COVID-19 At The Border

For Texas, the reopening will mean a return of commerce and tourism for hundreds of thousands of daily border travelers across the 28 international bridges that connect the state to its Number 1 trading partner: Mexico.

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.

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.

The Texas Division of Emergency Management has contracted Community Labs to set up operations in Laredo and El Paso — two border communities hit hard by the pandemic.

The U.S. Department of State has downgraded its travel advisory against travel to Mexico due to COVID-19. Instead of urging Americans to “not travel” to…

From The Texas StandardEarlier this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported an increase of Mexican nationals crossing the border into the U.S.…

A small apartment on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande is not where a 23-year-old Honduran mother thought she’d end up after fleeing her home country.She…

Since a new CDC order, called Title 42, took effect earlier this year, migrants at the southern U.S. border are being rapidly expelled — sometimes just a few hours after entering the U.S. with no paperwork.

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped some people, including those seeking asylum, from crossing into the U.S. at its southern border.However, according to…