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.
The region could again face economic restrictions if hospitals continue to fill with coronavirus patients.
The Denton Spider-Man spreads joy around North Texas.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says residents shouldn’t let Gov. Greg Abbot’s inaction on COVID-19 prevent them from taking safety precautions.
The intravenous drip therapy, created by Eli Lilly and Co., only takes about an hour and is the first authorized by the Food and Drug Administration. Gov. Greg Abbott said it will be reserved for people in the early stages of the virus who are likely to develop severe symptoms, such as immunocompromised patients and those 65 or older.
After struggling with a shortage of available tests for the coronavirus during the spring and summer, local residents can now find testing sites springing up on parking lots and street corners across Dallas County. The question facing county leaders is whether all those tests and the data they collect are…
Though it isn’t the “packing the courts” some politicians fear, for McKinney’s Jeff Willis it’s more than scary. “I was very uncomfortable, borderline scared,” the 58-year-old former firefighter said. “In this environment with COVID cases spiking? Packed in a room with 65 to 70 strangers? I mean, something just wasn’t…
In the Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting last week, County Judge Clay Jenkins advised repeatedly that people not travel for Thanksgiving or even visit other households and stay home with their immediate families. COVID-19 was taking on a grim trend then, and it has grown worse since. At noon on…
Pfizer announced a potential vaccine last week, but North Texas doctors say the distirubtion process could take a while.
On Thursday, Mark Cuban Tweeted an interesting idea: Instead of donating to campaigns in Georgia that will determine control of the Senate, we should reconsider and donate to a local food bank. Candidates for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats were up for reelection Nov. 3. The Peach State requires a candidate…
Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t yet been convinced to sign an executive order that would classify COVID-19 as a presumptive disease for first responders, which would help ensure employers give them and their families coverage. So State Sen. Beverly Powell, based in Fort Worth, filed Senate Bill 107, which would do the same thing.
As Texas leads the nation in COVID-19 cases, President-elect Joe Biden unveils his coronavirus plan.
As the holidays quickly approach, Dallas County’s coronavirus case rate is on the rise.
Dallas County and the nation are staring at a steep rise in COVID-19 cases. Eight months into the pandemic, little has changed in terms of broad strategy to contain the spread. Wearing a mask, hand-washing, social-distancing and avoiding large gatherings are the leading strategies to flatten the curve until a…
Criminal cases in Dallas County courts have been at a virtual standstill since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. One of the biggest hurdles the court system is trying to overcome is how to select a jury in times of face masks and social distancing. At the county commissioners court meeting on…
