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In this week's Petrie Dish, we follow up with Hidalgo County’s health authority about the increasing number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the area.

On this week’s Petrie Dish, we take a look at what universities are doing to accommodate COVID-19, how students are responding and how local communities are affected.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has ordered a dramatic reduction in the number of vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control. Does this mean you should change the number of vaccines your child receives? A practicing pediatrician in Texas is among the large number of children's health experts who say no.

Food, culture, diversity and social justice are the focus of the new online network, IDENTITY.

There are several state-level bills being considered in Texas' current legislative session that would discriminate against transgender children.

gun law/policy in tx

Brownsville native and writer, Oscar Cásares, penned an article last year after losing a cousin to COVID-19. Like many, he was left to grieve in isolation, but he turned to a cultural tradition as a source of healing: Día de los Muertos. Cásares’ article memorialized loved ones lost to the virus and will be featured in an upcoming collection by Texas Monthly.

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate why a common sense and affordable saftey feature isn't required for America's big trucks to prevent underride crashes.

Wearable technology continues to advance and promises to deliver new consumer products that could be a revolution similar to the dawn of the PC and the smart phone. What are smart glasses and the AI Pin? What can they do for us?

The Discord Leaks is a documentary that explores how a young Air National Guardsman allegedly leaked classified documents on the Discord chat platform. With The Washington Post, FRONTLINE examines the leak of national security secrets, why he wasn’t stopped and the role of online platforms like Discord. An Air Force report said that officers were "aware of the problem" but failed to stop him, causing one of the biggest leaks of US intelligence material in years.