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As measles spreads, federal funding cuts force Metro Health to halt vaccine clinics

by Shari Biediger April 11, 2025April 10, 2025

The defunding for San Antonio’s free and low-cost vaccination programs also delivers job cuts and ends some grants for housing.

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.

Search for treatment centers continues for Texans with long COVID

by Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune October 12, 2023October 12, 2023

As COVID-19 infections spike locally, attendees were required to wear masks during a rally for U.S. House candidate Jessica Cisneros at the Second Baptist Church on Friday.

Advice for at-risk readers: The COVID-19 undercount is real

by Robert Rivard May 22, 2022May 22, 2022

Isabella Polasek helps her mom, Sabrina Macal-Polasek, fill out their student drop-off and pick-up pass during a back to school event at Advanced Learning Academy on Thursday.

This year, parents are the ones with back-to-school jitters amid COVID case spike, no mask mandate

by Brooke Crum August 6, 2021August 6, 2021

A customer exits the H-E-B in Lincoln Heights without a mask as another customer walks toward the entrance wearing a mask.

Let’s face it: Masks save lives

by Robert Rivard May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

David Campos gets vaccinated against COVID-19 during a University Health drive.

Halfway to herd immunity, San Antonio needs to embrace vaccine safety

by Robert Rivard May 13, 2021May 13, 2021

Local employers are getting caught in the middle of a growing vaccine debate.

A very dangerous trend: As vaccine supply grows, demand declines

by Robert Rivard April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

Governor Greg Abbott responds to questions from reporters at Port San Antonio on Sunday afternoon.

Unmasked: In Texas, business and politics cut the line on public health

by Robert Rivard March 4, 2021March 3, 2021

Vaccinations ‘the best day of 2020’ for many hospital workers

by Shari Biediger December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Per national guidance, local public health officials are preparing for the possibility of distributing a COVID-19 vaccine to high-priority groups as early as late October.

San Antonio receives nationwide plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccine as early as next month

by JJ Velasquez September 2, 2020September 2, 2020