Tag: Coronavirus
All masks are not created equal.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently recommended people should start wearing masks to protect themselves from contracting COVID-19 through airborne spread. ...Cornyn dangerously says national shelter-in-place order would be an ‘overreaction’
In an interview with The Hill on Saturday, Sen. John Cornyn said a national shelter-in-place order would be an “overreaction” in combating ...Abbott says Texas has 8,700 ventilators, declines to say how many are needed
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that the state of Texas has 8,700 available ventilators. When asked by reporters the number of ventilators ...Lawmakers pen letter to FEMA urging more COVID-19 testing in Harris County
*An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the letter was addressed to Vice President Mike Pence, not FEMA. Three Democratic members ...Texas can’t go back to normal
Texas, this is where we’ve found ourselves. Shut into our homes, only leaving for food or fresh air. Standing six feet from ...Texas AFL-CIO: Abbott hasn’t classified grocery store workers as ‘essential employees’
In a press conference by Texas Democrats and Texas AFL-CIO on Tuesday, both groups tore into Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus pandemic response, ...It’s still too early to tell if Abbott’s pandemic response is working
Republican leaders, from President Trump to Sen. John Cornyn, have been heaping praise onto Gov. Greg Abbott’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. ...COVID-19 has shown us that my health depends on your health
Today is March 26th and the U.S. has officially surpassed all other countries to have more coronavirus cases than any other nation ...Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Texas surpasses 1,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Texas saw a dramatic jump, rising from just shy of 1,000 on Wednesday to 1,396 ...Texas Democrats launch new program to continue organizing amid pandemic
With campaigns up and down the ballot disrupted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Texas Democrats are trying to keep the ball rolling ...Texas Democrats urge Gov. Greg Abbott to issue stay-at-home order
With the threat of COVID-19 still spreading in more areas of the country, countless health experts are strongly encouraging government officials to ...Lina Hidalgo issues stay-at-home orders for Harris County
On Tuesday, Houston and Harris County officials announced that a “Stay Home-Work Safe” order would go into effect at midnight and continue ...
