Researchers at Texas A&M University are currently studying which materials work best for facial masks, as more states begin to reopen in the face of the novel coronavirus.“We are conducting a study evaluating a wide range of household materials as resources for constructing DIY face masks,” said Professor Sarah D. Brooks, director of the school's Center for Atmospheric…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A judge in Harris County, Texas, on Wednesday ordered residents to start wearing face masks in public for 30 days beginning next week — or possibly face a fine.But Judge Lina Hidalgo’s action, which intended to help stem the spread of the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The heartwarming story of a curly-haired 10-year-old girl who sewed coronavirus masks and donated them to nurses at a Texas hospital turned tragic last week when she was killed in an ATV accident.Lexi Collins made the masks earlier this month for nurses at…
April 20, 2020 | 7:20am The coronavirus has claimed the life of a 96-year-old Texas woman whose sister died from the Spanish flu in 1918, according to a report. Selma Esther Ryan, who died at an assisted-living facility in Austin last week, wasn’t yet born when her sister, Esther, died 102 years ago at the…
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Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to