Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others. The change is motivated by science demonstrating that…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021 The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported on Monday, December 27, 2021, that two more Maverick County citizens died from COVID-19 and 102 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the total cumulative totals to 415 fatalities and…

Por: Selene M. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., © 2021 Ómicron se considera actualmente como la variante dominante de COVID-19 en los Estados Unidos, que ha sido el país más afectado por el coronavirus con alrededor 816,000 muertes y 52 millones de casos registrados aunado a la propagación de…

By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune Dec. 27, 2021 “Health agency warns Texas is running out of the only antibody treatment effective against the omicron variant” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,…

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Maya Miller, ProPublica Dec. 27, 2021 “A Laredo plant that sterilizes medical equipment spews cancer-causing pollution on schoolchildren” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEC. 20, 2021     Contact: Robert Elder, TRLA Communications Director | (512) 374-2764, relder@trla.org    AUSTIN – Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) has launched a $460,500 fundraising campaign to pay bonds for 126 migrants languishing in jail after being arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” (OLS) border…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEC. 23, 2021    Contact: Robert Elder, TRLA Communications Director | (512) 374-2764, relder@trla.org  UPDATE: On Dec. 23, a three-page panel of the Fourth Court of Appeals said there is “a serious question” concerning the issues TRLA raised on behalf of its clients. The appellate panel ordered the…

By Allyson Waller and Mandi Cai, The Texas Tribune Dec. 23, 2021 “Texans getting COVID-19 vaccine boosters outpace those getting first shots as omicron bears down” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,…

By Cassandra Pollock and Chris Essig, The Texas Tribune Dec. 23, 2021 “Holidays and at-home tests mean omicron’s spread will be harder to track in Texas” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,…

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Dec. 23, 2021 “Gov. Greg Abbott sticks with hands-off approach to COVID-19 as omicron spreads” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues….