August 11, 2020 The City of Dallas Office of Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs (WCIA) has partnered with the Open Society Foundations and Community Foundations of Texas to create the Emma Lazarus Resilience Fund to help immigrant and refugee families impacted by COVID-19. This fund will offer $500,000 in financial assistance to those ineligible for […]
August 12, 2020 Strong air flow was thought to be a good thing until it led to an asymptomatic patient transmitting the virus to 10 people in three different families at a restaurant in Guangzhou, China. Research by Chinese scientists showed the restaurant’s air conditioning carried the viral particles to tables across the room. Since […]
August 12, 2020 In July, UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources announced they would collaborate on a COVID-19 prevalence study to measure how the virus spreads through the local population. One month in, responses are starting to give researchers a look at how the disease impacts the community, including the prevalence of asymptomatic carriers. But […]
August 12, 2020 When the port of Laredo passed Los Angeles to become the busiest trade hub in the country in February, optimism was high in Texas. An ongoing U.S. trade war with China meant a drop in traffic at West Coast trade hubs while Texas’ land ports with Mexico were on the verge of […]
August 11, 2020 International law firm Reed Smith has hired restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer Omar J. Alaniz to be a partner in the firm’s Financial Industry Group in its Dallas office. Alaniz was previously a partner at local firm Baker Botts. At Reed Smith, he will join a team of attorneys representing debtors, creditors, lenders, […]
August 11, 2020 The college football season is supposed to begin in less than three weeks. But many universities still haven’t decided how or if they’ll move forward because of the pandemic. Not having a season could protect the health of players and fans, but it could also mean loss of revenue that’s vital to […]
August 11, 2020 The current Black Lives Matter protests have taken some cues from the 1960s civil rights movement – but they also stand apart in a number of ways. Author and historian Max Krochmal is an associate professor and chair of comparative race and ethnic studies at Texas Christian University. As part of the […]
August 11, 2020 Hop on the website for a French restaurant in Dallas and you’ll find wedges of cheese, a soufflé kit, a plate of escargot ravioli and … a COVID-19 test. BTG, the to-go operation for Bullion in downtown Dallas, is getting creative during the pandemic. The reason the restaurant group is selling $200 […]
August 11, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday expressed optimism about the declining number of hospitalizations related to the coronavirus, but stressed that Texans still need to be vigilant about wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. “The numbers are moving in the right direction, but it is fair to say that hospital capacity for those […]
August 11, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic ground American professional sports to a halt in March, causing leagues to cancel games and, later, play in empty arenas and stadiums. But on Wednesday, fans will return to live major league sports in Texas: FC Dallas, the Major League Soccer team, will host Nashville SC in a match […]