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Texas Bug With Adorable Name Can Cause A Deadly Disease
An insect found throughout the Southern United States, including Texas, has an adorable name but carries a potentially deadly disease.
Respiratory Illnesses Soaring: Take Action Now To Stay Well
Get immunized against the flu, COVID-19, and RSV to protect yourself from respiratory illnesses.
Lubbock Master Gardeners Announce Spring Plant Sale Date
More details will be announced as they get closer to the event, but future sales included a variety of decorative plants, fruiting plants, herbs, and more.
Lubbock Parents Should Think Twice Before Giving Kids This Pill
Over the past decade, unintentional poisonings from melatonin have increased by an astonishing 530 percent in children. (No, that is not a typo.)
Texas DSHS, CDC: Stop Taking Ivermectin for COVID-19
There's Ivermectin for humans, and Ivermectin for animals. Health agencies say neither can prevent or treat COVID-19, and that improper use could be harmful.
Cruz Calls for CDC Mask Mandate to be Dropped on Public Trans.
According to the CDC, masks are still required to be worn on public transportation across the U.S., including on airplanes, buses, subways and in airports.
United Family Offering Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine to 12 & Older
The United Family announced they will offer the Pfizer vaccine at all locations with a store pharmacy.
Texas Tech Football Coach Responds to CDC’s New Mask Guidance
That photo above? The one with Texas Tech's head football coach Matt Wells wearing a mask next to a comically long ESPN microphone in front of a nearly empty stadium. That's a thing of the past, or at least Wells hopes it is.
Today, the CDC announced that fully vaccinated people can "resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, lo
CDC Investigates Blood Clots Potentially Linked to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The FDA announced Tuesday, April 13, that 6 women have developed a rare blood clot after taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, leading to 1 death and 1 hospitalization.