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500 COVID-19 vaccine appointments available in Hardin County this weekend Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel said there are more vaccines than people signed up for appointments. "I dont want the vaccines to sit on the shelves," he said. Author: Almiya White (KBMT), Eleanor Skelton Published: 11:51 PM CST February 26, 2021 Updated: 11:51 PM CST February 26, 2021 BEAUMONT, Texas — Hardin County leaders are looking to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination e...

Florida International University Search Name: Juliette Dubon Degree/major: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Where are you working? Title? Ive accepted an engineering position at Boeing in the Research and Technology Division within the company’s Space and Defense Organization. I start in August 2021. How did you get your job? My time as an engineering student at FIU helped me land an amazing job at Boeing months before I am set to graduate. During my first year at FIU, I wo...

The Southeast Texas Vaccine Committee announced a new distribution plan Monday for the most vulnerable in the community.

Why was Texas unable to stop a second COVID surge months in the making? FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Memorial Hermann Hospital RN Jacqueline Uwanda prepares to enter a COVID patients room inside a 38-bed ICU treating mostly COVID patients, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Houstons Texas Medical Center.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of5A "Bar Open" sign lights the way to a bar along Main Street on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in downtown Houston.Mark Mulligan/Staff ph...

Southeast Texas officials pushing for mass COVID-19 vaccination site Mass COVID-19 vaccination hubs are set up across the state, but Southeast Texas is left off the list. Author: Almiya White (KBMT), Kierra Sam (12News) Published: 10:25 PM CST January 13, 2021 Updated: 10:25 PM CST January 13, 2021 BEAUMONT, Texas — Major metropolitan areas across Texas now have access to something our region is missing. Mass COVID-19 vaccination hubs are set up...

Most of the employees that tested positive socialize together outside of work and/or are roommates. Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel says Little Caesar’s has followed the appropriate guidelines, including employees wearing gloves at the counter at all times at the front counter. Health Director Sharon Whitley has no concerns about any customers contracting COVID-19 from a transaction at the business.  

Rural governments sidelined in COVID vaccine planning FacebookTwitterEmail Social distancing sign on sidewalk outside Tonys Pizza Napoletana, 1570 Stockton Street, in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, December 28, 2020.Scott Strazzante, Staff Photographer / The Chronicle Rural governments often get tasked with providing services not required of their more metropolitan counterparts. These cities and goverments fill such gaps as providing broadband access or facilitating hurricane evacuations whe...

"Sharon Whitley, Health Director, informed me that she has no concerns about any customers of Little Caesars Pizza in Lumberton contracting COVID-19 from a transaction at this business," McDaniel said.  "As has been our policy from the start of this mess, we immediately pulled all employees that had worked with this person and had those employees tested," the letter continued.  Seven of them received positive results. He said those employees immediately started the quarantine process.  Most ...

State data shows 300k COVID-19 vaccine doses havent been used yet A letter issued by DSHS urged vaccination sites to add timeliness and a sense of urgency to vaccination planning, saying there may be unnecessary delays Author: Victoria DeLeon, Raegan Gibson Published: 9:39 PM CST December 28, 2020 Updated: 10:24 PM CST December 28, 2020 KOUNTZE, Texas — More than 900 people in Southeast Texas have already received the first dose of the Moderna v...

COVID concern takes no Christmas break FacebookTwitterEmail HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 22: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Dr. Joseph Varon watches the endoscope screen while performing a tracheotomy procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 22, 2020 in Houston, Texas. According to reports, Texas has reached over 1,610,000 cases, including over 26,190 deaths. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)Go Nakamura, Stringer / Getty Images Increa...