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Community Labs is expanding its coronavirus testing efforts in local schools and across Texas amid a surge in the pandemic that is threatening to overwhelm the state’s health care systems.
The state has contracted with the San Antonio-based non-profit to provide up to 10,000 tests per day for first responders, particularly firefighters, in Laredo and El Paso, two cities hit especially hard by the pandemic.
Community Labs has done some testing in Boerne and Kerrville, but its work in the two border cities will be its farthest venture outside of Bexar County since its creation last summer. Here's what you need to know about the plan.
Hope 4 Hounds is a nonprofit that offers free veterinary care at Communities Under the Bridge for pets of San Antonio’s unsheltered population.
Ross and Jill Powell, who founded the nonprofit, said services include health checks, vaccinations, spay/neuter surgeries and implanting microchips. They hold clinics every six weeks.
According to Pets of the Homeless, 5 to 10 percent of Americans who are homeless have cats or dogs. The Powells estimated that 10 percent of the people living on San Antonio streets have pet dogs. “It keeps people alive,” Ross Powell said. Read more about the challenges of owning and caring for a pet while homeless here.
Now that more Texans can receive the coronavirus vaccine, here’s what you need to know.
We also have a dashboard monitoring how much of the state has been vaccinated and another dashboard where we're tracking San Antonio's COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations, positivity rate and more.
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THE FUN STUFF
When the luxury hotel Thompson San Antonio opens next month, expect to find a familiar face in the kitchen. Noted San Antonio chef Steve McHugh will launch Landrace, a restaurant focused on Texas-grown ingredients prepared largely on a wood-burning grill.
Arts: Jump-Start Performance Co.’s Performance Party, titled “Traditionally Untraditional,” will be a little different this year, but one thing remains the same: It will end with fire.
Snacks: Available in H-E-B stores, Hungry Buddha Keto Bars’ nutritious punch is a good start to your resolution to eat healthier.
Music: Country fans, saddle up. Eli Young Band is coming to the San Antonio area in March.
Drinks: Southerleigh Haute South is bringing a new brunch option to The Rim., including the Haute South Cold Bar Bloody Mary, which is sure to be a foodie Instagram standout.
TV: Catch up with ‘A Discovery of Witches’ before season two premieres on Shudder and Sundance. Read the rest of our roundup of what's new and notable in home entertainment here.
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