AUSTIN, TexasAUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ lieutenant governor blamed rising hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 on unvaccinated Black people — comments that were quickly denounced as racist.

AUSTIN, Texas -- The blame game over rising cases of COVID-19 continues along largely partisan lines, with Democrats attacking GOP governors who have banned measures like mask mandates and vaccine ...

NEW YORK -- This holiday season held promise for Americans, many of whom spent Christmas 2020 in quarantine or away from loved ones due to a nasty winter COVID-19 surge. Yet in the last week or so, ...

COVID-19 cases have been surging in Texas and nationally - mostly among unvaccinated people - as the highly contagious delta variant has become dominant. While dozens of variants have spawned from the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Health officials are monitoring a summer surge in COVID-19 cases across the region, with increases in both positive test rates and hospitalizations, particularly in Louisiana and ...

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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The factors that contributed to three South Texas border cities being named the “Fattest Cities” in the nation are also exacerbating the COVID-19 crisis, the county’s ...

Texas emergency rooms have seen a sharp increase in cases of COVID-19 since kids returned to school in early August. ER visits for COVID surged by nearly 30% in the week ending on Aug. 23, according ...