Coronavirus

Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have put President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates affecting private companies on hold.

Pfizer says a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appears to offer important protection against the new omicron variant.

After briefly pausing its mask mandate, San Antonio ISD has reinstated it ahead of an expected uptick in COVID-19 cases over the holidays.

Early indicators suggest the variant is very contagious, but little is known about the severity of disease it causes.

Each week, hospitals in Texas report their current ICU bed capacity to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Here’s the latest as the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 spreads and sends unvaccinated Texans to the hospital.

A series of clinics are popping up to help ramp up the COVID-19 vaccination effort around San Antonio.

So much is unknown about the new COVID-19 variant: the severity of the illness it causes, whether it can resist vaccines and natural antibodies and whether it’s more contagious than the delta variant that has burned through Texas and the U.S. for months.

More than four months into this school year, districts have reported 224,814 cases in students. But state data on school cases is incomplete and likely an undercount.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Mitchell, James and Karen about the status of the power grid and the pandemic heading into winter.

University Health first began sending positive COVID-19 tests for sequencing in March. So far, the omicron variant has not been detected.

World Health Organization officials say that the measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus.

Patients who contracted COVID-19 are reporting a new symptom that is impacting their ability to talk and eat.

With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden is appealing for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of vaccines and shots.

My family is out of quarantine 14 days after my son began having a fever.

Gaps in student learning because of pandemic disruptions could impact students in the long term.

A surge in COVID-19 cases from the West is impacting El Paso.

San Antonio and Bexar County officials will hold a joint COVID-19 update with new guidance as the holidays approach.

It remains unclear whether Gov. Greg Abbott — the only official with the power to convene special sessions — will order state lawmakers back to Austin, or what issues he would include on the agenda.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had called the mandate “an unprecedented federal vaccine decree” on health care workers.

Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, an epidemiologist in San Antonio, joined Steve Spriester and Stephania Jimenez on the KSAT 6 O’Clock News on Monday to discuss the new COVID-19 variant, omicron.

Traveling this holiday season can be safe if you're fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

More than 90% of federal workers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday’s deadline set by President Joe Biden.

The vaccine’s protection goes down with time, so medical experts recommend a supplemental dose after two to six months. Find out here if it’s time to get one.

Scientists say vaccinating kids should not only slow the spread of the coronavirus but also help prevent potentially-dangerous variants from emerging.

The U.S. is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults, and urging them for anyone 50 and older.

Spots still open for upcoming COVID-19 vaccine clinic for SAISD students ages 5 to 11.

Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women.

The United States opened its borders to people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but some who got the shots are finding they're still not eligible to visit.