Rite Aid offering free COVID-19 tests, expands program to include teens

Rite Aid will continue offering free COVID-19 testing to both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, and the company is expanding the program to include those as young as 13.

COVID-19 relief program for Hays County residents approved

The Hays County COVID-19 Relief Program will provide assistance with mortgage, rent, utility payments, and child care to residents.

Despite travel warnings, many are flying this Thanksgiving holiday

SFO expects to see about 20,000 travelers per day this holiday a week. In the past, SFO would have 80,000 Thanksgiving travelers in one day.

WilCo Judge Gravell pleads guilty to violating own COVID-19 order

Judge Gravell has pleaded guilty to violating his own COVID-19 coronavirus stay-at-home order earlier this year and using county resources to do so.

Californians urged to avoid Thanksgiving gatherings amid coronavirus surge

With California desperately battling an out-of-control coronavirus surge, the state’s health secretary is urging families to avoid gathering for Thanksgiving and Los Angeles County appeared on the brink of issuing a stay-home order to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.

Major PPE manufacturer shuts down after 2,500 workers diagnosed with COVID-19

Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp., the world’s largest maker of rubber gloves, says it expects a two-to-four-week delay in deliveries after more than 2,000 workers at its factories were infected by the coronavirus, raising the possibility of supply disruptions during the pandemic.

Is that holiday gathering too risky? New tool helps you decide

If you are on the fence about your Thanksgiving or holiday plans, a website created by the Georgia Institute of Technology may help you measure your level of risk of being exposed to someone with COVID-19 at that gathering or event.

APH sends out COVID-19 emergency alert ahead of Thanksgiving
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In Austin Public Health's weekly commissioner's court update, Dr. Jason Pickett laid out what people should be doing--or should not doing this Thanksgiving.

Scotland becomes 1st country to make period products free for ‘anyone who needs them’

The Scottish Parliament unanimously passed a bill that will make all menstrual products free and easily accessible in a first-of-its-kind bid to end “period poverty.”

FOX 7 Discussion: Data shows Austin’s economy is recovering

Austin Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Laura Huffman joins Mike Warren to talk about new data from the Texas Workforce Commission.

Blue Santa Program is ‘desperate’ for a Christmas miracle

Concerns about the pandemic may have canceled the parade but not the need, according to Blue Santa president Margarine Beaman.

FOX 7 Discussion: Data shows Austin's economy is recovering
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Austin Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Laura Huffman joins Mike Warren to talk about new data from the Texas Workforce Commission.

Thanksgiving could make or break US COVID-19 response

Governors and mayors are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings that have been blamed for accelerating the spread of the coronavirus.