HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Anuja Vij stared into her cell phone and recorded the moment she felt was like winning the lottery. “This is the last dose on Feb. 24th,” a uniformed man said as he was about to jab her with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “There were no other cars, it was my car and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — checked in on two Houston-area families, whose homes were damaged following the winter storm last week. Finding temporary housing, food and water supply are the top concerns for families who are still struggling. Single parent Christina Carter said her family’s clothes, furniture, beds, and laptops for school and work were a total loss after broken pipes …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston area is now facing at least five different variants of COVID-19 with the addition of three from New York, Brazil and California. Study findings released Thursday by the infectious diseases team at Houston Methodist showed the additional three variants have been detected among the 20,453 coronavirus genomes in the area examined since the start …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As the winter storm pounded Houston, Stephanie Hendrick was quickly looking for a safe place to send her 94-year-old mother and sister to ride out the cold. “You know there’s no place for them to go. They have no water and power. My mom was freezing to death covered in blankets. So I thought let me …

HOUSTON, Texas — Rice University is once again spearheading research and solutions in the ongoing battle with COVID-19. The “Ivy League of the South” school announced two developing innovations: a “real-time sensor” to detect the virus and a cellphone tool that can detect the disease in less than an hour. Sensing COVID-19 Researchers at Rice received funding for up to …