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"He was a loving, caring little boy," said his uncle, Gabriel Ayala. "Like, every time he would see you or any family member, he'd run up and hug you."
"The volume is unbelievable," said IRS Special Agent in Charge Mark Pearson. "This is historically the greatest amount of fraud we've ever seen."
Detecting COVID-19 isn't easy, but what if you could prevent exposure before it even happened? That's the idea behind MyPCI, the brainchild of Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation.
DCHHS is providing initial vaccinations to those most at risk of exposure to COVID-19 and 21,574 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered at the Fair Park mega-vaccine clinic.
Tarrant County health officials are reporting the first COVID-19-related death of a child 10 or younger since the coronavirus pandemic began.
New research for a COVID-19 treatment -- that officials say is showing promising results -- is being conducted in North Texas.
Unless you've been in that hospital, and requested pastoral services, you wouldn't likely know about them.
State health officials Monday, Jan. 25, reported fewer than 13,000 people were being treated for the virus in Texas hospitals, marking the seventh consecutive day of declining patient loads.
"While we just reported our deadliest week to date last week, and we're still seeing near record levels for COVID hospitalizations, we are starting to see some metrics go in the right direction," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
In Dallas County, so far, four cases have been identified, and Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Dr. Philip Huang says there may be more.
Dallas County has now reported over 2,000 deaths due to COVID-19, which health officials call a "grim milestone."
Dallas County ended its deadliest week since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with 1,920 new cases and 21 more deaths.
The city of Dallas announced Friday the state had agreed to send it 5,000 doses to begin operating its own vaccination hub at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
With the wait list in Dallas County as high as 300,000 people, the county is using various software programs to determine the most vulnerable.
A total of 1,975 Dallas County residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 illness after 31 more deaths were reported Friday.
Newly elected congresswoman Beth Van Duyne visited three vaccination sites in North Texas on Friday to see what else the federal government can do.
The city of Dallas will be receiving a direct allotment of COVID-19 vaccines, which will be distributed to the public at the convention center next week.
Plano police said Bob Manus, who was with the city's crossing guard program for 16 years, "was very special to the Brinker Elementary community."
He's been holding socially distanced shows for months and comedian Dave Chappelle had brought his act to Texas... now he has the coronavirus.
More than 24,300,000 people in the U.S. have gotten the virus since then and more than 404,000 people have now died, according to the CDC.
Many Texans have found comfort in a Facebook page called "Covid Survivors from Texas."
Support for a third round of stimulus checks will likely be bipartisan but because it's a part of a larger $1.9 trillion relief plan, it could be weeks before Congress hammers out a deal.
There is a cumulative total of 213,600 confirmed cases in Dallas County, along with 28,061 probably cases as of Thursday.
In a statement Thursday about his COVID-19 diagnosis, Rep. Wright said he's been in quarantine since last Friday, Jan. 15 and so far is experiencing "minor symptoms."
The CDC says scientists are monitoring changes in the virus, including these spike proteins, which show how it spreads and what happens to those infected.
