The stories behind the Texans lost to COVID-19
Since vaccines became widely available for Texans 12 and older last May, about 82% of Texas’ COVID-19 deaths were among the unvaccinated. Full Story
José Luis Martínez is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin and was the data visuals fellow until May 2022. José has worked as a data reporting intern at American Public Media's investigative unit - APM Reports and he was an Emerging Reporter Fellow with ProPublica. Before that, he produced videos for Austin's El Mundo Newspaper, hosted a podcast for Central American News, and worked both at the Voces Oral History Center and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas. He has freelanced for El Faro English and Latin America News Dispatch, where he reported on the undocumented day laborer community. This summer, José will be a data reporting intern at The Wall Street Journal.
Since vaccines became widely available for Texans 12 and older last May, about 82% of Texas’ COVID-19 deaths were among the unvaccinated. Full Story
Texas falls short, again, of the pandemic record for COVID-19 hospitalizations, while daily deaths are expected to continue rising for several more days. Full Story