Dallas County Health Department to stage drive thru monkeypox vaccine hub
Beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 18, the Dallas County Health Department will, for the first time, stage a drive thru monkeypox vaccine hub outside its office off I-35 E.
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Beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 18, the Dallas County Health Department will, for the first time, stage a drive thru monkeypox vaccine hub outside its office off I-35 E.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins decided to issue the order after cases passed 200 last week.
Law enforcement officials are investigating after a father accidentally shot his 9-year-old son on Aug. 9, killing him.
The Dallas Police Department is praising one of their own, who's a very good boy and even better at fighting crime.
The Dallas Police Department's gang unit arrested Antwone Brown, 35, on several charges.
In one case, a central Texas hospital reportedly told a physician not to treat an ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured, the letter said.
Leaders from Downtown Dallas, Inc. were joined by police and DART officials to discuss the organization's new Public Safety Summer Operations Plan.
Police are still working to figure out if alcohol was a factor in a late-night wrong-way crash along a highway in Dallas County that left 4 people dead and 2 others hospitalized.
Officers found 3 people in the vehicle that was going the wrong way, and 3 people in the vehicle that was hit head-on.
Officials TxDOT say an 18-wheeler hauling eggs slammed into the pillar of the bridge at Malcom X Boulevard, near downtown Dallas.
One person was killed and 16 others were hurt when shots rang out at the Epic Easter Bike Out and Field Party.
This is the second time in less than a month the county has lowered the risk level.
Judge Tammy Kemp, who presides over Dallas County's 204th District Court, will be rooting for nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearings.
The decision came not long after the CDC released new metrics to determine when masks will be recommended.
It may have taken the peak of omicron and the snow and ice that forced people to stay put, for COVID-19 numbers in Dallas County to finally trend in the right direction.
"This will speed help to first responders in the event our supplies or personnel are overstretched," Judge Jenkins said.
After weeks of waiting in long lines to get a COVID test, relief is finally here for some North Texans. Four new testing sites are coming to Dallas County.
At one point, the driver went the wrong way on a service road and multiple residential streets.
The funds are only for Dallas County residents who live outside the city of Dallas but that still covers 1.3 million people.
More than 30 families lined up for CDC-approved Pfizer vaccine doses designed for younger children.
The program's efforts will include services to check in on residents with a history of mental health issues to ensure they are receiving the treatment and services needed.
Three teens who were at the center of a county-wide manhunt were taken into custody Saturday.
UT Southwestern believes it's likely the impact of in-person schooling, and that the increased hospitalizations reflect the large numbers of individuals who are not yet, or cannot yet be vaccinated.
"County Judge Jenkins has shown a probable right to relief on the merits of his claims against the Governor and the State of Texas," says the 116th Circuit Court.
Dallas County Health and Human Services has reported the 7th human case of West Nile Virus just as spraying has been ordered in three areas of the city after a mosquito sample tested positive for the virus.
