833/vaccine-mandates-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01090833/vaccine-mandates-1000x668.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01090833/vaccine-mandates.jpg 1011w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Health & Science</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2023/11/01/468267/sweeping-ban-on-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-by-private-employers-heads-to-governor/" rel="bookmark">Sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers heads to governor</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-11-01T09:23:02-05:00">November 1, 2023</time></span> · The legislation, which Republican lawmakers have been trying to pass since 2021, offers no exceptions for doctors’ offices, clinics or other health facilities.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/88th-texas-legislature/" rel="tag">88th Texas Legislature</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/coronavirus/" rel="tag">Coronavirus</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/greg-abbott/" rel="tag">greg abbott</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/texas-news/" rel="tag">Texas news</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/vaccinations/" 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href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2023/10/02/465500/whistleblowers-beg-leaders-to-stop-the-chaos-as-more-than-900000-texans-are-kicked-off-medicaid/" rel="bookmark">Whistleblowers beg leaders to ‘stop the chaos’ as more than 900,000 Texans are kicked off Medicaid</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/elena-rivera-kera/" title="Posts by Elena Rivera, KERA" class="author url fn" rel="author">Elena Rivera, KERA</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-10-02T07:00:00-05:00">October 2, 2023</time></span> · Whistleblowers who say they work in the Texas Health and Human Services Commission are alleging some of the more than 900,000 people kicked off Medicaid were because of departmental mismanagement.</p> </div> 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The Biden administration says it is trying to prepare for the fall and winter COVID season.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid/" rel="tag">COVID</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-testing/" rel="tag">covid testing</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/free-covid-tests/" rel="tag">free COVID tests</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/hhs/" rel="tag">HHS</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/xavier-becerra/" rel="tag">Xavier Becerra</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/your-health/" rel="tag">Your Health</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-462524" class="card post-462524 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coronavirus category-health-science category-houston category-local 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href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/ariel-worthy/" title="Posts by Ariel Worthy" class="author url fn" rel="author">Ariel Worthy</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-09-15T12:09:26-05:00">September 15, 2023</time></span> · The updated shots have a single target, an omicron descendant named XBB.1.5. </p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-booster/" rel="tag">COVID booster</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/covid-vaccine/" rel="tag">covid vaccine</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/cvs/" rel="tag">cvs</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/houston-methodist/" rel="tag">Houston Methodist</a> <a 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