Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP Medical Writers
Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday.
Advisers to the Centers for...
Texas Medical Board sets new physician licensing record
The Texas Medical Board – for the third year in a row – has issued a record number of physician licenses, ending the fiscal...
Governor Abbott honors first responders at 2023 Star Of Texas Awards
AUSTIN Governor Greg Abbott on Monday honored peace officers, firefighters, and first responders who demonstrated profound heroism and sacrifice while performing their duties to...
US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and...
Food recalls are pretty common for things like rocks, insects and plastic
By JONEL ALECCIA
AP Health Writer
Rocks in Trader Joe’s cookies. Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup. Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips.
In recent...
MASTER GARDENERS: Your lawn and the drought
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
As people who try to do our part to conserve water, neither of us have much lawn to...
PET OF THE WEEK: Zuri
Zuri, a 10-week-old female Rottweiler mix, needs to be adopted into a good home. To adopt Zuri or any of the other pets at...
PET OF THE WEEK: Minks
Minks, a 3-month-old female terrier mix, needs to be adopted into a good home. To adopt Minks or any of the other pets at...
Vatican holds unprecedented beatification of Polish family of 9 killed for hiding Jews
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
The Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday beatified a Polish family of nine — a married...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: When web pages become unresponsive
Question: I am more often than not getting “Wait or Exit Page” popups especially on Amazon and some other sites. It happens on both...