UT students translate COVID-19 handbook into Spanish

Two UT Austin nursing students translated a COVID-19 prevention and treatment handbook into Spanish to help Spanish-speaking communities.

‘She didn’t have a mask’: Husband believes Florida ICU nurse found dead in home had COVID-19

The husband of a Florida nurse who recently died of what he believes were complications of COVID-19 says his wife did not have the proper safety equipment while dealing with sick patients. 

FOX 7 Discussion: Local nonprofit helps Texas students during COVID-19 outbreak

Communities in Schools of Central Texas CEO Suki Steinhauser joins Marcel Clarke on nonprofit checking in on families remotely and providing them assistance with food and housing due to COVID-19.

Texas guidelines to reopen businesses become political

Texas business owners and workers are looking to go back to work, but some officials say Texas is not ready to open business doors just yet.

Company looking to pay 5 people $1,000 to binge-watch every Harry Potter movie

Self-isolation under a pandemic may be the perfect opportunity to binge-watch your favorite movies, and one company is willing to pay you to do it. 

Hospital staff celebrate 98-year-old woman's 'triumphant win' over COVID-19

Pennsylvania hospital staff celebrated a 98-year-old patient’s “triumphant win” after she recovered from the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

Cancer survivor on Long Island beats COVID-19

Adam Barnett is lucky to be alive. He tested positive for COVID-19 last month and spent a week at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital.

CommUnity Care ramps up COVID-19 testing capacity

CommUnity Care works closely with Austin Public Health. They are already expanding testing capacity, especially in some remote parts of town.

Austin pharmacies donate hand sanitizer, N95 masks to Austin-area first responders

Lamar Plaza Drug Store prepared and donated almost 200 bottles of hand sanitizer to the Austin Police Department and Lake Travis Fire Department. Dripping Springs Pharmacy also sourced and donated N95 masks to Hays County EMS.

IRS glitch sends taxpayers’ stimulus checks to tax prep companies instead

If you use a tax prep service and can't quite track your stimulus payment, your direct deposit information may be the reason for the delay.

Friends and family celebrate couple’s wedding from their cars in drive-thru ceremony amid pandemic

One Utah couple wasn’t going to have the wedding they dreamed of because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but that wasn’t going to stop them from celebrating the happiest days of their lives. 

Austin to close roadway, open space for pedestrians to maintain safe distancing

The closures were made to provide more space for pedestrians and cyclists to make essential trips more safely while maintaining CDC recommended social-distancing guidelines.  

Essential food workers getting 2 weeks of paid leave

Newsom called out those who pick, serve and deliver food for doing such essential work during this time, and he credited the Latino Caucus for bringing the matter to his attention. 

Trains, buses, ferries blow horns to honor transit workers | #SoundTheHorn

More than 4,000 long-haul trains, commuter trains, subways, buses, ferries, and other transit vehicles sounded their horns at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 16, to pay tribute to the employees who are keeping the region moving during the coronavirus pandemic.

18 bodies found piled up in nursing home; NJ investigating

More than a dozen bodies were discovered jammed into a nursing home morgue in Andover, New Jersey, during the coronavirus pandemic.