2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Approved By End Of Week
The first Pfizer vaccine shipments arrived this week at North Texas hospitals. The state expects to receive even more in the coming weeks.
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The first Pfizer vaccine shipments arrived this week at North Texas hospitals. The state expects to receive even more in the coming weeks.
Like all school districts, Dallas ISD has faced their fair share of challenges this past year.
"Today's number of 2,438 cases is 250 more new cases than we have ever experienced in any one day," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Some jail inmates in Texas are moving bodies into refrigerated trucks because morgues are so overwhelmed by the number of people dying from COVID-19, but their rank on the list to get vaccinated skews toward the bottom.
You can find out if you're positive or negative for the virus within 20 minutes, without having to send your sample to a lab.
The top health official in Austin warned Tuesday, Dec. 15, that Christmas and New Year's are likely to be grim as the coronavirus continues its aggressive surge in Central Texas.
"I think I was perhaps the first person to receive the vaccine or placebo in North Texas," participant Adam Pick said.
Randy Isenberg said hours after getting the infusion, he felt like a new person. "It means that your fever's gone. The muscle aches, the fatigue."
There is a cumulative total of 147,591 COVID-19 cases in Dallas County, including 1,391 deaths.
President Trump ha said he wants to see direct payments to Americans. The White House proposed a $600 payment in its COVID-19 relief plan.
The system's initial state allocation will be used for the vaccination of front-line caregivers and other healthcare workers in emergency departments and COVID-19 units beginning Tuesday.
"It's an emotional and exciting day. We've been dealing with this since March taking care of the sickest patients here," said Dr. Zachary Dreyfuss, an ICU physician.
"It's certainly a concern that as people think there's a vaccine available, they may not wear the protective equipment such as a mask," said Melissa Winans, Chief Nursing Officer for Texas Health Denton Presbyterian Hospital.
Paul Blackwell was a PE teacher and a football coach at Fannin Middle School. His wife, Rose, was a teacher at the Travis World Language Academy.
The tool that could finally beat back COVID-19 is here, but according to recent polls, most people are fine with letting others try it out first.
Tarrant County Public Health reported 22 more COVID-19 deaths on Monday, Dec. 14, bringing its cumulative total since the start of the pandemic to 1,014 deaths.
UT Dallas Political Science Professor Harold Clarke says national surveys he and others at the university conducted show the COVID-19 pandemic likely cost President Trump winning a second term.
There is a cumulative total of 146,042 cases (PCR test), including 1,385 deaths after six more were announced on Monday, the same day the first COVID-19 vaccines were given in the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported only 40 positive flu cases for the week ending December 5 in the entire country.
Along with the sadness from learning country legend Charley Pride died from COVID-19 came outrage and questions about his performance at the CMA Awards one month before, where a vast majority were maskless and social distancing wasn't always practiced.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, this week Dallas County medical centers will receive around 27,000 doses of the vaccine, Tarrant County around 18,000 doses and Collin County just under 4,000 doses.
Texas reported more than 8,000 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday and another 111 deaths from the virus, as the pandemic continued to strain hospitals across the state.
Coming off its deadliest week of COVID-19, Dallas County on Sunday reported 1,810 new cases and four more deaths.
The first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States headed Sunday from Michigan to distribution centers across the country.
Country music legend Charley Pride has died at the age of 86 of complications from COVID-19 in Dallas, his representative announced Saturday.
