Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visits Houston in wake of historic Texas winter storm
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, from left, volunteers at the Houston Food Bank with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia and on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, from left, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wave to volunteers as they make their way to their work station at the Houston Food Bank on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
COVID-19 vaccine trials didn t include pregnant women. So what should they do?
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Council Member Abbie Kamin goes over her paperwork with Perla Ramos CMA, and she was supposed to receive her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the La Nueva Casa de Amigos clinic, in Houston, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, however, it was discovered that she had gotten a different vaccine within the past two weeks, forcing her to wait another week.Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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Matthew Hansel with his wife, Abbie Kamin, a Houston City Councilmember, who is eight months pregnant and will soon get the COVID-19 vaccination, are shown Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 in Houston.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
13-year-old Texas girl in critical condition after COVID-19 causes heart failure
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Alina Valenzuela, 13, is listed in critical condition at Texas Children s Hospital after COVID-19 damaged her heart.Contributed
A 13-year-old girl is in critical condition at Texas Children’s Hospital a week after testing positive for COVID-19 and going into cardiac arrest.
Alina Valenzuela, 13, has a previously undetected condition called myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a GoFundMe page set up by a family member, Miriam Tervino. COVID-19 complications affected Alina’s heart and caused the cardiac arrest on Jan. 11, Trevino wrote on the fundraising page. She was placed on an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine before being transferred from a hospital near her home in Pearsall to Texas Children’s on Jan. 15.