People who tested positive for COVID-19 and didn't make contact with county health officials for 28 days are now counted as recovered from the virus.
August is a month when gardeners should think about two important aspects of landscape maintenance — fertilizing and pruning.
In the journal “Pediatrics,” pediatrician Dr. Aleeya Healey discusses the selection of appropriate toys in the digital age.
We've been working toward “flattening the curve” to ensure we don’t overwhelm our hospital systems with COVID-19 cases. Working now to give pharmacists greater access to deliver vaccines will allow us to stay ahead of the curve and to be ready to defeat COVID-19.
In his commentary on Black Lives Matter, Dan Freeman left out an important fact ("Black lives matter, until they don't," The Daily News, Aug. 11). Black lives don't seem to matter to other Blacks, such as in Chicago — only when it's white on Black — never when it's Black on Black.
Tuesday, the live shrimp shortage continued. However, live mullet, mud minnows and croaker were available at many of the bait camps.
District leaders made the change in response to health district recommendations, officials said.
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Our summertime doldrums will continue a while longer with mostly sunny skies, a few widely scattered thundershowers to bring temporary relief to some lucky areas and light winds, averaging around 11.7 MPH in Galveston.
One of the most perverse and alarming COVID-19 trends is that people might be avoiding vital medical care for fear of contracting the virus.
The city has weathered the coronavirus-related fiscal storm better than some, officials said.
Seventeen-year-old Rose Zhang, of the United States, defeated defending champion Gabriela Ruffels (Australia) to win the United States Women’s Amateur Golf Championship on Saturday.
A man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s died in late July, according to the Galveston County Health District.
Citing lost revenue caused by the pandemic, the medical branch will cut jobs to help address a $174 million budget shortfall.
Regarding League City's City Council questioning support for the Butler and Ghirardi museums ("City council to question financial support of museums," The Daily News, Aug. 6), some information should be explained.
Anglers depending on live shrimp to fish are getting frustrated with the shortage of their favorite bait. There was none to be found around the Galveston area bait camps Monday, and the situation does not appear to be improving, at least over the next few days.
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There have been so many remakes of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden” that Colin Firth has now starred in two.
“Testing Me” by Kimberly Pevoto, RoseDog Book, Pittsburgh, PA, 2020, paperback, 27 pages, $16
For inshore fishing, the lack of live shrimp supplies presents a big handicap, but there are other viable options.
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Island residents, businesses and tourists alike were caught off guard when officials made an 11th-hour decision to close beaches in Galveston for Fourth of July weekend. As the last big holiday of the summer approaches, the question is whether they should be closed again.
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With social distancing and virtual learning disrupting arts education, students and teachers are turning their sights to honing skills, rather than getting ready for performances.
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