This small Texas hospital is finding ways to save COVID-19 patients

HOUSTON – Before the doctor unzipped his COVID unit’s plastic curtain, he grabbed a laminated photo from a hook labeled “Faces Behind the Mask.” He draped the photo over his protective suit so patients could see who he was: Dr. Joseph Varon, 58, bald and trim with intense blue eyes. Varon entered the 20-bed unit hyper as usual, rustling through the airlock of an entrance like an astronaut, …