HHSC to expand COVID-19 testing to all Texas hospitals, state supported living centers

HHSC is currently working with the Texas Department of State Health Services to expand testing to the 4,700 patients and all 18,000 employees at the state-run facilities.

Nearly 39 million have sought US jobless aid since virus hit

Roughly 38.6 million people have now filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Gov. Abbott terminates COVID-19 related air travel restrictions

The order goes into immediate effect and will terminate all restrictions contained in the Governor's previous Executive order (GA-20).

Great-great-grandmother, 100, beats coronavirus: ‘She’s our little boomerang’

A 100-year-old great-great-grandmother in the United Kingdom isn't letting the novel coronavirus take her down, overcoming her battle with COVID-19 after a more than two-week hospital stay, her family says.

CDC releases guidelines for returning to school in the fall

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has released considerations for how schools across the country should reopen.

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million

Global cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 5 million early Thursday, nearly five months after the first infection was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Dallas County officials pleased with continued drop in new COVID-19 cases

Dallas County leaders said Wednesday they were happy to see a “healthy decline” in the number of new COVID-19 cases over the past week.