Health experts recommend a daily dose of vitamin D to reap a multitude of benefits but urge caution on dosage. Vitamin D plays various essential roles in numerous organs and processes. It directly...
Local Nonprofit Offers Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic
A local nonprofit is offering monkeypox vaccines in South Dallas for high-risk individuals. Abounding Prosperity Inc. announced that it has acquired 300 doses of the vaccine. The vaccine clinic,...
Dallas County Declares Monkeypox Health Emergency
As the number of monkeypox cases increases across the county, Dallas County has declared a state of emergency. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued the order after the number of cases reached 200...
CDC Updates COVID Guidelines
Roughly two and a half years since the beginning of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have removed most distinctions in their recommendation for vaccinated and unvaccinated...
Texas Woman Returns Home After Year in Hospital
A North Texas mother of three has been released from the hospital after battling COVID-related issues for over a year. Jazmin Kirkland spent 370 days in medical institutions undergoing a series of...
Lyons Magnus Expanding Nutritional and Beverage Recall
Lyons Magnus, LLC, announced Wednesday that it is expanding its July 28 voluntary recall of nutritional and beverage products to include additional brands and code dates. Recalled products range...
New Lyme Disease Vaccine Testing Begins
A new Lyme disease vaccine has entered phase 3 of its clinical trial. Pfizer and French biotech Valneva are seeking 6,000 people ages 5 and over to participate in the trial of VLA15. This vaccine is...
Texas Health Resources Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Texas Health Resources, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare system, celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this month. Their anniversary marks the day that Arlington Memorial Hospital, Harris...
Polio Booster Offered in London
British health officials began a campaign encouraging London children to receive polio booster vaccinations after trace amounts of poliovirus were detected in waste samples. Even though a case of...
Deadline Nears for Texas Health Department Grant Applications
The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is now accepting grant applications from public and non-profit health care providers for the DSHS Federally Qualified Health Center Incubator Program....
Local County Confirms 14 Monkeypox Cases
Health officials announced on Tuesday that they have identified 14 cases of monkeypox in Collin County; the virus continues to spread across North Texas and the nation in general. Collin County...
By Mary Dada | Aug 11, 2022
Texas Postpartum Medicaid Application Stalled
An effort by the Texas legislature to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers will likely be rejected by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) because the benefits are too...
Disney Hosts Texas Children’s Hospital Event
Disney teamed up with the nonprofit Starlight Children's Foundation to host a special delivery event at Texas Children's Hospital. The event celebrated the launch of season two of Marvel's Spidey...
Scientists Produce Synthetic Mouse Embryo
An artificial womb was utilized to produce synthetic mouse embryos by stem cell researchers in Israel. This breakthrough provides a glimpse into an interesting, perhaps contentious area of science...
Dallas County Expands Monkeypox Vaccine Eligibility
As the monkeypox outbreak spreads, Dallas County declared the eligibility for the vaccine would be expanded. Dr. Philip Huang, director of Dallas Health and Human Services, announced last week...
High Call Volume on Dallas Monkeypox Hotline
As the monkeypox virus spreads rapidly across the country, Dallas County has experienced a high call volume on its newly established vaccine hotline. Shortly after the monkeypox vaccine hotline...
Residents Flying Out-of-State for Monkeypox Vaccine
As more cases of the monkeypox virus are being recorded in Texas' major cities, there appears to be a rising demand for the vaccine. Clinics devoted to providing care to LGBTQ people report...
Local County Hosts Back-to-School Immunization Clinics
The first Back-to-School immunization clinics were held on last week by Tarrant County Public Health and will continue to the end of August, according to a press release. The Back-to-School...
Local County Reports 2022’s First West Nile Case
The 2022 season's first confirmed human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) has been identified, according to Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH). TCPH stated the individual engaged in outdoor activities...
Three Local Hospitals Recognized as ‘Best Hospitals’
Texas Health is a leader in the North Texas healthcare market, according to an annual report by U.S. News & World Report. Three Texas Health Resources hospitals made it into the 33rd annual...
U.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency
The federal government declared a public health emergency on Thursday to help respond to the monkeypox outbreak that has affected more than 7,100 Americans. Department of Health and Human Services...
