The efforts to quickly add capacity come after Gov. Greg Abbott waived hospitals’ occupancy restrictions Sunday and ordered health care providers to postpone surgeries that are not “immediately, medically necessary.” Full Story
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We sat down for a live virtual event with Adler to discuss the impacts of the novel coronavirus outbreak on the Austin community. Full Story
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"This decision is necessary to ensure the contract award processes are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency," a spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said. Full Story
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“’I will give you X number, you are to make these last for however long,’” a Panhandle hospital executive told one of his clinics when it sought more respirators. “We’ve got to ration these resources.” Full Story
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On this week's TribCast — a different format in the time of the new coronavirus — Alexa talks to Mitchell, Julián and Jolie about rising unemployment in Texas, the outbreak's effect on immigrants and delayed justice in the court system. Full Story
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The 37-year-old man has been isolated and is being treated at the prison system's Galveston hospital, where he's been for three days. Full Story
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Our staff is closely tracking developments on the new coronavirus in Texas. Check here for live updates. Full Story
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Texas reported a record low unemployment rate of 3.5% in January. The historic high was 9.2% in 1986. Full Story
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On Tuesday evening, Texas launched a new system for reporting cases of COVID-19. Officials said the new system will bring the state's count closer to those of counties and other sources that were reporting hundreds more cases. Full Story
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The new coronavirus has prompted parents to pull their kids from day care, and thousands have closed. But essential workers like nurses, police officers and grocery store clerks desperately need safe places to leave their children. Full Story
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"It's clear to me that we may not be achieving the level of compliance that is needed," Abbott said during a news conference in Austin. Full Story
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Denton's mayor and the county judge are pleading with Gov. Greg Abbott for an on-site hospital after six residents of the Denton State Supported Living Center, which has more than 1,800 residents and staff members, tested positive for the virus. Full Story
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The threat to the economy is important, but it's also secondary. The worst of the new coronavirus has not yet been visited upon us. Full Story
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Union members are advocating for government benefits like priority child care and better access to testing. Workers also want hazard pay and expanded sick leave policies. Full Story
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The orders represent some of the most stringent measures local officials in Texas have taken so far to address the colossal public health crisis. Full Story
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Eckhardt had been planning to resign to run for state Senate. Now she says she'll stay on until mid-May. Full Story
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Public health precautions undertaken to slow the spread of COVID-19, such as the cancellation of more lucrative elective surgeries, will hit rural hospitals especially hard, administrators say. Full Story
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Our staff is closely tracking developments on the new coronavirus in Texas. Check here for live updates. Full Story
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The Texas lawsuits surfaced as the former Democratic presidential candidate faces a growing uproar from staffers he laid off en masse after dropping out of the race earlier this month. Full Story
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News on Monday that he would rather perish from the new coronavirus than see the economy destroyed for his grandchildren by overreaction to the disease. Full Story
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