Bonnie Petrie
Bonnie Petrie covers bioscience and medicine for Texas Public Radio.
Bonnie grew up on the Canadian border in northern New York, but has happily called Texas home for 15 years. She is a 2017 Texas Radio Hall of Fame nominee in recognition of her work in Houston and Dallas before moving to San Antonio.
Most recently, Bonnie worked in Los Angeles reporting for public radio stations KPCC and KCRW. She is mom to a middle-schooler and spends her free time solving family mysteries through genetic genealogy.
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The CDC is urging manufacturers of a type of flour used to make foods like tortillas and tamales to add folic acid to help lower the risk of some birth defects in the Hispanic population.
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Millions are without power in Texas, and that's created problems for scheduled COVID-19 vaccinations. Icy roads mean people can't get to appointments, and some vaccination freezers aren't working.
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Texas is set to cross a bleak milestone: 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. Texas has the most cases in the U.S. and is struggling with a surge of infections in rural and urban areas.
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After a major surge of coronavirus cases, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered nearly all residents to wear masks. The order also allows local officials to impose restrictions on some outdoor gatherings.
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The number of coronavirus cases is rising rapidly in Texas. Still, Wisconsin does not see an expected spike following the state supreme court canceling its stay-at-home order.
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Big white tent complexes in two Texas border towns are drawing attention. The temporary courtrooms are the Trump administration's latest effort to quickly work through thousands of asylum cases.
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The crisis on the Southern border has been driven by a surge of Central American migrants. Now there's a new face of the crisis: hundreds of African migrants crossing the border to seek asylum.
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It's been a year since the deadly church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In the past year, the tiny community — including survivors — has struggled to cope with what happened and why.
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At a facility in San Antonio, reunited immigrant families are arriving for medical care and processing. Most are moving on to stay with relatives while they await immigration proceedings.