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Jeffrey Warnken, right, and his wife, Sandra Warnken, who are both pharmacists, organize vaccine paperwork at 38th Street Pharmacy in Austin. The pharmacy ran out of its initial allotment of 200 Moderna vaccine doses this week. “We did not waste one dose,” Jeffery Warnken said. “I didn’t hold any back.” Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Rannon Ching, pharmacist for Tarrytown Pharmacy in Austin, got the call at 8 a.m. on Dec. 23: Five hundred doses of the Moderna vaccine were arriving. Get ready.
“I found out two hours before the FedEx guy came,” he said. Ching frantically called some Austin senior care facilities on his way to work. Could his pharmacists come that afternoon?
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Jeffrey Warnken, right, and his wife, Sandra Warnken, who are both pharmacists, organize vaccine paperwork at 38th Street Pharmacy in Austin. The pharmacy ran out of its initial allotment of 200 Moderna vaccine doses this week. “We did not waste one dose,” Jeffery Warnken said. “I didn’t hold any back.” Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Rannon Ching, pharmacist for Tarrytown Pharmacy in Austin, got the call at 8 a.m. on Dec. 23: Five hundred doses of the Moderna vaccine were arriving. Get ready.
Houston-area hospital leaders concerned regarding arrival of new variant of Coronavirus
Houston-area hospitals responding to new COVID-19 variant
As Harris County reports Texas first case of the COVID-19 variant, area hospitals share how they re preparing and responding.
HOUSTON - Hospital leaders are concerned about what the arrival of the new variant of the coronavirus could mean for the ongoing surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Houston area. However, they say they were expecting it and are prepared.
A month ago, the Texas Medical Center reported 27% of its baseline ICU beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients. As of Wednesday, it is now 39%.
5 things for Houstonians to know for Thursday, Jan. 7
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) (2021 Getty Images)
Here are things to know for Thursday, Jan. 7:
1. Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol
Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Trump in the White House.