The Dallas Fort Worth hospital council says more than 4,000 people remain hospitalized for COVID-19 in North Texas. There are currently 63 available staffed.
We re fearful of a surge already on an existing surge : D-FW area hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
Parts of the hospital not meant to hold patients are being converted into patient areas as COVID-19 hospitalization numbers surge across North Texas. Author: Tiffany Liou Updated: 5:55 PM CST January 8, 2021
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas We re exhausted, said Dr. Justin Fairless.
He s an emergency medicine physician and an assistant professor at TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine. He works at the Texas Health Harris Methodist hospitals in Tarrant County. It s to the point where our staff areas are not safe to take your masks off to drink water, said Fairless.
Texas’s vaccine rollout plagued with problems; health experts look for solutions to fix it
Two different agencies have two different maps. Neither is answering questions. Both are telling people to do the opposite of what providers recommend. Author: William Joy (WFAA) Updated: 10:19 PM CST December 30, 2020
FORT WORTH, Texas The vaccine rollout in Texas has been plagued by slow reporting, miscommunications and a lack of public information.
Comments flooded the WFAA Facebook page complaining vaccine providers wouldn’t answer phones, that people couldn’t navigate maps and provider websites, and that doctors’ offices didn’t know where to find the vaccine.
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 County commissioners met downtown recently, John Wiley Price and J.J. Koch snickered out loud. It was 9 a.m., the start of their Tuesday semimonthly meeting, and County Judge Clay Jenkins was late.