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Dr. Ricardo Cigarroa is a cardiologist in Laredo. He descends from a line of doctors in the city who have been serving patients there for 100 years.
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While border wall opponents are celebrating, they also say the fight may not be over. Environmental activists want wildlife corridors restored; others oppose security measure like cameras and drones.
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Laredo’s latest COVID-19 bind follows efforts to expand hospital capacity and to slow down rising hospitalizations, but officials have been unable to control the spread of the virus under Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders allowing bars and restaurants to remain open.
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While Joe Biden promised there would be “not another foot” of wall and that he would “withdraw lawsuits” against border landowners, he has not yet publicly detailed his exact plan to stop the hodge-podge of wall projects he will inherit from the Trump administration.
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“Viva George: Celebrating Washington’s Birthday at the U.S. Mexico Border. The author is a professor of American Studies at George Washington University Elaine Pena — and she is a Laredo native.
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The City of Laredo held a three-day drive to distribute Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers, people 65 and older and adults with chronic illnesses. There were more people than there were vaccines.
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The bulk of trade for Laredo is auto parts, so it saw a decline in traffic in the spring as auto manufacturers adjusted to the coronavirus pandemic. But traffic through the Port of Laredo has risen in recent months.
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Under a new public health order signed Monday, Laredo hospitals must transfer some patients when the city’s total hospitalization rate rises to 25% or higher.
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A federal appeals court has approved the Trump administration’s use of $3.6 billion in military funds for border wall construction along the Southern border. The Friday ruling reverses a lower court’s decision, but other legal challenges over border wall funding continue ahead of the transition to the Biden administration.
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After a week of rising COVID-19 hospitalizations, Laredo and Webb County officials expect state mandates to shut down bars and for other businesses to reduce their occupancy Saturday morning. International bridges in the border city will also remain closed to nonessential travel for another month under federal orders.