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Teen gets vaccinated despite parents' concerns: 'I was doing it for my safety and the safety of others'

Ethan Lindenberger grew up thinking that not being vaccinated was normal.

Harris County Commissioners Court Requests Plan for Equitable Distribution of Flood Bond Funds and a Study for a Minimum Wage Increase for County Employees at First Meeting This Year

A number of issues — including flood bond equity, a proposal to consider Election Day vote centers and minimum wage increase to $15 an hour for county employees — was discussed at the first Commissioners Court meeting of 2019, which lasted until nearly 5 p.m.

1.5 million people in the US might have sesame allergies. That's more than previously thought

In the United States, the top allergens are required to appear on labels when they're among a product's ingredients. Milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans are all on the list.

Hospitalizations for eating disorders grew in the pandemic. The problem isn't over, experts say

Alongside the many impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on pediatric care, researchers have seen a stark increase in young adults seeking treatment for disordered eating behaviors.

Officials: Smugglers Use Tricycle, Fox Urine to Move Drugs Across the Country

Authorities are detailing the great lengths suspected drug smugglers went to in order to conceal their operation after $4.1 million in cash and more than six pounds of heroin were seized by federal agents at a New York storage facility over the weekend.

FDA authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 booster shots for children ages 5 to 11

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series.

At UH, Creating the Country’s First Spanish-Language Creative Writing Program

Which country is home to the second-largest Spanish-speaking population in the world? It’s us—as in the United States, with only Mexico home to more who speak, write and think in the language.

Alabama reels from state court’s decision that frozen embryos are human beings - what could happen next

The Alabama Supreme Court this month ruled that frozen embryos are human beings and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death, sending the state’s fertility industry into chaos.

Does Your 7-Year-Old Really Need Braces?

Braces are often a rite of passage for middle school students with overbites or crooked teeth.

What Kind of Principal Turns Around A Failing School?

A Visionary Change-Maker/Activist From Houston

Heroes live among us but are so busy “saving the world” that they often exist under the radar and go unrecognized. Luckily for us, legendary educator/activist and author, Dr. Bertie Simmons wrote it all down in a memoir that spans her life before, during and after the turning around of a failing school - and not without controversy.

Commissioner Ellis to Propose $7.7M Increase in County’s Buyout Program for Flood Victims

Funds would Provide More Money for Relocation and Benefit for Undocumented Families

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis will ask Commissioners Court today to add $7.7 million to a buyout program to provide repeat flood victims – including undocumented immigrants – with more money for relocation.

Texas clinic earns $9M from the American Rescue Plan Act to open outpatient GI lab

Houston-based Quentin Mease Clinic is set to receive nearly $9 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to open an outpatient gastroenterology lab, according to a Dec. 19 report from Community Impact.

Hawthorn Park Landfill Will Not Be Expanded into Neighborhood

USA Waste of Texas Landfills, Inc. announced that they withdrew their application to expand the Hawthorn Park landfill. Their previous plan to expand the existing landfill would have caused it to be positioned closer to the Carverdale neighborhood.

Money, Power, and Sex: The Imperfect Trifecta, Which Enables Jeffrey Epstein’s of the World

To be clear: money, power, and sex have been longtime bedfellows. No matter where you look, on the blocks, in churches, schools, boardrooms, politics, Hollywood, the music industry, you name it and you will likely see them together. From the pimp on the street corner using his money and power to both dominate and dazzle ‘his’ women to the president admitting that powerful men can walk up to women and do whatever they want, in almost every aspect of life, you can find scenarios that validate the fact.

An Inspiring Biography of Merze Tate From Penn Professor Barbara Savage

Born in rural Michigan at the turn of the century, Merze Tate was the first African-American woman to attend Oxford. She also graduated with a doctorate from Harvard, became a leading scholar on diplomatic history, colonialism, and nuclear arms, taught for 30-plus years at Howard, and kept seeking ever more knowledge throughout her life—reading, writing, and traveling the world with her camera. University of Pennsylvania professor Barbara Savage’s new biography MERZE TATE: THE GLOBAL ODYSSEY OF A BLACK WOMAN SCHOLAR (Yale University Press; November 2023) tells the astonishing story of a woman, who, despite living in what she called a “sex and race discriminating world,” never allowed her intellectual ambitions to be thwarted.

City Of Houston Awarded RAISE Grant Funding For Telephone Road Project

The United States Department of Transportation announced yesterday that the City of Houston will receive $20.96 million in federal funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) grant program for the Telephone Road: Main Street Revitalization Project.

New Harris County Program Helps Struggling Families With Financial Instability

Harris County officials recently introduced a groundbreaking pilot program called "Uplift Harris" aimed at assisting low-income residents facing financial instability. This initiative, funded through the federal American Rescue Plan Act, will provide eligible individuals with a monthly stipend of $500 for up to 18 months. With an allocated budget of $20.5 million, the program will be overseen by the Harris County Public Health Department. If approved by Harris County Commissioners, this program will make Harris County the first in Texas to implement such an initiative, joining the ranks of other major metropolitan areas.

Georgia corrections officer killed by inmate using homemade weapon, officials say

A corrections officer at a south Georgia prison was killed Sunday after an inmate allegedly attacked him “from behind with a homemade weapon,” the state department of corrections announced in a news release.

ICYMI: Texas State Representatives United in Support for Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher for Re-Election

Over the past three weeks, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) has announced she earned the endorsements of State Representatives in Texas who represent portions of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District, now and in the future: Ann Johnson (HD-134), Jon Rosenthal (HD-135), Gene Wu (HD-137), Garnet Coleman (HD-147), and Hubert Vo (HD-149), demonstrating united support from leaders in the region.

Adrian Garcia to County Commissioners: Sue the Army Corps of Engineers

Former Sheriff and candidate for County Commissioner, Precinct 2, calls on commissioners to join Ft. Bend County lawsuit

Today, Adrian Garcia, former Sheriff and candidate for County Commissioner, Precinct 2, called on Harris County Commissioners to join with Ft. Bend County commissioners in a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers to require the Corps to take action to prevent future flooding of the type we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

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