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Why did these Irving grandparents join a COVID-19 vaccine trial? At ages 71 and 82, Salma and Mohamed Mushir saw a chance to help and did not hesitate. Salma Mushir has not knelt and prayed at her mosque for months. The Irving resident has not seen some family members since March and has not gathered with friends for just as long. So when her physician asked whether she wanted to join the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine trial, she did not hesitate. “The world is in in trouble,” Mushir said. “So many people are suffering, and I had the ability to help.” Mohamed and Salma Mushir of ...

Dallas County reports 30 COVID-19 deaths, 1,143 new cases; Tarrant logs 960 cases, 13 deaths Statewide, 7,616 more cases and 122 COVID-19 deaths were announced. An electron microscope image of the novel coronavirus.(HANDOUT / National Institutes of Health/AF) Dallas County reported 1,143 more coronavirus cases and 30 COVID-19 deaths Sunday. Among the newly reported fatalities were 17 Dallas residents. Nine of them were women — one in her 30s, one in her 50s, two in their 60s, one in her 70s, two in their 80s and two in their 90s. The eight Dallas men who died included one in his 50s, two i...

Dallas County reported 1,723 more coronavirus cases and eight new COVID-19 deaths Saturday. The latest fatalities were a Dallas man in his 50s who died at home, a Garland man in his 50s who died at home, a Dallas man in his 70s who had been hospitalized, a Grand Prairie man in his 70s who had been critically ill at a hospital, an Irving man in his 70s who died in hospice care, a Dallas woman in her 80s who died in hospice care, and a Cedar Hill man in his 90s who had been hospitalized. All had underlying health problems.

U.S. clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, adding 2nd shot to nation’s arsenal Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine. By Wire Services WASHINGTON — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day. Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institu...

Dallas County reports 2,248 new coronavirus cases, 10 deaths as hospitalizations reach record high In Tarrant County, officials reported 2,016 new cases and 16 deaths, as well as a new high for hospitalized patients. Revised to include statewide data. Dallas County on Friday reported 2,248 more coronavirus cases, as well as a record number of hospitalizations for the virus. Ten new COVID-19 deaths were also reported. The latest victims were two Dallas men, in their 50s and 80s; two Grand Prairie women, in their 60s and 70s; two Mesquite women, in their 60s and 70s; a Duncanville man in his 9...