A call center run by the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School gets a notification every time its nurse triage team calls a patient with the bad news that they’ve tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. That’s the signal for a separate team of a few dozen medical […]Read More
Texas is letting school districts decide whether certain students can graduate or move on to the next grade in the wake of canceling the state standardized test that would usually be used to make those decisions. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that requirements to take the STAAR exam, taken in third through 12th grade, would […]Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday declared that the new coronavirus is a statewide public health disaster said that Texas is on the verge of being able to significantly ramp up its testing capacity. At the same time he announced that he was directing day cares, nursing homes and prisons to limit visitations. He said San […]Read More
The state of Texas is asking health insurers to waive costs related to diagnosing the coronavirus as officials across the country work to contain the spread of the virus. “We must ensure no Texan is denied access to testing resources relating to coronavirus,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement Tuesday. “The State of Texas […]Read More
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