TBB Staff

A major model relied upon by White House medical experts was updated overnight and projects nearly 12,000 fewer deaths from COVID-19.

There is no doubt that the best thing all American's can do right now to help contain the spread of COVID-19 is to stay at home and practice social distancing.

The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District on Friday donated more than 1,000 medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to Edinburg Children’s Hospital to aid in their efforts to battle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) will host a telephone townhall with Dr. John Krouse, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Dean of the School of Medicine on Wednesday, April 8 from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. CT to discuss COVID-19 response and the recent Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Chinese government researchers isolated more than 2,000 animal viruses, including deadly bat coronaviruses, and carried out scientific work on them just three miles from a wild animal market identified as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the urging of McAllen Mayor Jim Darling, the City of McAllen created a public service announcement in English and Spanish, aimed to encourage the public to remember the community’s most vulnerable, the elderly, as the entire Rio Grande Valley responds to dealing with the COVID-19 crisis.

Texas Border Business and Mega Doctor News is hosting Worldometers. This unique site will give instant numbers of COVID-19 numbers worldwide.

Border Patrol agents detain a previously convicted sex offender, and impeded a large human smuggling attempt at the Javier Vega Jr. checkpoint near Sarita, Texas.

Smuggling continues in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, leading to the seizure of more than $319K worth of drugs.

There is a lot of blame to go around for the coronavirus outbreak, but one plaintiffs attorney took his gripes to court, filing a nationwide class action against the People’s Republic of China for causing the global pandemic.