Collin County Seeing Massive Demand For COVID-19 Vaccine But Options Remain Limited
"Collin County stands ready to launch a large scale distribution center," Collin County Judge Chris Hill said. "The one missing piece is we don't have any doses!"
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"Collin County stands ready to launch a large scale distribution center," Collin County Judge Chris Hill said. "The one missing piece is we don't have any doses!"
"Our lives are not disposable and we deserve medical treatment just as much as anyone else during a pandemic," said Laura Halvorson, a former Mesquite school teacher with muscular dystrophy.
"We continue to remain very concerned about the impact COVID is having on our hospital systems and healthcare heroes," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Collin County Judge Chris Hill is voicing his frustration about the amounts of COVID-19 vaccine the state is giving the county, saying it "is not acceptable and it needs to change immediately."
Two infusion centers providing North Texans with COVID-19 free access to antibody treatments to potentially lessen the severity of their illness are being drastically underused.
Many of the industries dominated by women – service jobs like healthcare, retail and tourism – have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
Texas trauma surgeon Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall says it's a rarity that any of her COVID-19 patients X-rays come back without dense scarring.
Texas coronavirus cases have now topped 2 million since the pandemic first struck the state in early March, state officials reported Wednesday.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 2,994 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Dallas County on Wednesday, along with 21 more deaths.
Collin County is set to receive nearly 7,000 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the state next week, the county's judge announced Wednesday.
Health officials in North Texas are warning that the situation with COVID-19 hospital capacity and treatment is becoming increasingly critical in medical centers across the Metroplex.
An art display at a Twin Cities hospital is boosting spirits during difficult days.
Right now, vaccinations are only open to those in phase 1A, 1B priority group. That includes healthcare workers, first responders, people 65 or older or those with a chronic health condition.
With the country already in surge status, the testing requirement for air passengers will help slow the spread of the virus
The infusion centers start accepting patients on Monday and were provided with Regeneron's monoclonal antibodies and bamlanivimab to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 3,549 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Dallas County on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
The Bassmaster Classic and Outdoors Expo in Fort Worth has been moved back nearly three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hospitals across North Texas are seeing the highest numbers of COVID-19 patients thus far in the New Year -- with an additional surge still expected as a result of the holidays.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 1,867 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Dallas County on Monday Jan. 11.
The economic damage in Texas from the coronavirus pandemic has left a nearly $1 billion deficit in the state budget.
She was a longtime Democrat who helped her Republican brother and nephew get elected to be head of state. Nancy Bush Ellis has died of complications of the coronavirus.
The temporary policy will provide up to two personal days for employees with documented adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dallas County on Sunday reported 2,246 new cases of COVID-19, along with seven more deaths.
On Sunday, Texas health officials released a list of the vaccination hubs that will be receiving large amounts of doses this week: three in Dallas County, two in Tarrant County and one in Denton County.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday that the state has established two new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion centers in Fort Worth and Irving to help reduce hospitalizations.
