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Posted in COVID's Legacy in Texas Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoBy Eleanor Klibanoff, Graphics by Dan Keemahill and Graphics by Yuriko SchumacherMarch 18, 2025

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

Health care workers wheel portable oxygen tanks to patients in the COVID care unit of Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Aug. 19, 2021.
Posted in Coronavirus in Texas Avatar photoBy Neelam BohraOct. 12, 2023

Long COVID clinics in Texas are few and far between, often with months-long waitlists. But these centers can provide care that validates stigmatized patients, offers unique treatments and teaches physicians more about the new condition.

Alexandria Robertson shows her daughters Novah Wilson and Kellani-Ari Wilson ultrasound pictures from her pregnancies in their home in Manor on Thursday.
Posted in Coronavirus in Texas Avatar photoBy Eleanor KlibanoffFeb. 7, 2023Feb. 9, 2023

Millions of Texans — mostly children, young adults and new moms — stayed on Medicaid for the duration of the pandemic. The state will soon start reevaluating eligibility.

Gov. Greg Abbott declares a state of disaster in Texas amid new cases of COVID-19 in the state on March 13, 2020, at the state Capitol.
Posted in Coronavirus in Texas Avatar photoBy Karen Brooks HarperDec. 8, 2022

After more than 92,000 deaths and 8 million reported COVID-19 cases in Texas, the state remains one of less than a dozen still under a statewide disaster or public health emergency.

Posted in The 2022 Texas Tribune Festival By Texas Tribune StaffSept. 22, 2022

The nation’s top infectious disease specialist on the pandemic without end and his future plans.

A health care worker helps register people for COVID-19 testing at a drive-thru testing megasite at the Don Haskins Recreation Center on Jan. 11, 2022, in El Paso.
Posted in Coronavirus in Texas Avatar photoBy Chris EssigAug. 24, 2022

After nearly two and a half years, we’re no longer tracking daily coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations in Texas.

Posted in Coronavirus in Texas By Texas Tribune StaffApril 14, 2020Aug. 24, 2022

From April 2020 to August 2022, the Texas Tribune used data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track coronavirus hospitalizations, vaccinations, cases and deaths. We stopped updating these numbers in August 2022.

Jazmine Richards injects Hana Ismail, 2, with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine while she sits on her father’s lap at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston last month.
Posted in Coronavirus in Texas Avatar photoBy Karen Brooks HarperJuly 28, 2022

Kids ages 6 months to 4 years became eligible for the vaccine last month. Experts say a number of factors could be hampering parents from getting their kids vaccinated.

Mary Douglas injects Huaijin Zhang, 5, with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on June 28.
Posted in Coronavirus in Texas Avatar photoBy Karen Brooks HarperJuly 11, 2022

For some parents of kids under 5 who want to vaccinate them, the wait has been excruciating, fraught with delays and close calls. Others are hesitant to have their young children vaccinated.

Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital patient Clyde Alexander thanked nurse Traci Cargile in January as she carried out his lunch tray.
Posted in Coronavirus in Texas Avatar photoBy Jason BeefermanMay 20, 2022May 23, 2022

It’s still unclear what the increase in cases will mean for the state, but doctors and hospitals say Texas is better prepared to face a surge than before.

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