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Abounding Prosperity, Inc. is hosting monkeypox vaccine clinics this week in South Dallas to help prevent the spread of the virus.
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Dallas County received a shipment of more than 5,000 monkeypox vaccines to help treat the virus outbreak.
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Dallas County reported its first heat-related death for 2022.
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Doctors from Children’s Health in Dallas and the Dallas County Health and Human Services department recommend kids between 6 months and 5 years old receive the COVID-19 vaccine, following the Centers for Disease Control’s endorsement this weekend.
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COVID-19 cases have been increasing the past few weeks in Dallas, but the public health data doesn’t include people taking at-home tests. Epidemiologists and health professionals offer their advice if you test positive for the virus.
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As cases of the COVID-19 variant omicron continue to increase across North Texas, public health departments are ramping up testing availability.
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The change comes after a recent increase in cases and hospitalizations.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services is set to receive 1.3 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children between 5 and 11. Chief State Epidemiologist Jennifer Shuford explains what this means for families across Texas.
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Now that COVID-19 booster shots have been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration for people in high-risk groups, here's how the rollout will work in North Texas.
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Officials at the state health department are concerned about the exponential growth in hospitalizations due to coronavirus over the past month. More than 7,600 people are currently in the hospital with coronavirus in Texas.
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Both Dallas and Tarrant Counties have seen increases in coronavirus cases over the past few weeks. Public Health officials attribute the growth to the spread of the more transmissible delta variant and the number of North Texans who are still unvaccinated.
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After a year of strict COVID safety protocols, the CDC now says fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask in many indoor or outdoor settings. Gov. Greg Abbott later banned mask mandates from local governments, public schools, and public health authorities in Texas.