Tarrant County Public Health

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.

As cases of the COVID-19 variant omicron continue to increase across North Texas, public health departments are ramping up testing availability.

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.

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.

Tarrant County Public Health recently confirmed its first positive sample of the disease in mosquito traps in Crowley. No human cases spotted, so far.

Two nonprofits are giving away free masks, condoms and STI screens at festival-like events to make sure people have access to these resources as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

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