TBB Staff
Johnson & Johnson Seeks FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine
Newswise — Rutgers was the second-largest Phase 3 clinical research trial site for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, which applied for emergency use authorization today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The site, based at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, enrolled 840 participants from the university community and throughout New Jersey.
UTRGV’s CHAPS program receives Texas Historical Commission’s 2020 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation
UTRGV’s Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools program continues to make a lasting mark in preserving Rio Grande Valley history
Eleven deaths related to COVID-19 reported in Hidalgo County along with 719 positive cases
Hidalgo County uses the case status definition provided by the Texas Department of State Health Service’s 2020 Epi Case Criteria Guide revised November 2020.
1. Confirmed: A person who has tested positive through a molecular or PCR (oral or nasal swabs) test that looks for the presence of the virus’s genetic material.
2. Probable: A person who meets presumptive laboratory evidence through detection of COVID-19 by antigen test in a respiratory specimen.
3. Suspect: A person who meets supported laboratory evidence through detection of specific antibodies in serum, plasma, whole body, and no prior history of being confirmed or probable case.
Governor Abbott Sets Date For Special Runoff Election In House District 68
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation setting Tuesday, February 23, 2021 as the date for special runoff election
Texas Judiciary Marks One Million Virtual Court Hearings
The Texas Judiciary announced today that Texas judges have held over one million court hearings via Zoom.
Research shows emissions of banned ozone-depleting substance are back on the decline
Newswise — Global emissions of a potent substance notorious for depleting the Earth’s ozone layer – the protective barrier which absorbs the Sun’s harmful UV rays – have fallen rapidly and are now back on the decline, according to new research.
Laredo Rotary Charitable Foundation, Inc. supports future professionals through scholarship program
Laredo College President Ricardo J. Solis welcomed members of the Laredo Rotary Charitable Foundation, Inc. to the historic Ft. McIntosh Campus on Wednesday, Feb. 3
RGV Agents Arrest Three Convicted Sex Offenders
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrest three illegal aliens who were discovered to have previous convictions for sexual assault.
18 Brownsville ISD Schools Named to Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll
The Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) announces today that 18 schools have been named to the 2019–2020 Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll for its high achievement in student success.
Mario Lizcano named Man of the Year 2020 by the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce
“If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch…Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.” That passage from Rudyard Kipling’s (1865-1936) famous poem, “If”, certainly applies to Mario Lizcano, Administrator of Corporate Affairs, DHR Health, who was recently chosen by the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce as Man of the Year 2020.
