Coronavirus & COVID-19

On Friday, more than 100 residents of Southeast Fort Worth received their first COVID-19 vaccination. The patients targeted are considered medically-disadvantaged and from geographical areas hard-hit by the disease.

As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines unfolds in the U.S., numerous questions around distribution, supply, hesitancy and efficacy persist. Experts from Harvard and the CDC tackle these questions.

Get live updates throughout the day on how COVID-19 is affecting North Texas.

A South Los Angeles hospital has long provided for an underserved community where private insurance is scarce and chronic illnesses can flourish. And then came a devastating coronavirus surge.

Laredo’s latest COVID-19 bind follows efforts to expand hospital capacity and to slow down rising hospitalizations, but officials have been unable to control the spread of the virus under Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders allowing bars and restaurants to remain open.

Commissioners planned on sending their small supply of vaccines to zip codes with mostly communities of color and elderly residents. But the state says that's unfair to equally vulnerable residents outside those zip codes.

President Biden laid out his COVID-19 strategy before he took office. On Thursday, he'll start implementing it with 10 orders and directives.

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State officials told Dallas leadership the plan was "not acceptable," and threatened to cut the county's vaccine supply.

With rental assistance on the way, communities are scrambling to get ready to actually hand out the money to people who need it.

A new study calculates just how much racial health disparities cost Texans in terms of human life and the economy.

"[We’re] talking about thousands of people who are going to be in contact for six months. That represents a risk for a superspreading event," Dr. Mark Escott said.