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Amarillo hospitals have more beds available for severely ill due to decrease of flu patients Amarillo hospitals have more beds available for severely ill due to decrease of flu patients By Ryan Cross | February 8, 2021 at 6:11 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 6:32 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The lack of flu cases this winter are helping provide more beds for severely ill patients in our hospitals. One local doctor says during bad flu seasons, there were points where our larger hospitals wouldn’t be able to take in new severely ill patients. “There were times during flu seasons, where the hospitals would go on diversion meaning that they can’t accept any critically new ill patients. They have to divert to other hospitals, during our bad flu seasons that would happen a few times every winter that we would have hospitals go on diversion like that,” said Dr. William Biggs, managing partner at the Amarillo Medical Specialists. ....
Amarillo doctors search for COVID-19 vaccine candidates to use extra doses Amarillo doctors search for COVID-19 vaccine candidates to use extra doses By Ryan Cross | February 3, 2021 at 3:58 PM CST - Updated February 3 at 6:40 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo doctors are experiencing extra doses of COVID-19 vaccines and are doing whatever it takes to use every dose for the residents in the Panhandle. Mark Packard was walking his dog Monday night when he received an unusual call from his doctor asking if he could immediately rush to the hospital. “He called my cellphone and said this is doctor do and said there’s a vaccine available at Dr. Biggs office on the fourth floor of my office building and if you can go right now, it’s available, so I very quickly changed clothes and drove over there,” said Mark Packard, who received the COVID-19 vaccine Monday. ....
Amarillo residents share what changed their minds about receiving vaccine Panhandle residents share what changed their minds about receiving vaccine By Ryan Cross | January 14, 2021 at 6:32 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 6:39 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo residents who were originally against receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and are now changing their minds. Some people say the possible long-term side effects and the quick design of the vaccine are why they were skeptical about taking it. “It was developed awfully quick and I think that everyone was worried about what type of side effects that may or may not present,” said Gene Wells, who received the vaccine on Monday. ....
Amarillo doctors share if people should give up alcohol when getting COVID-19 vaccine Medical experts in Amarillo weigh in on the correlation between the two. KFDA News at Six - VOD - clipped version By Freixys Casado | January 12, 2021 at 6:07 PM CST - Updated January 13 at 6:24 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The medical community has been debating whether alcohol can affect your response to the COVID-19 vaccine. This debate started about a month ago after researchers in the UK and Russia said that drinking alcohol shortly before or after getting vaccinated can impact its effectiveness. However, there is limited data on this topic. ....