Health

Different variants, besides SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7, have been reported in other parts of the world, but not yet in the U.S.

Multiple registration sites, mixed messages, broken promises and lack of outreach have created frustration with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. One significant contributor to the confusion came two weeks ago when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott opened the floodgates to Phase 1B, catching county health departments off guard. Abbott read a report…

Saturday marked an all-time high for new cases of COVID-19 in Dallas County. For the first time, positive cases breached 3,000, raising the new daily average to 2,104. About 23% of all emergency room visits are COVID-19 related. UTSouthwestern’s COVID tracking model released on Jan. 7 accurately projected this spike, and…

Dallas County hospitals are filling with COVID-19 patients, causing public health experts to fear medical staff shortages and rationing of care.

One of the top things contributing to mental health concerns was loneliness or isolation, according to a survey conducted by Mental Health America.

Confused by the vaccine rollout? Good, then you’re right on track. On Tuesday morning the Dallas County Commissioners Court convened for their first meeting of the year and discussed vaccinations, where we are now, how we got here and the path forward. As usual for the past nine months, the…

Dallas County residents in Phase 1A and 1B of the state’s distribution plan can now register online for a COVID-19 vaccine.

On the 10th day, the women took off their clothes. It was both an act of protest and a sign of disgust, a rebuke of the north tower guards and staff they believed had been denying them basic care amid a pandemic. “We had to sit there in our sweat…

North Texans in Phase 1B of the state health department’s distribution plan can get vaccinated — if they can find a dose.

The Dallas Police Department has seen a spike in identity theft, but there are plenty of other ways Dallasites are getting conned, swindled and defrauded.

During a Zoom press conference with reporters on Oct. 27, Dallas Cowboys’ defensive coordinator Mike Nolan attempted to explain the inexplicable. Instead, he confirmed 2020. His team of tacklers, rich with high draft picks and big contracts, had two days earlier been repeatedly burned in a 22-point loss to the…

As the region’s COVID-19 rates continue to climb, local leadership is urging people to keep from gathering on New Year’s Eve.

Last week, just as some of North Texas’ front-line healthcare workers got their first dose of relief via Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, their jobs got increasingly taxing. The number of hospital beds they’re tending are either filled to capacity or precariously close to it. A New York Times tracking tool shows that…

Dallas County leadership is working to bolster the public’s trust in getting a coronavirus vaccine.

As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine slowly trickles into hospitals, the Thanksgiving wave of cases is settling into ICU units. Tuesday morning, the director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, Dr. Philip Huang, reported there are just 29 ICU beds available in all of Dallas County. Steve Love, president and CEO…

Sunday morning as North Texans awoke to cold rain, three FedEx trucks were escorted out of a Pfizer facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, precariously packed with COVID-19 vaccines. The semis, which have “Custom Critical” written on the back, are the first measure in an intricate logistical symphony now being played out…

North Texas leadership is hopeful a Pfizer vaccine could soon deliver Dallas from COVID-19 despair.

The ever-narrowing collision course of the COVID-19 pandemic and a vaccine can’t get here quick enough. This week  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tweeted that distribution of the Pfizer vaccine should begin as early as Dec. 14 and 7,200 providers, including major retail pharmacies, have already been selected. Climbing hospitalization rates…

Just last year, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance reported that approximately 3,700 people in the city experienced homelessness. About 1,100 of those were unsheltered. Some of them end up at homeless encampments in tents or anything else they can fashion into a makeshift place to sleep. With 72 hours notice, the city can usually kick them out of these areas. But Dallas is putting a stop to this practice in December in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Texas superintendents are calling for teachers to be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once it arrives in mid-December.

Fighting for North Texas tenants has taken an emotional toll on Mark Melton, a local attorney. Though he carries on, he says local and federal eviction protections will not. So, he’s preparing for the worst.

The Trump administration thinks Texas should do more to curb COVID-19 spread.