Several San Antonio organizations will deploy to Florida to help with the potential impact of Hurricane Milton.

Members of the Texas Division of Emergency Management will be going to Florida to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.

Texas isn’t expected to take a direct hit when the storm makes landfall as a hurricane. But storm surge and dangerous winds are possible.

Texas officials are urging people to stay prepared — and not panic — ahead of Beryl.

After a 3-year-old began showing signs of distress, the bus of asylum-seekers traveling from Brownsville to Chicago pulled over and an ambulance was called. The child later died at a hospital in Illinois.

The infusions are more available and accessible to Texans than ever before, and new criteria for who can receive antibody treatment have led more doctors to prescribe it.

Gov. Greg Abbott encouraged “groups of Texans who wish to get vaccinated as a business, family unit, friend group, or more” to schedule an event.

Any group of five people or more can schedule a mobile vaccine clinic through the State Mobile Vaccine Program.

Greg Abbott spoke at a Saturday press conference regarding Texas’ emergency response to a winter storm gripping Texas. Greg Abbott told residents Wednesday to search for emergency warming shelters on Google and to call 311 for additional assistance. When the power went out, the state suddenly lost the ability to provide essential information to people desperately in need of help. AdBut according to residents and lawmakers around the state, TDEM failed to provide such emergency alerts during this crisis, effectively leaving Texans without the kind of information necessary for living through a disaster. The electric grid failed, the communication system failed and Texans say they feel abandoned by their government.

Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference where he provided an update to Texas' response to COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration Friday in all 254 counties in response to severe winter weather that is impacting the state. “These resources will help us respond to this severe winter weather and keep our communities safe. Texas Military Department: Winter weather equipment and personnel to support Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Fort Worth and Waco to assist in stranded motorist operations. Texas Animal Health Commission: Response equipment and personnel to address livestock concerns due to frigid temperatures.

The competitive scramble by states to buy personal protective equipment this spring stuck some businesses with big bills. An Associated Press analysis of state purchasing data during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic found that states canceled billions of dollars in PPE orders. Many of the cancellations occurred when businesses couldn't get the products to states under tight deadlines or when prices rose. Many businesses that jumped in to help this spring soon found themselves facing delays from suppliers and, in some cases, having orders canceled by states too impatient to wait. For other companies, their first venture into selling personal protective equipment is still causing headaches.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management is creating an alternate care site in El Paso to expand COVID-19 hospital capacity. The facility will be located at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center and will have a capacity of 50 beds. Abbott said the state has provided over 900 medical personnel to El Paso and will continue to provide additional medical staffing, equipment and bed capacity at the request of local officials. “The alternate care site and auxiliary medical units will reduce the strain on hospitals in El Paso as we contain the spread of COVID-19 in the region,” Abbott said in a statement. “We continue to work closely with local officials in El Paso and provide resources to reduce hospitalizations, mitigate the spread, and keep the people of El Paso safe.”Related: Trump says virus spike ‘gone’ in Texas while El Paso surges

Coronavirus tests with results in 15-minutes or less are coming to a few Texas schools as part of a new pilot program announced Wednesday by Gov. The program is meant to help schools conduct rapid tests of employees and students who have written permission from parents. The medical company producing the tests said the antigen tests require a nasal swab, cost $5 and about the size of a credit card. Eight school systems are participating in the launch of the program — Bob Hope School in Port Arthur, Fabens Independent School District, Grace Community School in Tyler, Granger Independent School District, Lampasas Independent School District, Longview Independent School District, Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District and Ysleta Independent School District. Rapid antigen tests, that can detect proteins on the outside of the virus, are more prone to giving false negative results than other coronavirus tests that use genetic material.

SAN ANTONIO The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) announced that it would be opening a virtual shelter reception center to support Hurricane Laura evacuees on Wednesday. According to TDEM, before the hurricanes landfall, the State of Texas, in partnership with local officials in San Antonio, Austin and Mesquite, operated evacuee reception centers to ensure Texas and Louisiana evacuees have a safe place to stay. The Texas Division of Emergency Management will continue to coordinate with its partners in Louisiana as both states recover from Hurricane Laura. Assistance will still be offered to evacuees even as in-person reception centers close, TDEM said. Eligible counties in Texas and parishes in Louisiana are listed below:Eligible Texas Counties:JasperJeffersonNewtonOrangeSabineEligible Louisiana Parishes:AcadiaAllenBeauregardCalcasieuCameronGrantJacksonJefferson DavisLincolnNatchitochesOuachitaRapidesSabineVermilionVernonWinnFor more information, visit the Texas Hurricane Center webpage by clicking here.

SAN ANTNIO Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will travel to San Antonio on Tuesday for a briefing on personal protective equipment supply in Texas. Texas has confirmed 430,485 coronavirus cases and 6,837 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic. On Saturday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported 9,539 news cases of COVID-19 and another 268 deaths. Greg Abbott says school districts should decide when, how to reopen

Greg Abbott on Tuesday will visit a Texas Division of Emergency Management warehouse in San Antonio to receive an update on the state's supply of personal protective equipment. He'll be joined by Nim Kidd, the chief of the state's emergency management division. Later Tuesday, Abbott will travel to McAllen to receive a briefing on the opening of the McAllen Convention Center as a health care facility. South Texas has been hot spot for the virus in recent weeks. The San Antonio event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Our livestream feed is courtesy KXAS in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Mark Felix for The Texas TribuneThe state of Texas has spent more than $200 million on 106 orders of personal protective equipment from March 1 through early June, according to purchase orders released by the Texas Division of Emergency Management on Tuesday. Though purchase orders totaling $1.1 billion in the protective equipment have been issued, orders for $638 million dollars' worth of items have been canceled to date and were not paid out. He said there are a number of reasons why purchase orders were canceled. There are still outstanding purchase orders. The governor has since provided updates on incoming shipments of the protective equipment, and said at a May 18 press conference that "we now have ample supplies of PPE.

NEW BRAUNFELS – The New Braunfels Fire Department will begin conducting COVID-19 tests at four of Comal County’s six nursing homes. Greg Abbott to have Texas National Guard help disinfect nursing homesO’Connell said they will be testing about 1,200 people over the next four days. He said they will begin with testing staff. “Once they get most of the staff tested, the staff can then assist them in testing the residents,” O’Connell said. Thousands of Texas nursing home residents, staff have tested positive for coronavirusA spokesperson for Comal County said they haven’t had any positive test come from nursing homes yet.