Coronavirus
Study: COVID Vaccines May Have Saved Thousands of Texas Seniors
More than 3,600 Texas seniors may have had their lives saved by getting vaccinated against COVID-19, a new federal study indicates.
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Pfizer Requests Authorization for COVID Vaccine for Younger Children
Not quite three weeks after Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their pediatric two-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen for children ages 5-11 had been demonstrated to be safe in clinical trials, the companies said they have now submitted a request with the FDA for emergency use authorization.
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COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decline After Summer Surge
After a summer surge, the number of hospitalizations because of COVID-19 in Dallas County is expected to decrease, to about 500 by late-October, according to the latest data from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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Supply of COVID-19 Treatment Dwindling
Vaccination rates are rising in rural America amid the shrinking supply of monoclonal antibodies in seven states.
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Pfizer Says Vaccine for Younger Children Could Be Ready by Halloween
A smaller dose of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech produced a safe and “robust” immune response in children ages 5-11 in a clinical trial, the company said Monday morning.
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‘Mu’ Variant Arrives in Dallas County
A new strain of COVID-19, Mu, has reached Dallas.
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Will You Have Access to High-Level Life Support During the Pandemic?
We hear a lot about ICU and hospital bed availability, but after reading about a young father in San Angelo who later died after a protracted battle with COVID, we felt it was important to ask another question.
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HPISD Pandemic Response Committee Updates
District officials say decisions on when to conduct classes remotely will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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Healthcare Workers Mark 18-month Mark of Pandemic in Texas
It’s been 18 months since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Texas, and healthcare workers across the state marked the solemn event with five minutes of silence Friday.
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Fire Station 41 Mourns Loss of Firefighter to COVID
A 40-year veteran with Dallas Fire-Rescue died after a long battle with COVID, the department said Thursday.
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Mask Rebellion
Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa was facing a new school year situated firmly, it seemed, between a rock and a hard place.
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