Children arrive for the first day of school Aug. 17 at O Henry Middle School in Austin, where the public school district mandated mask wearing against Gov. Greg Abbott's order. (Ben Thompson/Community Impact Newspaper)
Texas Education Agency allows mask mandates after federal lawsuit
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COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to roll out by September in US
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19
Austin’s trauma service area, with a population of more than 2.3 million people, has one ICU bed available. (Joe Warner/Community Impact Newspaper)
Texas Supreme Court grants stay orders backing Gov. Greg Abbott against mask mandates in 2 counties
Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced Aug. 9 the state has asked hospitals to voluntarily postpone elective medical procedures. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Abbott pens letter asking hospitals to voluntarily postpone elective medical procedures
The Plano ISD board of trustees heard from 13 speakers during public comment Aug. 3 before voting on the revised health and safety protocols for the new school year. (William C. Wadsack/Community Impact Newspaper)
Plano ISD approves updated health, safety protocols; Collin County officials say yeast infection that killed 4 not public threat, and more top news from DFW
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Frisco ISD will offer temporary virtual learning for students through grade six
See how COVID-19 impacted McKinney over the last week. (Community Impact staff)
Tracking COVID-19: Half of McKinney ZIP codes show more than 42% of residents fully vaccinated as of July 29
Collin County Health Care Services announced on July 27 the creation of mobile vaccination teams. (Lauren Canterberry/Community Impact Newspaper)
Collin County residents can now request mobile COVID-19 vaccine services
The CDC reversed its masking guidance for fully vaccinated individuals in response to the transmissibility of the delta variant of COVID-19 in a press conference July 27. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
NEW CDC GUIDANCE: All individuals should wear masks in K-12 schools, including those who are fully vaccinated
The city of McKinney established school zones for Emerson High School in a July 20 City Council meeting. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
School zone established for Emerson High in Frisco ISD; 61% of residents in 3 Plano ZIP codes fully vaccinated, and more top news from DFW
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Donor centers across North Texas suffer from ‘severe’ blood shortage
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McKinney Fire Department partners with churches to vaccinate vulnerable communities
Effective June 26, unemployed Texans will no longer be eligible to receive the $300 weekly unemployment supplement from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Gov. Greg Abbott announces end-date for Texans to receive federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits
McKinney ISD will administer optional COVID-19 vaccines to students and their guardians. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
McKinney ISD offers optional COVID-19 vaccines for district students, guardians
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CDC ends all mask requirements for fully vaccinated people
Plano ISD expects to resume pre-COVID-19 activities this summer and fully return to the classroom in 2021-22. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
See how Dallas-Fort Worth-area school districts are planning to go back to school for the 2021-22 academic year
Susan Bailey was elected president of the American Medical Association in June 2020. (Courtesy American Medical Association)
'I am convinced we will beat COVID': American Medical Association President Susan Bailey discusses vaccine successes, myths, challenges
Frisco ISD's new protocols, which no longer make face masks a requirement, will go into effect June 1. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Frisco ISD to lift face mask requirement for schools starting June 1