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At-home COVID-19 tests hard to find in Houston while testing sites see increase in demand
Read full article: At-home COVID-19 tests hard to find in Houston while testing sites see increase in demandIt’s been a busy and sometimes frustrating day at COVID testing sites with the holiday surge now leading to a surge in testing at many places.
Grand jury subpoenas Harris County commissioners in connection to canceled $11M vaccine outreach contract
Read full article: Grand jury subpoenas Harris County commissioners in connection to canceled $11M vaccine outreach contractA Harris County contract to conduct an outreach campaign to encourage COVID vaccinations was canceled in September, but the issue has come back to life in the form of grand jury subpoenas for every member of the Harris County Commission.
Judge Lina Hidalgo to cancel nearly $11M controversial vaccine outreach contract
Read full article: Judge Lina Hidalgo to cancel nearly $11M controversial vaccine outreach contractHarris County had a problem and a plan. The problem? Guaranteed vaccine hesitancy. The plan? To hire a company to do “targeted vaccine community outreach.”
Doctors say ‘second guessing’ from patients, families becoming more common during COVID treatment
Read full article: Doctors say ‘second guessing’ from patients, families becoming more common during COVID treatmentThe same questions are becoming more frequent, “Why didn’t you do this? Why didn’t you do that? Why didn’t you do this? I saw on TV that this is good,” said Dr. Joseph Varon of United Memorial Medical Center in North Houston.
Doctors believe in order to properly track breakthrough cases, changes will be needed from CDC
Read full article: Doctors believe in order to properly track breakthrough cases, changes will be needed from CDCThe Texas Department of State Health Services said there have been “343 clinically severe vaccine breakthrough cases reported in Texas,” dating back to Feb. 8, 2020, the date the state of Texas started tracking them.
COVID Long-Haulers: UT researchers discovering why women are more likely to suffer from long COVID-19
Read full article: COVID Long-Haulers: UT researchers discovering why women are more likely to suffer from long COVID-19Researchers at the McGovern Medical School are studying blood samples from COVID patients to better understand the impact of the virus and long COVID symptoms.
Head of UN health agency seeks vaccine booster moratorium
Read full article: Head of UN health agency seeks vaccine booster moratoriumThe head of the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to help ensure that doses are available in countries where few people have received their first shots.
Grand jury declines to indict Houston doctor accused of stealing vial of COVID-19 vaccine
Read full article: Grand jury declines to indict Houston doctor accused of stealing vial of COVID-19 vaccineA Harris County grand jury has declined to indict a Houston area doctor who was accused of stealing COVID-19 vaccines in December.
Texans' head coach David Culley on vaccination rate: "We’re in good shape”
Read full article: Texans' head coach David Culley on vaccination rate: "We’re in good shape”The COVID-19 pandemic impacted pretty much every facet of our lives, and the NFL was not exempt from that. Empty stadiums and greatly reduced crowds, players sitting out due to positive COVID tests, delayed games, and more.