Texas Supreme Court pauses San Antonio mask mandate for public schools

Abbott and the state are embroiled in multiple legal battles with cities, counties, and school districts in the state’s urban areas over mask mandates.

Texas cops carry maskless woman out of school board meeting, video shows

The school board approved a temporary mask mandate last week for all students, staff and visitors who enter NISD facilities and school buses.

Texas ICUs reach 93% capacity following surge of COVID patients

Of the 7,258 intensive care unit beds in Texas hospitals, 6,746 were filled Tuesday, or 93%, with 3,592 beds taken by COVID-19 cases, or 51%.

Free music festival kicks off Thursday in Red River Cultural District

More than 100 local bands will play across 11 stages all within a six-block radius as part of the annual festival Hot Summer Nights.

FOX 7 Discussion: UT modeling consortium predicts ICU capacity

Dr. Kaitlyn Johnson joins Rebecca Thomas to talk about the UT modeling consortium's efforts to predict where the Delta surge is headed.

FOX 7 Discussion: Will FDA approval push more people to get vaccinated?

Glenn Smith from Progress Texas and Andy Hogue with the Travis County GOP talk about the FDA's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Unvaccinated, people with health risks should avoid cruises, CDC says

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that people who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 and individuals with risk of severe illness should avoid cruises.

Florida woman hospitalized with COVID-19 comes home to find husband dead of COVID-19

A Central Florida woman fought for her life in the hospital, survived, and thought she'd seen the worst of COVID -- until she went home and made a shocking discovery.

US COVID-19 hospitalizations top 100K since January, HHS says

COVID-19 hospitalization numbers haven’t reached into the six figures since January, according to health officials.

Gov. Hochul adds 12,000 more COVID-related deaths to state count

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged on her first day in office that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo told the public.

FOX 7 Discussion: Will FDA approval push more people to get vaccinated?
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Glenn Smith from Progress Texas and Andy Hogue with the Travis County GOP talk about the FDA's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech?s COVID-19 vaccine.

Marble Falls ISD closes Highland Lakes Elementary due to COVID-19

Marble Falls ISD superintendent Dr. Chris Allen says the closure is due to the number of active cases affecting staff at Highland Lakes Elementary.

Pfizer-BioNTech seeks FDA approval for third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine

In a statement released by the company on Wednesday, Pfizer-BioNTech said patients who received a booster shot up to eight months after their two-dose regimen were given three times the protection from the novel coronavirus.

Abbott adds vaccine mandate ban to Special Session agenda

He also has issued a new executive order maintaining the ban on mandating COVID-19 vaccinations by Texas government entities.