Meals on Wheels to continue modified meal delivery schedule

MOWCTX was previously set to resume daily meal delivery the week of Jan. 24, but will instead deliver three weeks' worth of meals on Jan. 28.

Austin musicians can now apply for one-time $2K grants from city

The grant program is also open to independent promoters, music composition and music industry workers facing hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boris Johnson apologizes for attending Downing Street BYOB party during UK lockdown

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized for attending a “bring your own booze” garden party at his office, though he said that he had considered it a work event.

Inflation surges in December to highest rate since 1982

Prices paid by U.S. consumers jumped 7% in December from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate since 1982 and the latest evidence that rising costs for food, rent and other necessities are heightening the financial pressures on America's households.

Biden administration to send schools additional 10M COVID-19 tests per month

The White House said it will send 5 million rapid COVID-19 tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests to schools each month in an effort to keep them open.

Nurse in Italy accused of faking shots, ditching vaccine

Police filmed the nurse apparently squirting the needle’s contents into the medical waste bin before pretending to inject the patient’s arm, and then putting a bandage on their arm.

Lake Travis ISD offering up to five additional days of COVID testing leave
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Lake Travis ISD announced that they will be offering up to five days of additional "COVID Testing Leave" for staff that are waiting at home for results.

Cold medicine shortage: COVID surge, flu season leading to empty shelves

Shoppers across DFW are encountering medicine shelves that are empty or close to it. One employee at an East Dallas pharmacy called it "the new toilet paper shortage.”

Teen who received life-saving transplant reacts to medical breakthroughs using pig organs

A human donor saved the life of 15-year-old Wilfre Mercedes. Today, after doctors successfully transplanted a pig's heart into a human patient, Mercedes is hopeful thousands of others on transplant waiting lists can go on living, just like he did.

Lake Travis ISD offering up to five additional days of COVID testing leave

Lake Travis ISD announced that they will be offering up to 5 days of additional “COVID Testing Leave” for staff that are waiting at home for results.

Austin Animal Center to temporarily close on Sundays due to COVID

Austin Animal Center will remain open for adoption and reclaim Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm, and for intake Monday through Friday from 10 am to 6 pm.

Texas schools ask parents to become substitute teachers amid COVID surge

According to Hays CISD, parents would still have to apply, pass the fingerprint criminal background check, and do orientation to become substitute teachers.

Guillain-Barré syndrome: Jenna Jameson shares diagnosis — what is the rare disorder?

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare, autoimmune disorder in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerves, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis.

Study: Exercise can strengthen brain function, prevent dementia

In a study published last week in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, researchers found that exercise helped protect the brain from dementia.

Fauci Senate hearing on pandemic gets testy: ‘What a moron’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, angrily accused Senator Rand Paul of making false accusations that are leading to threats against him -- all to raise political cash.

Family accuses employer of making their loved one work on-site despite pleas to work remotely

A family is accusing a Riverside County employer of not letting their beloved family member with pre-existing conditions work remotely during a COVID-19 surge. He died in February 2021.