Poll: Americans fear a second wave of COVID-19

Strong concern about a second wave of coronavirus infections is reinforcing widespread opposition among Americans to reopening public places, a new poll finds, even as many state leaders step up efforts to return to life before the pandemic.

US health officials quietly release more reopening guidance

U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved.

DART to receive $229 million federal grant for coronavirus relief

Dallas Area Rapid Transit will receive more than a quarter of a billion dollars in federal funding earmarked for coronavirus relief.

Wearing a face mask can reduce coronavirus transmission by up to 75 percent, study says

A study conducted by a team of scientists in Hong Kong, found the rate of non-contact transmission through respiratory droplets or airborne particles dropped by as much as 75 percent when masks were used.

More than 100 million people in China face new lockdown as second wave of COVID-19 cases emerge

Nearly 108 million people in China's Jilin province could be forced back into lockdown after a growing group of new coronavirus infections triggered a backslide in the nation's push to return to normal.

DeSoto grandmother, 62, recovers from COVID-19 after two months in hospital

After nearly two months at Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas and more than a month of a ventilator, a 62-year-old grandmother from DeSoto was released and moved to a rehabilitation center.

North Texas organizations scramble to reopen summer camps

Summer camps can open at the end of the month and organizations in North Texas are scrambling to pull programs together that meet state guidelines.

University of Texas at Arlington holds drive-thru event to raise spirits of incoming freshman

University officials say they know it’s been a tough year for graduating high school seniors and they want to get them excited for their freshman year of college, even if it might look different this fall. 

UIL allows limited organized summer workouts beginning June 8

The governing body for public school sports in Texas is giving the go-ahead for some organized workouts to begin this summer.

States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 case numbers to make things look better than they are

As large parts of the U.S. ease their lockdowns against the coronavirus, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection statistics or even deliberately using a little sleight of hand to make things look better than they are.