Coronavirus

Most of Texas falls well below benchmarks public health experts say are needed to end the pandemic.

The nearly 2,000 doses of vaccine that arrived Friday were the first major shipment sent to the Hays County Health Department in the weeks since the vaccine rollout began.

APH has been able to provide 18,427 vaccines to the Austin and Travis County community as of Thursday – far below the number of people eligible to get a vaccine right now.

A South Los Angeles hospital has long provided for an underserved community where private insurance is scarce and chronic illnesses can flourish. And then came a devastating coronavirus surge.

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The executive order signed by President Biden Thursday also includes interstate travel on trains, buses and cruise ships, in a sharp reversal of the Trump administration's lax mask culture.

Daily numbers of new cases are finally starting to wane, and hospitalizations are down slightly. But health care systems are still overburdened and another resurgence remains a threat.

President Biden laid out his approach to the pandemic before he took office. On Thursday, he began implementing it, calling the effort a "wartime undertaking."

On his first day in office, the president plans to sign an executive order extending the CDC's moratorium on evictions. Housing advocates say the CDC rule needs to be strengthened.

The state has been allocating vaccines to so-called “vaccine hubs.” But the rollout hasn't been perfect. Some hubs have experienced delays in getting their shipments this week, and some waitlists have reached capacity for now.