August 18, 2020 Southwest Airlines may have a deal for you. Since the coronavirus interrupted life and travel last spring, airline customers everywhere have been left with credits for flights they never took. Unless the airline canceled their flights, they generally can’t get cash back on a nonrefundable ticket. Instead, they get a voucher, or […]
August 18, 2020 The transition to online schooling and stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic required at least one adult in the home to focus on the children – helping them with schoolwork and supervising them all day. While there was no immediate impact on detachment or unemployment, working mothers in states with early stay-at-home […]
August 19, 2020 The July memo was blunt. Students at Sam Houston State University had been promised “direct contact” with faculty, and even in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, the Huntsville school needed to deliver, Provost Richard Eglsaer told the faculty. “Since students pay tuition to have in-person instruction, they are free to opt […]
August 18, 2020 Influential artist and photographer Carrie Mae Weems and the Dallas Contemporary are partnering with North Texas cultural institutions to raise awareness of COVID-19 in high-risk communities. For “Resist COVID/Take 6!” Weems created public art in the form of eight billboards, various posters, tote bags, reusable masks and more that are being unveiled […]
August 18, 2020 After Jake Smith complained about stomach pain, his mother took him to a gastrointestinal specialist at Children’s Medical Center. Tests, which included an endoscopy to inspect the boy’s stomach and digestive tract, showed no problems. But for Jake, the pain was unrelenting. The doctor referred Jake to a pediatric psychologist on the […]
August 18, 2020 As the COVID-19 cases mount in Dallas County and across the state, healthcare providers have the task of following up with those who have been discharged from the hospital. Even though the patients are technically “recovered” from the disease, that doesn’t mean they are symptom-free. To help track and treat these patients, […]
August 18, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott and top Texas leaders announced Tuesday that they will push for legislation next year that would freeze property tax revenues for cities that cut police budgets, just days after the Austin City Council approved a budget that will cut police funding by up to one-third by moving areas like […]
August 18, 2020 Savor in Klyde Warren Park, a modern American restaurant that has operated inside the green space in Dallas since 2013, is closing Sunday, Aug. 23 after dinner service. The “extreme circumstances facing restaurants during the pandemic” was one reason the restaurant is closing, says Klyde Warren Park President Kit Sawers. Savor was […]
August 17, 2020 As many retailers and franchises continue to reel from the fallout brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Smoothie King is eyeing growth both domestically and internationally. The Dallas-based company maintained a steady development pace since the beginning of 2020, opening 31 new domestic locations and 119 international locations. It also signed 38 […]
August 18, 2020 Six weeks isn’t much time to prepare for a pandemic. Dr. Julie Trivedi saw it coming in January, or at least that’s when she noticed a rise in reports of strange respiratory illnesses in China. Trivedi is the medical director of infection prevention at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which operates the William […]