SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio doctor said one of her hospital's patients, a 30-year-old man, died after attending a so-called "COVID party" -- a bizarre trend where young people intentionally get together with someone who's infected.Dr. Jane Appleby, chief medical officer for Methodist Hospital and Methodist Children's Hospital, said the patient thought the coronavirus…
A Texas hospital says a patient who was a healthy young man died from coronavirus after attending a “COVID” party.The unidentified 30-year-old man died at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, according to the hospital’s top doctor, Jane Appleby.CLICK HERE FOR MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE“This is a party held by somebody diagnosed with the COVID virus, and…
A group of 11 conservative lawmakers in Texas want Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, to help scale back a state law that gives him the authority to close businesses and require masks in public.Under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, the governor is given broad powers during an emergency. As a result, many of the statewide orders and…
Texas Democrats called for Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to issue a new stay-at-home order in the state amid a surge in coronavirus cases.Speaking on MSNBC, Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeSheila Jackson LeeLocal reparations initiatives can lead to national policy remedying racial injustice House to vote on removing bust of Supreme Court justice who wrote Dred Scott…
TOPLINE A dog in North Texas was confirmed positive for Covid-19, becoming the first dog in Texas to test positive for it, though experts do not recommend regular animal Covid-19 testing and pets are not considered a major threat for spreading the disease. Dogs should not be routinely tested for Covid-19, per CDC guidance. Getty…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…