With a sledgehammer and a shovel, volunteers raced to save passengers in Texas plane crash
Read full article: With a sledgehammer and a shovel, volunteers raced to save passengers in Texas plane crashSeveral motorists who happened across a fiery plane crash on a Texas highway rushed to help — putting their own lives in danger to help those on board escape.
Laredo enters its sixth day of a boil-water notice after E. coli is discovered in water system
Read full article: Laredo enters its sixth day of a boil-water notice after E. coli is discovered in water systemThe South Texas city is the latest to grapple with aging water infrastructure, which officials suggested could have been the cause for the E. coli outbreak.
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“Lives are at stake”: Three Texas regions battered by coronavirus are out of intensive care beds
Read full article: “Lives are at stake”: Three Texas regions battered by coronavirus are out of intensive care bedsHealth officials in Laredo — one of three Texas regions whose intensive care unit beds are full — are pleading with residents to stay home and prevent coronavirus spread as the city’s hospitals overflow with patients. “Hospitals are overwhelmed and at capacity with the surge in COVID-19 cases. The Laredo health department reported nearly 4,900 coronavirus cases last week, and the area set a record for daily infections reported with more than 2,000 cases on Wednesday. COVID-19 patients take up nearly 49% of the Laredo region’s hospital capacity, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. In the summer, some Texas hospitals ran out of drugs, beds and ventilators as they faced a statewide increase in coronavirus cases.