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CDC Expected To Backpedal On Some Masking Guideline

The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines.

OU & Texas Send Expression Of Interest Request To SEC Commissioner

City Of Tulsa To Hold Private Interment Ceremony For Remains Exhumed During 1921 Graves Investigation

Several Agencies To Take Part In Law Enforcement Hiring Event

Tulsa Health Department Encouraging Back-To-School Immunizations

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Coronavirus Coverage From The News on 6

CDC Expected To Backpedal On Some Masking Guideline

The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines.

Tulsa Health Department Encouraging Back-To-School Immunizations

The Tulsa Health Department is working to make it easier for children to get their back-to-school immunizations ahead of the fall semester.

Oklahoma Healthcare Providers See More Patients Get Tested For COVID-19

Healthcare providers say people are getting tested for several reasons right now, whether it is for travel, or to go back to work, but others are sick.

Oklahoma Doctors Push For More COVID-19 Testing

As cases have continued to rise in the state, doctors think we don't know the true scope of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Youth Church Camp COVID Outbreak Causes Concern

A church camp at Falls Creek is causing concern, as some kids have returned home with COVID.

OSDH: 3,669 COVID-19 Cases Reported Since Friday, 17 Virus-Related Deaths Added To State's Provisional Death Count

Seventeen more virus-related deaths and 3,669 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state since Friday, according to daily numbers released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

Juveniles Discuss Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine At Tulsa Clinic

People lined up to get the COVID vaccine at the Warren Clinic Saturday near 101st and Memorial.

‘This Is About Freedoms’: Gov. Stitt Says No Plans To Declare Emergency Amid Delta Variant Outbreak

Stitt encourages the public that a COVID vaccine and mask is up to you.

Health Officials Monitor Hospital Capacity As COVID-19 Case Numbers Continue To Climb Statewide

State health officials are keeping a close eye as positive COVID-19 case numbers continue to climb up in the state.

OSDH: 1,194 New COVID-19 Cases Reported, 7 Virus-Related Deaths Added To State Provisional Death Count

Seven more virus-related deaths and 1,194 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state since Thursday, according to daily numbers released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

Health Experts Warn Parents About Increased COVID Cases As School Year Nears

OU chief COVID officer Dr. Dale Bratzler said the Delta variant can spread quicker and more easily than the original strain of COVID-19.

St. John Medical Center Offering COVID-19 Antibody Treatment To High Risk Cases

Ascension St. John Medical Center in Tulsa is offering a treatment that has proven to prevent hospitalization in many high-risk coronavirus patients.

Freeman Hospital West In Joplin Opens New COVID Unit To Accommodate Case Spike

A rise in COVID patients in Missouri has led a Joplin hospital is adding a new COVID unit. Could Oklahoma hospitals follow suit?

National News

Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze

As fires in California threaten homes, crews in Oregon are making progress against the nation’s largest wildfire

Wall Street rallies to record-breaking end of turbulent week

Stocks rallied to records on Wall Street Friday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 35,000 level for the first time

Ruling leaves immigrants who newly applied for DACA in limbo

Tens of thousands of young immigrants in the U.S. without legal status are in limbo once again after a court ruling last week declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program illegal

Free money for all? Mayors hope local tests bring big change

Dozens of cities and counties and the state of California are experimenting with giving some low-income residents a guaranteed income of $500 to $1,000 each month to do with as they please, and tracking what happens

The Latest: Swiss hurdler banned 9 months for doping

The Swiss Olympic team says 400-meter hurdler Kariem Hussein has accepted a nine-month ban after testing positive for a banned stimulant

Singer Luke Combs pays for funerals of 3 who died after show

Country singer Luke Combs is paying the funeral expenses of three young men who saw him perform at a Michigan music festival before they died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning

EXPLAINER: As wildfire smoke spreads, who's at risk?

Smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada is blanketing much of the continent and reaching unhealthy levels this week in communities from Washington state to Washington D

Trump inaugural committee chair to be released on $250M bail

The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee has been ordered released on $250 million bail to face charges he secretly worked as an agent for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump’s foreign policy

Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze

As fires in California threaten homes, crews in Oregon are making progress against the nation’s largest wildfire

AP-NORC poll: Most unvaccinated Americans don't want shots

A new poll shows that most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots

The Latest: Oklahoma new virus cases top 1,000 for third day

The number of newly reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma has topped 1,000 for a third consecutive day and the seven-day average of new cases has nearly quintupled in less than a month