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Dallas Mayor, County Judge Quarrel Over Mixed Messages at Dallas COVID-19 Vaccine Hub
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson are quarreling over mixed messages regarding how COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed at the large-scale hub that opened earlier this week in Fair Park.
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Texas is the First State To Administer 1 Million COVID-19 Vaccines: CDC
Texas is the first state in the union to administer more than one million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, officials say.
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Help for Senior Residents to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available
Every day NBC 5 tries to answer questions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine. One big question we keep hearing is, how are senior citizens supposed to navigate the confusing wait-list process? Katy Blakey has the story.
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Limited Vaccine Supply Remains Biggest Constraint But Pharmacies Are Ready, Association Says
Though pharmacies are ready to answer the call of vaccinating willing people, an association leader says the limited supply of vaccines at the moment remains their biggest constraint.
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Volunteer Nurses May Help COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Issues
As thousands of Texans prepare to get their COVID-19 vaccine, health experts are now challenged with finding staff to administer the shots. Health leaders told NBC 5 they are unable to pull valuable frontliners away from their posts at hospitals, especially in COVID-19 units, So they’re looking at creative ways to get the bodies they will need to staff up…
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Dallas ISD School Nurses Get COVID-19 Vaccines
For some school nurses in Dallas ISD, Friday felt a bit like the first day of school. That’s because 57 nurses in the district got their COVID-19 vaccine shots, bringing the total number of nurses vaccinated in the district to 147.
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Tarrant County Leaders Discuss Vaccination Lines
Tarrant County Commissioners and Health Director Vinney Taneja had an at times animated discussion Tuesday concerning long lines and complaints related to the county’s vaccination centers.
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Tips for Talking to the COVID-19 Vaccine Skeptic in Your Life
A recent study by the de Beaumont Foundation found that heath officials need to change the language they use to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine in order to build the public’s confidence in taking it. LX News talked to de Beaumont Foundation CEO Brian Castrucci, who shared four tips you can use when talking to vaccine skeptics in your life.
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Race to Vaccinate Millions in US Off to Slow, Messy Start
The race to vaccinate millions of Americans is off to a slower, messier start than public health officials and leaders of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed had expected
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Why Doctors Need to Educate Patients About the COVID-19 Vaccine – Instead of Asking for Blind Trust
Studies show there is still a good deal of mistrust in the coronavirus vaccines as the first wave of shots is rolling out to millions of Americans across the country. Dr. Khalilah Gates and Dr. Melissa Simon, both of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and who have both already received a first dose of the vaccine, talked to LX...