November 29, 2020 The Texas Tribune is using data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track how many people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Texas each day. The state data comes from 57 city and county health departments, about 600 hospitals and 340 laboratories and the state vital records […]
As Texans face another surge in coronavirus infections, many people are finding themselves stuck at home in the midst of the holiday season with no income or access to necessary resources like food or medical services. In response to growing concerns around the nation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a nationwide moratorium […]
November 29, 2020 Dallas County on Sunday reported 3,303 more coronavirus cases and six COVID-19 deaths. The latest fatalities were a woman in her 40s, a man in his 50s, a man in his 60s, a man in his 80s, and a man in his 90s, all of whom were Dallas residents and had been […]
November 30, 2020 Jacobs (NYSE:J) and PA Consulting, a leading innovation and transformation consulting firm, announced today that they will form a strategic partnership in which Jacobs will acquire a 65% stake in PA. The investment places an enterprise value of PA at £1.825 billion ($2.4 billion). The remaining 35% stake will be held by […]
November 20, 2020 Dallas-Fort Worth ranks highly among U.S. metros for median income levels, and income and wealth trends and other economic metrics make the metro one of the top in the nation for opportunity, according to a new study by the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University. The reasons for this stem […]
November 19, 2020 A new device may revolutionize COVID-19 screening with breathtaking speed—providing nearly instant results after you blow through a straw. The sophisticated breathalyzer, called Worlds Protect, is being developed and tested by Dallas-based Worlds Inc., the U.S. Air Force, and The Texas A&M University System. “People can walk up and, literally, just breathe […]
November 20, 2020 For years, the local and state economies have outperformed the nation’s, and Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas stood up well in the early days of the pandemic. The recovery is a different story. Job growth has been lagging national rates, unemployment claims remain stubbornly high and thousands have dropped out of the labor […]
November 19, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday touted the arrival of a new antibody treatment as progress in Texas’ fight against the coronavirus, while again ruling out any new statewide business restrictions as the state experiences alarming growth in cases and hospitalizations. “It is important for everybody in the state to know that statewide […]
November 17, 2020 The Texas-based nonprofit Children at Risk ranks eight Dallas ISD schools in the Top 10 Best Public High Schools in North Texas. Due to the pandemic, this report focused on the past three years of available data to determine the consistency and resiliency of schools and districts before COVID-19. thehub.dallasisd.org/2020/11/17/report-dallas-isd-is-home-to-eight-of-the-10-best-public-high-schools-in-north-texas/
A major local study aimed at tracking the spread of Covid-19 now expanding its reach. The UT Southwestern effort is also tapping trusted allies in the community to both survey and serve those most at risk. “I signed up for the study. We are encouraging our church and others to sign up for the study,” […]