Anna Ta
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Already Dealing With the Halloween Jump in COVID Cases, Healthcare Workers Brace for Thanksgiving
The very thing that made the holidays great before COVID is striking fear into the heart of the healthcare system – families gathering and being merry. There’s plenty of reason to suspect that the holidays will send cases skyrocketing. Two weeks after Halloween, the greater Houston area saw an uptick... → Read More
Follow the Turkeys: Retailers Face Unexpected Holiday Meat Demand and Supply Shortages
Turkey retailers are seeing lifts and drops in orders and reservations parallel to the moods of holiday shoppers as the rising cases and positive vaccine breakthroughs take turns being the biggest story of the day. → Read More
During COVID, Houston’s Influencers Use TikTok to Connect to a Local Audience
Social media has been a particularly important way to find connection during the pandemic and TikTok has been helping Houston's influencers find their feet and put themselves – and others – on the map. → Read More
Seeing Unicorns: Meet the Black Veterinarians Beating Down the Barriers in Houston
It turns out Eddie Murphy’s Dr. Doolittle was extraordinary in more ways than one. Less than one percent of all veterinarians in this country are Black (no data available yet regarding how many can speak to animals). → Read More
Just Say No to Drugs (and Yes To Positive Police Relations): DARE Returns
Whether or not DARE’s return to Houston Independent School District in January will successfully keep kids away from drugs remains to be seen, but one thing it will certainly do — what the district and its police department are intending it to do — is give kids more face time with police officers. → Read More
Brave New World: Training to be a Doctor in the Age of COVID-19
Across the country from New York City to Seattle, the threat of COVID-19 is finally becoming real to millions of Americans. Houston’s first case has been discovered in Fort Bend County, sparking fears of uncontrolled viral spread across the city. But only a couple miles away, the rodeo is welcoming thousands of... → Read More
Lawsuits Abound as Governor, Voting Rights Groups Spar Over Election Integrity
Governor Greg Abbott’s order on Thursday requiring Harris and Travis Counties to close all but one ballot drop-off location in each county in the name of election integrity was quickly condemned by voting rights groups and the state Democratic party. → Read More
Three Killed, One Injured in Building Collapse of Soon-to-be Marathon Oil HQ
The construction site of the new Marathon Oil headquarters in Memorial partially collapsed early Monday afternoon, killing three construction workers and injuring one, according to the Houston Fire Department. → Read More
Houston Food Banks Battle Skyrocketing Food Insecurity While Texas Slashes Budgets
Local food banks have found new ways to meet increased food insecurity needs during the pandemic, even as Texas has cut a food bank grant almost in half. Food insecurity has more than doubled in Southeast Texas since March, according to Reginald Young, the chief strategy officer at the Houston... → Read More
"This is Bad Policy": Trump Administration Proposes Restrictions for International Students – Again
The University of Houston and Rice University, which both enroll thousands of international students each year, are assessing the potential impacts of the Trump administration proposal to impose narrow time limits on international student visas. → Read More
With Barely a Break For a Tropical Storm, Rice Students Continue to Protest Willy's Statue
As Tropical Storm Beta approached Houston, a handful of Rice University student protestors weathered the rain outside in the school’s main quad, huddled under umbrellas and by the towering statue of the university’s founder, William Marsh Rice. While the students abided by the flash flood warnings and took the next... → Read More