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Garland to open drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine hub this week Garland to open COVID-19 vaccine hub Another city in North Texas is opening a vaccine mega site for people who are eligible. But the demand will far outstrip the supply of shots. GARLAND, Texas - A new vaccine center is opening this week in Garland with a backlog of people on the waiting list. But no one will have to stand in line. The hub at the Homer Johnson Stadium in Garland will be a drive-thru site for people in the 1A and 1B prior...

Dr. Mark Casanova, president, Dallas County Medical Society The guidelines were adopted by the North Texas Mass Critical Care Taskforce, which includes hospital, health system, physician and disability communities from across North Texas. They provide a transparent triage guideline for allocation of limited medical resources in the event of a mass critical care situation, like a disaster or a pandemic, during which the demand for hospital and critical care resources exceeds supply. The guideli...

Two state-sponsored treatment centers opened up in the metroplex this week. They'll administer antibody therapy to patients who may be at risk of going to the hospital.

Despite critics, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins remains steadfast on COVID response After a legacy-defining year, the county’s top elected official reflects on his leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic and racial justice. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins poses at his office after a news conference about the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 18, 2020. His year was dominated by fighting COVID-19 and responding to calls for criminal justice reform.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer) When Dallas...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In the waning days of autumn, it appeared that Texas was destined for a dark winter. As recently as December 14, 2020, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported over 1.3 million confirmed cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), with an average 13,698 confirmed cases and 191 deaths per day over the preceding week. The surge in cases portended an ill future, with Texas having the 35th most confirmed cases per c...

Although opioids — especially oxycodone and fentanyl — dominate addiction news, another deadly drug has been lurking in the background, causing tens of thousands of fatalities: methamphetamine. Meth addiction isn’t new, but it has quickly emerged in recent years as a particularly deadly threat, and Los Angeles has been hard-hit. Between 2008 and 2018, meth-related deaths in L.A. increased tenfold, from 43 to 435, according to county statistics. By 2018, meth was involved in 44% of all dru...

Despite the public health warnings, the COVID-19 outlook for North Texas is not encouraging.

Updated on December 24, 2020 at 6:27 pm NBCUniversal, Inc. With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in North Texas, difficult days are ahead for many. ”What a heck of a Christmas season for individuals that are losing family members on a daily basis, and all projections suggest that those numbers will increase,” said Dr. Mark Casanova, President of the Dallas Medical Society. ICU capacity is dangerously low in North Texas. For example, there have been about three dozen staffed ICU beds avail...

Environment services worker at Methodist Dallas is first to receive Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine in Texas Chris Sadeghi Replay Video This article will be updated throughout the day as new information is released. An environment services worker who cleans the emergency room at Methodist Dallas Medical Center was the first person to receive Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine in the state. The hospital received 5,850 dosages in its first shipment Monday morning. Methodist Dallas Medical Center i...

Vaccinations begin as first doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in North Texas Methodist Dallas administers first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses Methodist hopes to vaccinate 120 physicians and staff members who work directly with COVID-19 patients by the end of the day. DALLAS - Methodist Dallas Medical Center is the first North Texas hospital to give the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine to its frontline health care workers. A UPS truck delivered more than 5,800 initial doses to the hospital in No...