Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations balloon, public health experts and local officials worry the loopholes are one reason behind the recent rise.
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Gabriel C. Pérez/KUTThe virtual Austin Public Health briefing with members of the media comes a day before Thanksgiving, as public health officials warn Austinites to stay home for the holiday and avoid gatherings. -
Dr. Peter Hotez is part of a team working to develop a low-cost COVID vaccine that could be distributed globally. "Vaccines are coming," he says. "We have to get everybody through to the other side."
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Michael Minasi/KUTA lot of painful things are dividing Americans in 2020. But Peniel Joseph with the LBJ School of Public Affairs says, "There's no time to be tired."
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Some Republican lawmakers have publicly urged the president to allow the formal transition process to begin for the good of the country.
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Dozens of immigrant women have said they received unwanted gynecological procedures at Irwin County Detention Center. Yet even as authorities investigate, the accusers have been in danger of removal.
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Local health officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of the spike in cases and hospitalizations after other holidays this year.
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Austin artists decided to harness the collective dread of 2020 for the greater good – channeling their frustration into a dumpster-bashing audio-visual concert experience.
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The court ruled legal precedent disqualifies Medicaid beneficiaries from taking issue with how a state determines which providers are qualified to be in the health care program.
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President Trump tweeted Monday that he's recommending the General Services Administration and others in his administration begin "initial protocols."
Julia Reihs
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KUT's photographers are documenting the changes to daily life that the pandemic has brought – from a safe distance.
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