North Texas Health Departments, Pharmacies Making Plans To Vaccinate Children Against COVID-19 Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – With the CDC advisory panel recommending Pfizer‘s COVID-19 vaccine expansion to children 12 to 15 years old, local health departments, pharmacies and grocery stores are making plans.
On Friday, May 14, Dallas County Health and Human Services will open their COVID-19 vaccination sites, like Fair Park, to children ages 12-15.
“It’s going to be a great thing,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said. “It’s going to help our community get to herd immunity.”
“Parents will be able to register online and then they’ll get a invitation to set up an appointment,” Dallas County Health and Human Services spokesman Christian Grisales said.
Hidden Door sets June 16 as re-open date
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Harvey Meissner, standing, has announced that the Hidden Door will re-open June 16.
Hidden Door Dallas has announced via social media that the bar is set to re-open Wednesday, June 16, on the birthday of the late Tony Bobrow, who owned the club from the late 1980s until his death in February 2018.
The Hidden Door is now owned by The Anthony Bobrow Trust which is overseen by Harvey Meissner and a second trustee. Beginning in 2019, the Bobrow Trust began making regular grants to LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS organizations.
Meissner is president and general manager of the Hidden Door, and after Texas bars were shut down by order of the governor and, in Dallas County, County Judge Clay Jenkins, Meissner has chosen to keep the bar closed until Jenkins and county health department officials said it was really safe to re-open (despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to allow bars and restaurants to re-open earlier this year at full capacity
Vaccinations for children 12 and older begin in North Texas
By Alex Boyer and FOX 4 Staff
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Vaccinations for children 12 and older begin in North Texas
With the green light from the CDC, children as young as 12 have started lining up in Dallas for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
DALLAS - With the green light from the CDC, children as young as 12 have started lining up in Dallas for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins wasted no time for his family. He brought his 15-year-old daughter, Madeline, to work to be vaccinated Thursday morning.
He spoke about the importance of getting this age group vaccinated.
Dallas ISD On The Ready To Vaccinate Students For COVID-19 Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) One more step to go before it is official. Pfizer COVID vaccines could soon be administered to children as young as 12 in North Texas.
There was an endorsement from the FDA on Monday and now all that’s left is for the CDC to sign off today.
As it waits, the Dallas Independent School District is taking it one step at a time to get the process just right.
Jennifer Finley, Dallas ISD Director of Health Services, said, “We’ve tried to arm our staff with as much valid resources and information about the vaccine as possible to kind of help families through that, navigate those waters.”