Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights to Mexico and the Caribbean

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus.

NIH launches online database to track, understand neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19

Amid increasing evidence of lasting neurological effects from COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health said it has launched an online database in order to track these symptoms in hopes of better understanding how the coronavirus impacts the brain and nervous system.

SC 17-year-old dies from MIS-C, inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19

A teenager died this week from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced Friday.

WATCH: Weekly virtual COVID-19 media Q&A with APH leadership
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Austin Public Health (APH) provided a weekly virtual media Q&A with its leadership team to give reporters the opportunity to ask questions related to COVID-19.

WATCH: Weekly virtual COVID-19 media Q&A with APH leadership

FOX 7 Austin will carry the virtual COVID-19 media Q&A live in this article, on the homepage of our website, as well as on our news app and FB page.

Good Day Together: Decline in cancer screenings amid COVID-19
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As we wrap up Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Leslie Rangel talked to a local gynecologic oncologist who is working to help women get treatment.

Tom Brady's parents survived COVID-19, will attend Super Bowl

Tom Brady says his parents are doing well after recovering from COVID-19 early this season and will be among family in the stands to root for him and the Bucs in the Super Bowl.

Rural Texas counties team up to help get community vaccinated

Officials in less populated counties are getting creative to help get their vulnerable populations vaccinated, but new information may complicate their efforts.

Rural Texas counties team up to help get community vaccinated
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Officials in less populated counties are getting creative to help get their vulnerable populations vaccinated, but new information may complicate their efforts.

NY may have undercounted COVID nursing home deaths by 50%

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration confirmed Thursday that thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than the state’s official tallies had previously acknowledged.

UK variant, South Africa variant, Brazil variant: A guide to known coronavirus mutations

As the novel coronavirus continues to claim the lives of Americans and people across the world, multiple coronavirus variants are now circulating around the globe, triggering alarm among scientists and health officials.

FDA: More than half of sampled alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico found to be poisonous

The FDA has issued an “import alert” on all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico after the agency found that more than half of products sampled contained poisonous ingredients.

Pres. Biden signs executive order to reopen ACA enrollment

President Biden signed an executive order today to help many people who lost or can't afford health insurance during the pandemic. 

Plans to expand COVID-19 vaccine hubs in Texas on hold

Texas will get an increase in COVID-19 vaccines next week, but there are currently no plans to increase the number of Hub locations.

Austin postpones summer camp, aquatic programs due to COVID-19

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department has postponed their summer camp and aquatic programs due to the ongoing pandemic.

Austin doctor to become chief medical officer of United States DHS
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President Biden has tapped a local doctor to become a chief medical officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security.