Tropical Storm Beryl: Port Lavaca braces for storm amid voluntary evacuations
Residents of Port Lavaca are preparing for the storm’s impact. Many businesses are boarding up their windows and closing until the storm passes.
Coast Guard suspends search for missing father, son near Port Lavaca
The Coast Guard has suspended its hours-long search for a father and his 15-year-old son who did not return from a shrimping trip near Port Lavaca on Saturday.
List: Texas STI rate by county
Chlamydia rates have nearly doubled since 2000, while the rate of gonorrhea went up by 50% over the same period. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that syphilis rates are reaching levels last seen in the 1950s. But some regions of the U.S. are seeing higher rates than others.
New voucher bill hurts teachers more than helping, according to Texas State Teachers Association
"A record, $33 billion budget surplus gave lawmakers a golden opportunity to give Texas teachers, whose average salaries now trail the national average by more than $7,700, the kind of substantial pay raises they deserve and need", says Texas State Teachers Association President Ovidia Molina.
Moderna will conduct clinical trials on children in 3 Houston area study sites
Moderna is enrolling children as young as 6 months of age in the Houston area for its COVID-19 vaccine trials. The trials will be conducted by KidCove.