People can order up to four COVID-19 tests per household. The White House also
announced free N95 masks will be available in major pharmacies and community
health centers.
Public health officials have played a crucial role in vaccination efforts and
tracking the spread of the virus. But different needs from their communities and
insufficient aid have complicated the work.
School districts have said they will abide by the law, but it’s still unclear
how they will determine whether a student’s birth certificate was issued near
the time of birth.
So far this month, at least 1.2 million Texans have gotten booster shots —
nearly triple the number of people who received their first doses of the vaccine
during the same time.
House Bill 25 will require student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their time of birth.
Three times this year — in the regular session and in two subsequent special
sessions — legislation targeting transgender student athletes sailed through the
Senate only to falter in the House.
Pregnant women are getting vaccinated at lower rates than the general population. “This variant is much more aggressive, [and] pregnant women are getting sicker much faster,” one doctor says.
Pregnant women are getting vaccinated at lower rates than the general population. “This variant is much more aggressive, [and] pregnant women are getting sicker much faster,” one doctor says.
Proponents of House Bill 9 denounced the Biden administration’s approach to
border security, saying the state had no choice but to step in to ramp up
enforcement.
The law, which takes effect Sept. 1, gives new mothers six months of postpartum
Medicaid coverage instead of two. That’s less than many advocates and some
lawmakers wanted.
