The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Friday that COVID-19 vaccines would be made available at key airports in the state starting June 1, in unveiling plans aimed at bolstering the state's pandemic-battered tourist industry.
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The Biden Administration on Friday rescinded approval of changes to a federal funding agreement, known as a 1115 waiver, that would have extended for 10 years Texas’ health care safety net for uninsured residents — potentially teeing up a new round of negotiations before the existing waiver …
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Starting next week, those searching for their first dose of the vaccine will have a new location they can go to in Killeen.
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The U.S. is setting up a $1.7 billion national network to identify and track worrisome coronavirus mutations whose spread could trigger another pandemic wave, the Biden administration announced Friday.
When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Texas last spring, administrators in the state’s 1,200 nursing homes scrambled to keep up with daily changes to state and federal guidelines on how to keep the virus from invading their facilities, while staffers donned full protective gear to keep from spr…
The county’s COVID-19 incidence rate rose slightly Thursday — though the overall trend remains level — according to the Bell County Public Health District.
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A top official from the World Health Organization says Europe has surpassed 1 million deaths from COVID-19 and the situation remains "serious," with about 1.6 million new cases reported each week in the region.
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After a four-hour wait last week, Copperas Cove veteran Eddie Roman and his wife both left the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center in Temple without a COVID-19 vaccine. Roman’s wife, Teresita, was denied a vaccine despite spouses of veterans being eligible.
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The U.S. is recommending a "pause" in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
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School nurses at Salado High School are preparing to see dozens of students come in Friday — not because they are sick but rather because they want to stay healthy.
State health officials asked Texas vaccine providers to pause their use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine early Tuesday after U.S. health officials recommended that states temporarily stop distributing the vaccine “out of an abundance of caution.”
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When the U.S. government enacted a ban on evictions, it did so through an unlikely agency: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Bell County Public Health District reported seven new deaths from COVID-19 Monday, including a local woman in her 20s.
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The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that Michigan should "close things down" to help address the country's worst coronavirus outbreak, days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instead urged people to voluntarily restrict certain activities.
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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared Monday that the world's failure to unite on tackling COVID-19 created wide inequalities, and he called for urgent action including a wealth tax to help finance the global recovery from the coronavirus.
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Dozens of Americans are rolling up their sleeves for a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine -- this time, shots tweaked to guard against a worrisome mutated version of the virus.
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U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should — or legally can — require it.
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April is shaping up to be Brazil's darkest month yet in the pandemic, with hospitals struggling with a crush of patients, deaths on track for record highs and few signs of a reprieve from a troubled vaccination program in Latin America's largest nation.
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Dr. Keith Cryar is used to treating diabetes — he heads a team that cares for patients with the metabolic disorder at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center–Temple. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, his caseload ballooned.
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Tejano legend Little Joe Hernandez is still experiencing lingering symptoms nine months after his COVID-19 diagnosis.
