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COVID-19 Has Plateaued in Texas, State Says
The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) said this week that the state has plateaued in coronavirus cases, but also urged residents to continue being vaccinated.
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State Department Warns Against International Travel Amid ‘Unprecedented’ COVID Risk
The State Department Monday announced updated travel advisories meant to better reflect Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance that “will result in a significant increase in the number of countries at Level 4: Do Not Travel, to approximately 80% of countries worldwide.”
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Experts Call Lowered Risk Level a ‘Triumph’
Thanks to a lot of masking, social distancing and, yes, vaccinations, one metric used to gauge the county's progress in flattening the curve when it comes to COVID-19 is yielding positive news.
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Texas Ranks 44th in Vaccinations
Texas falls behind on vaccinations as only 19.2% of the state is vaccinated. Meanwhile, cases decrease as Texas hurries to administer vaccinations across the state. Here is a mix of news that happened the week of April 15 in Dallas.
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Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Paused
The U.S. Tuesday recommended a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and FDA investigate six cases of rare blood clots among the more than 6.8 million Americans who received the shot.
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What Does ‘Asymptomatic’ Mean?
Thanks to the pandemic, many of us have upgraded our internal glossaries to include a whole raft of new words and phrases -- herd immunity, lagging indicator, novel (when we're not talking about books), and mRNA, for instance.
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Vaccinations Continue As Cases Steadily Climb
From the policy repercussions of the freeze to an infamous respiratory disease, here is the news that happened on Thursday, April 8, which North Texans should know.
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Dallas, VNA Partner To Begin In-Home Vaccinations
The city of Dallas and Visiting Nurse Association of Texas (VNA) Wednesday announced they partnered to identify and vaccinate Dallas residents who lack mobility to reach a vaccination site.
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Biden: All Adults Eligible for Vaccine by April 19
President Joe Biden Tuesday announced that anyone 16 or older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by April 19, but also warned that even though vaccinations are happening at a rapid clip, it's not quite the time to relax efforts to reduce the spread.
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Jenkins: 60 And Older Can Get Vaccinated at Fair Park With No Appointment
As Dallas County announced Monday that 46.7% of county residents 65 and older are fully vaccinated, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said anyone 60 or older can get their first dose at the Fair Park mega site without an appointment beginning today.
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Fully Vaccinated? Travel Options Just Got a Little Better
If you're fully vaccinated, travel could become safer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
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Pfizer Vaccine Said To Be 100% Effective In Adolescents
Clinical trial results of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine show it’s 100% effective at preventing infection in adolescents between 12 and 15 years old, the companies announced Wednesday.
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How Genome Sequencing Is Aiding Vaccines, Variant Tracking
Sometime today, Dallas County will adminster its 250,000th COVID-19 vaccination, and the relative speed when it comes to how quickly the vaccines went from development to vials and syringes is still a big discussion.
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CDC Study: Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines 90% Effective In Real-World Conditions
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in real-world conditions, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed.
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PCCI: COVID-19 Leading Cause of Death In Dallas County
With the anniversary of Dallas County’s first COVID-19 death having recently passed, COVID-19 has become the leading cause of death among county residents, surpassing heart disease, cancer, and strokes in the past year, the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) reported Wednesday.
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Dallas County Moves Risk Level to Orange
Tuesday, Dallas County health officials moved the county's risk level to orange for the first time since September 2020 -- and this time, bookended by news that the state would open COVID vaccination up to all adults next Monday and the news that Parkland has closed its COVID ICU wards, it might just be a sign that things are moving closer to green.
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Officials: Recovering From Pandemic-Related Learning Loss Could Take Years
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the loss of months of learning for Texas students, and state officials are saying recovery could take time.
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Cases, Deaths Slowing as Vaccination Efforts Improve
Last Thursday, for the first time in months, Dallas County health officials reported a new COVID-19 case count that was below 200.
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CDC Reviewing 6-Foot Distance Guidance For Schools
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said this week the agency is reviewing its recommendation that students and staff stay 6 feet apart in classrooms if the schools are in communities with high transmission of the virus.
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Pediatric Trials for COVID Vaccine Ramping Up
Now that President Joe Biden has set the goal of providing access to COVID-19 vaccinations for every adult in the country by May 1, attention now turns to children, who have so far been excluded from vaccine trials.