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Allen ISD lawsuit is dismissed, and a hearing on whether students with disabilities are hurt by a lack of mask mandates waits for a ruling.
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Health officials warn this year's flu season may be more severe than last year's, mainly because fewer people are wearing masks and more people are out and about in public.
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Dallas County also offered discounts at the fair to residents who get vaccinated there.
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The delta variant is also remains the most prevalent COVID variant in North Texas.
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At one point, there was one staffed ICU bed available per 100,000 Texans.
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There have been 59 deaths as of Sept. 3, and more than 50,000 cases in the first two weeks of school.
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Emergency rooms are also filling up with patients across the state, and additional medical personnel are being deployed to help with the staffing crunch.
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The governor suffered mild symptoms and a brief infection, and encouraged unvaccinated Texans to get the shot.
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Many urban school districts issued mask mandates despite Gov. Greg Abbott's order banning mandates in public settings. Dallas and San Antonio prevailed in appeals court; Fort Worth's mandate was struck down.
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Dallas County, along with Harris, Travis, and Bexar counties have all raised their threat level to its highest point as cases and hospitalizations surge across the state.
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Baylor Scott & White and Methodist Health System have the vaccine mandates. Local leaders are also trying to ask for flexibility regarding the governor's executive order prohibiting public entities to enforce mask orders.
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Gov. Greg Abbott won't issue a statewide mask mandate for schools, even as experts worry about the Delta variant in children.