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CDC: Mask Up in Places with High COVID-19 Spread
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised their guidance on mask-wearing to recommend that even fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors if they are in an area with high or significant spread.
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Parts of Dallas To Spray For Mosquitoes
Parts of Dallas will be sprayed for mosquitoes after another mosquito sample tested positive for West Nile Virus. (Read time: less than 1 minute)
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Abbott Further Limits Local Control of COVID Response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and leading medical experts may be saying everyone in a location where COVID is surging again — regardless of vaccination status — should be wearing a mask these days, but Gov. Greg Abbott insists it’s a matter of personal responsibility.
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A Primer On the Dallas Justice Now Controversy
A letter mailed to homes in the Park Cities asked parents to pledge not to send their children to Ivy League schools – but what’s behind it?
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UP To Fog For Mosquitoes
The city of University Park will fog all southeast alleys for mosquitoes July 28-30 after a sample in Burleson Park tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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HP, Parts of Dallas To Spray For Mosquitoes
Highland Park and parts of Dallas will be sprayed for mosquitoes after more samples tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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Quick Responses Create ‘Chain of Survival’
Less than 8% of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital survive.
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Plan Would Level Peggy Sue, Lane Florist, Logos Sites
The existing structures at 6600-6606 Snider Plaza — including where Peggy Sue BBQ used to be, Lane Florist is, and where Aman Jewelry, Logos bookstore, and a tailor used to be before moving to new locations in the plaza– would come down to make way for a new three-story building if developer Jim Strode’s plan wins city council approval.
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UTSW Warns Of COVID-19 Numbers Like Worst Periods of Pandemic If Trends Continue
A recent report from UT Southwestern showed hospital volumes in North Texas have risen 89% over the past two weeks and their model projects hospitalizations could reach levels similar to the beginning of 2021 — the worst of the pandemic — by October if the pace of vaccinations remains the same.
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Former Employee Sues Vandelay Hospitality Group
A former employee is suing restaurant group Vandelay Hospitality alleging the “company’s culture has become shot through with racism, sexism, homophobia and outright disdain for its employees and guests.”
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Dallas County Officials Urge Extreme Caution for Unvaccinated Individuals
After an extended period in the yellow “proceed with caution” level, rising case counts and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have spurred county health officials to recommend unvaccinated individuals move back to the orange “extreme caution” level.
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