Medical professionals at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have successfully removed a rare 34-pound tumor from a 67-year-old man. Doctors discovered the mass in the tissue...
CORBEVAX ‘Game-Changer’ COVID Vaccine Created by Texas Team
A vaccine recently authorized for use in India could help solve one of the most pressing problems in global public health. The name of the vaccine is CORBEVAX, and according to Texas Children’s...
By Manny Legrand | Feb 1, 2022
Texas Children’s Hospital Sets U.S. Record for Most Pediatric Transplants
Among an extensive list of the nation’s firsts and records, the Texas Children’s Hospital is currently leading the country with the most pediatric organ transplants. The data, compiled by the Organ...
Study: Texas Dropped in COVID-19 Safety Rankings
The state of Texas has dropped in the rankings of safe states to live in during COVID-19, according to a new study. The Wallet Hub 2022 Safest States During COVID-19 found that last year, the Lone...
By Edgar James | Jan 28, 2022
County Offers Employees $200 Vaccination Incentive, Extra Paid Sick Leave
Dallas County is the latest organization to begin implementing strict regulations for unvaccinated employees, requiring either weekly tests for COVID-19 or vaccination. As an incentive to get the...
Texas Girl with Cancer Meets Her Bone Marrow Donor from Germany
The life of a young girl, Landrie Lay, from Quinlan in Hunt County was saved when she received a bone marrow donation. Last week, Landrie got to meet Phillip, the man who donated the bone marrow...
By Mary Dada | Jan 27, 2022
Mark Cuban Launches Online Wholesale Pharmacy
What does Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban know about the prescription drug industry? Cuban is answering that question with the launch of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company...
At-Home COVID-19 Testing Complicates Community Case Tracking
As home COVID-19 tests are distributed to households across the country, health officials are deliberating the best way to track the results. The federal government is providing four free tests to...
Travel Nurses Arrive in North Texas to Assist Overwhelmed Hospitals
As COVID cases begin a surge through North Texas, a second group of travel nurses is arriving to help overwhelmed hospitals. CEO and president of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council, Stephen...
Sober Peer Accomplished 1,000,000 Sessions of Therapy in 2021
"A million therapy days–which, said another way, is 2,740 years of service in a single year–is an incredible accomplishment for our relatively young company and our strategic partners who support...
By Serge Deniau | Jan 23, 2022
Jerry Mills, DFW Nurse, Saves Man Suffering Cardiac Arrest at NFL Game
An aged man went into cardiac arrest at an NFL playoff game in Cincinnati, Ohio, last weekend. A nurse from Dallas, Jerry Mills, who happened to be at the game was his saving grace. The nurse,...
By Mary Dada | Jan 22, 2022
Doctor Suing Hospital Alleges Medical Freedom Has Been ‘Hijacked’
The physician who resigned after her hospital privileges were suspended last year by Houston Methodist Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the medical center alleging that medical freedom has been...
By Edgar James | Jan 20, 2022
Texas Senator Bob Hall: ‘COVID Messaging is about Maintaining a Level of Fear’
Although nearly 66% of Americans eligible to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine are fully immunized, media reports say hospitals remain overwhelmed by the number of cases. At least one local...
By Edgar James | Jan 19, 2022
Baylor Scott & White Now Treating COVID-19 Patients Virtually
As Omicron surges and hospital emergency rooms become crowded, Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health asks its COVID-19 patients who are not seriously ill to use the BSW Health App to receive...
By Mary Dada | Jan 17, 2022
Omicron Surges Overwhelm Staff at North Texas Hospitals
As cases of the Omicron variant continue to rise across North Texas, hospital staff have become overwhelmed by the number of patients. According to Fox 4, cases began to go up again on Friday,...
Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Large Employer Vaccine Mandate
On Thursday, the Supreme Court voted to halt the large-employer vaccine mandate proposed by the Biden Administration and OSHA. The mandate, if passed, would require any business with over one...
Surgeons Complete World’s First Heart Transplant with a Modified Pig Heart
During a national organ crisis, a new surgery shows promising results for the future of heart transplants. For the first time, US doctors transplanted a pig heart into a human body, without...
Appointments Now Required for COVID Test at Ellis Davis Field House
One of Dallas’ testing sites is making a significant change in the way tests are carried out. Now, people who want to get tested in Ellis Davis Field House will need an appointment before getting a...
Biden Announces 500M More At-Home COVID Tests Arriving
On January 13, the Biden administration announced that they would be purchasing another 500 million at-home COVID tests for Americans. That amount is in addition to the plan to purchase 500 million...
10-Year-Old Girl’s Surgery Postponed Due to COVID-19
A 10-year-old girl from Dallas had her surgery postponed moments before she was scheduled to undergo the procedure after she tested positive for COVID-19. Miracle Sewell was already in her hospital...
By Mary Dada | Jan 13, 2022
False Negative Tests are Creating Confusion
With the omicron variant of COVID-19 sweeping through North Texas and around the country, many people are relying on rapid tests to determine if they have the virus, especially over the holidays...
