Joel Eisenbaum
KPRC 2 Houston
Houston, TX, United States
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Waller County EMS ambulances found with emissions defeat devices
KPRC2 Investigates has learned the Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing a whistleblower complaint about emissions defeat devices on at least four Waller County EMS ambulances. → Read More
Trust Index: COVID-19 home testing kit ‘Throat Swabbing’
A hashtag trend on social media has sent our KPRC Trust Index team scrambling to find the truth. → Read More
The Karolyi Ranch, former training site for female Olympic gymnasts, has now been sold
The Karolyi Ranch, a sprawling 1,687-acre property north of Houston that was once the summer training site for female Olympic gymnasts, has a new owner with potentially different interests than gold medals. → Read More
Why is Harris County COVID-19 threat still at RED despite low cases, positivity rate, hospitalizations?
Most big Texas cities no longer have their COVID-19 threat levels pegged on red (highest) alert. Dallas is in orange, Austin is in yellow and San Antonio is in green. But Houston is still stuck in the red. We have been in the “stay home” alert for more than 3 months now. We wanted to know if the numbers are looking better, why are we still in the red zone? → Read More
FULL INTERVIEW: Houston-area doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
The Houston doctor featured in a controversial, viral video claiming an anti-malarial drug is a cure for COVID-19 shared her side of the story with KPRC 2. → Read More
Harris County replaces unused NRG Arena tent hospital with new facility for potential COVID-19 surge
The controversial ‘Tent Hospital’ that was assembled, sat unused and then deconstructed, is being replaced with another facility inside NRG Center. → Read More
METRO: Transparency about bus drivers who test positive for COVID-19
Metro raised a few eyebrows with a press release on Tuesday that showed two bus drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 last drove routes in mid to late March. → Read More
Trust Index: Changing messages in the war on COVID-19
First, it was “flatten the curve,” then, “slow the spread." There has been no shortage of catchy phrases or hashtags used by public leaders during the fight against coronavirus and it’s causing some confusion as Texas continues reopening for business. → Read More
This is how HFD is preparing for storms this weekend
The Houston Fire Department is not calling in extra staff, but does have extra high water rescue equipment available for the possibility of flooding this weekend. → Read More
Sugar Land father who was stuck in Argentina for months now scheduled to come home
A Sugar Land father who has been stuck in Argentina for more than two months is scheduled to arrive back home Saturday. → Read More
Houston’s struggling hotels preparing for guests to come back
Houston’s hotels are a massive revenue producer for the city. But like most hospitality industries, it’s struggling financially in a world with COVID-19. → Read More
Contraversial west Houston poker club reopens amid coronavirus restrictions
A west Houston Poker Club that was the subject of a police raid last year, has reopened for business at 25% capacity Monday. → Read More
Economist: Houston hovering near 15% unemployment rate
Bill Gilmer, an economist at the University of Houston’s Bauer School of Business, estimated Friday that the current unemployment rate in Houston, a nine county region, is currently near 15%. → Read More
Trust Index: Which coronavirus prediction model can you trust?
Channel 2 Investigates puts the COVID-19 projections through the Trust Index to see which ones you can depend on. → Read More
From beaches to businesses. This is how Houston reopened Friday
Friday was the first day of Texas governor’s phase 1 of reopening the state. Local businesses and restaurants listed in phase 1 welcomed their customers back with open doors after being shut for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Harris County to hire hundreds of ‘contact tracers’ to track coronavirus cases
Identifying and isolating those who have COVID-19 is widely accepted by local leaders, and health officials as a key to not only “flattening the curve,” but a necessary ingredient in the successful relaunch of the economy. → Read More
Channel 2 Investigates goes inside the Houston lab that’s testing hundreds of COVID-19 samples every day
Inside a nondescript building off the Katy Freeway, some of the most important work in Houston is being done. → Read More
Galveston County COVID-19 death rate significantly higher than Harris, Ft. Bend, data shows
New data sets shared by a consortium of Southeast Texas Hospitals, reveals a significantly higher COVID-19 “case fatality rate” in Galveston County than Harris, Fort Bend, and Brazoria counties. → Read More
Concerns rise over increase of COVID-19 cases at southwest Houston nursing home
Starting Monday, nursing homes will be required to report COVID-19 cases within their facilities to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. → Read More
Houstonians are suing Gov. Greg Abbott over executive orders amid coronavirus crisis
Norman Adams owns an insurance business in the Heights. → Read More