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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Wednesday.

The change comes after a recent increase in cases and hospitalizations.

The goal is to make the vaccine available in other underserved nations across the globe to help prevent future variants of concern from forming.

Hospitals in Dallas are preparing for a potential coronavirus surge after the holidays, mostly due to the new variant omicron.

A new COVID-19 variant was identified in South Africa, called omicron. A pathologist from UT Southwestern explains what this means for North Texas.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had called the mandate “an unprecedented federal vaccine decree” on health care workers.

The FDA on Friday granted emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna booster shots. The boosters have already been available for people 65 and older and to high-risk adults.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce later this week that it is authorizing boosters for people 18 or older, even if they aren't at risk for severe disease.

About 3% of children in the age group authorized last week to get a low-dose vaccine will have their first shots by Wednesday, according to the White House.

A group of United employees had asked the court for a preliminary injunction to block United's policy of putting workers with religious or medical exemptions on unpaid leave.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is set to receive 1.3 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children between 5 and 11. Chief State Epidemiologist Jennifer Shuford explains what this means for families across Texas.

Efforts continue across North Texas to register kids for Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine against COVID-19.An expert in infectious disease prevention, epidemiology, and health care policy explains the importance of vaccinating children.