COLUMN: Protecting our health requires rational policies

BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE Despite the nearly nine-month reprieve from large spikes in COVID-19 cases, many Texans remain angry and frustrated by a pandemic that is mostly in our rearview mirror. COVID-19 left a wide wake: one in 300 people lost their life, many in our own...

Local pediatrician encourages vaccines for kids

MYHIGHPLAINS.COM According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, immunizations for some children are declining and a local pediatrician said he is seeing the same trend. Dr. Anders Leverton, a pediatrician at Texas Tech Physicians, said about...