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Updated: 13 minutes ago
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
In Deep East Texas, 145 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday, down one patient from the day before.
Updated: 58 minutes ago
|By Jeff Awtrey
State Rep. James White has filed a bill restricting government entities and private businesses from requiring vaccinations.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff and Julian Esparza
The school board of Tyler Independent School District met on Monday night to discuss whether or not to require masks for those in its schools.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Brianna Linn
A state-run regional infusion center to help treat patients with COVID-19 opened Monday in Polk County.
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Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff and KTRE Digital Media Staff
The latest on COVID-19 cases across East Texas.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Christian Terry
Today, Infectious Disease Specialist Doctor Ed Dominguez and OBGYN Doctor Theresa Patton joined us live on East Texas Now to answer more questions about COVID-19.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 12:34 AM CDT
|By ALLYSON WALLER
“This variant is much more aggressive, [and] pregnant women are getting sicker much faster,” one doctor says.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 11:19 PM CDT
|By Justin Honore
A group in Tyler is working to bring encouragement to workers nurses in the East Texas area.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 2:57 PM CDT
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
As of Wednesday, 163 people were hospitalized with the virus in Trauma Service Area H.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 3:19 PM CDT
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff
12 ICU beds were open as of Tuesday in Area H, which is eight more than the previous day.
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Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 10:52 PM CDT
|By Andy Krauss
University leadership says they understand everyone’s anxieties and concerns, and they’re doing everything they can.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 6:58 PM CDT
|By Blake Holland and KLTV Digital Media Staff
Deep East Texas superintendent pushes for local control as cases rise
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 3:44 PM CDT
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff
Ten superintendents representing East Texas school districts joined East Texas Now for a roundtable discussion.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 11:57 AM CDT
|By Spencer Chrisman
After the New Orleans Saints impressive 38-3 win over the reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, a handful of offensive coaches have tested positive for COVID according to ESPN’s Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 10:35 AM CDT
|By Kevin Reynolds
More than 11% of those who received their first dose haven’t gotten a second shot, and more than 1 million people are more than 90 days overdue.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 7:13 AM CDT
|By Debra Dolan
With children back in the classroom and flu season approaching, it’s good to recognize the differences between influenza, COVID-19 and a common cold.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 8:01 PM CDT
|By Jamey Boyum
KLTV’s Jamey Boyum talks with Longview ISD Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox about the Texas Attorney General’s letter sent to LISD asking him to rescind LISD’s policy requiring the wearing of masks in school.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 11:37 AM CDT
|By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE
The experts reviewed studies of the vaccines’ performance and concluded the shots are working well despite the extra-contagious delta variant, especially against severe disease.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 8:19 AM CDT
|By CNN staff
Week after week, more children are getting COVID-19, but leading health experts said there could be a light at the end of the tunnel.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 2:34 AM CDT
|By KTRK Staff
The girl's mother says she was happy and playful early in the day but developed a fever and died within hours.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2021 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Labor unions are divided over vaccine mandates.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2021 at 8:03 PM CDT
|By Grace Leis and Fallon Appleton
The 20-year-old sophomore was studying to be a psychiatric nurse
Updated: Sep. 11, 2021 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Health experts say this fall’s crowded college and professional football stadiums could create ripe conditions for COVID-19 to spread among unvaccinated fans.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 1:57 PM CDT
|By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Half of American workers are in favor of vaccine requirements at their workplaces.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
Pineywoods Community Academy issued a mask requirement for all students, parents, and staff set to begin Monday, Sept. 13.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By Gary Bass
In the wake of Diboll ISD’s decision to require all students, staff, and visitors to wear masks starting on Sept. 1, the Texas Attorney General’s Office sent a letter that threatened legal action if the mask mandate is enforced.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 6:55 AM CDT
|By WSMV staff
A teen spoke in front of the Rutherford County School Board Tuesday night in favor of a mask mandate. His speech got drowned out by hecklers.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 6:06 PM CDT
|By Brianna Linn
The pandemic has brought challenges to many industries, and has a left a lasting impact on furniture stores.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 4:37 PM CDT
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
159 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 in Trauma Service Area H, which includes Nacogdoches and Angelina counties.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By CNN
The single-dose vaccine would combine their booster against coronavirus with their booster against the flu.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 12:10 PM CDT
|By CNN Staff
They recommend getting the influenza vaccine by the end of October.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 10:58 AM CDT
|By CNN
According to two studies published this week, the two COVID-19 vaccines do not increase the risk of miscarriage for pregnant women.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 9:42 PM CDT
|By Alex Gibbs
Federal lawmakers are backing legislation prohibiting dishonorable discharges for military service members who refuse to get their COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The airline’s 67,000 U.S.-based employees face a Sept. 27 deadline for getting vaccinated or face termination or unpaid leave.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
The Texas Department of State Health Services recorded 163 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Deep East Texas as of Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By CNN
The average age of those studied was 80 and more than half were overweight, had lung disease or diabetes. Most of them also had cardiovascular disease.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By MATTHEW PERRONE and DEE-ANN DURBIN
The delta variant is filling hospitals, sickening alarming numbers of children and driving coronavirus deaths in some places to the highest levels of the entire pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
A patrol officer with the Alto Police Department died of COVID-19 Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Jefferson County Public Health executive director Dawn Comstock says staff at a mobile vaccine clinic in Gilpin County were yelled at and threatened by people passing by, The Denver Post reports.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 3:36 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Dr. Fauci says the U.S. is “paying attention to it,” but it isn’t considered an immediate threat.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Joe Villasana
In a Facebook post shared this week, Texas Attorney General warned school district with mask mandates to “rescind now or see you in court.”
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 11:26 AM CDT
|By CNN staff
School districts, ride-sharing services and delivery companies are all struggling to hire drivers.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 12:15 AM CDT
|By KTRK Staff
A judge ordered the hospital to administer ivermectin to the patient, but according to his family, the hospital refused.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 6:14 PM CDT
|By Freixys Casado
By now, we are familiar with some of the symptoms coronavirus long-haulers experience like, body aches, fatigue and brain fog.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 4:51 PM CDT
|By CNN
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than 40 million people in the country have had coronavirus.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:58 PM CDT
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
Nacogdoches Independent School District’s school board on Tuesday voted down a measure that would require the use of masks as a COVID-19 protective measure.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By KTRE Digital Media Staff
In Deep East Texas, 167 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 12:07 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
FDA’s scientific advisers will publicly debate Pfizer’s evidence on Sept. 17, just three days before the administration’s target for starting boosters.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 9:58 AM CDT
|By Stephanie Frazier
Extracurricular activities are also cancelled through Saturday, the district posted to its social media pages.