The number of new COVID-19 cases is increasing in Angelina County and across the state, signaling the pandemic is far from over as the new delta variant spreads across the country.
Though infections have slowed for a time, the state was reporting 70 active COVID-19 cases in Angelina County as of 5 p.m. Thursday.
Things at the Angelina County & Cities Health District are returning somewhat to normal, administrator Sharon Shaw told the District’s board of health on Wednesday.
Most of us have had our lives disrupted in some way as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As difficult as job loss and economic upheaval have been, it is the loss of life that is most tragic.
COVID-19 is not gone — it is alive and spreading in non-vaccinated individuals.
Texas has participated in the Federal Vaccines for Children Program since its inception in 1994. This legislation guarantees vaccines are available at no cost to providers, in order to immunize children who meet eligibility requirements.
Like it or not, vaccination passports are coming.
Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive unemployment benefits as of June 26, the Texas Workforce Commission announced this week.
NACOGDOCHES — Data on mental health collected over the next few years will eventually reveal the full picture of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact.
The recent announcement that the Pfizer mRNA COVID vaccine has been approved for use in children 12 and up was welcomed news for pediatricians and many parents. This news has caused many parents to come to us for advice on whether their children should get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Members of the local health care community celebrated the year of hard work over a year of a world-altering pandemic while new infections and deaths have plummeted in recent weeks.
As you thumbed through our recent high school graduation section in our latest Weekend Edition, you noticed the hundreds of smiling faces that belong to students from Lufkin, Alto, Apple Springs, Central, Centerville, Diboll, Hudson, Huntington, Huntington Pride, Pineywoods Community Academy…
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that public schools can no longer require masks on their campuses starting June 5. The decision was part of a new executive order that bans government entities in Texas — like cities and counties — from mandating masks in the fight against the coronavirus p…
NACOGDOCHES — U.S. regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation’s adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for them to return to more normal activities.
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