Dallas County

For the first time since the COVID-19 vaccine rollout started, Dallas County’s Fair Park hub accepted all eligible adults with no appointment necessary.

As the threat of COVID-19 improves in North Texas, April is the start of West Nile Virus season and there’s reason to be concerned about the mosquito carried illness, which is also a killer.

As the threat of COVID-19 improves in North Texas, April is the start of West Nile Virus season and there’s reason to be concerned about the mosquito carried illness, which is also a killer. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports.

In the last seven days, from April 10-16, hospitalizations for people with COVID-19 were up slightly in both the DFW Metroplex and across the Lone Star State while case averages held steady.

As the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd winds down; the trauma of reliving Floyd’s final moments over and over again can increase. Trauma does not hit the same for everyone. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker reports.

As the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd winds down; the trauma of reliving Floyd’s final moments over and over again can increase. Trauma does not hit the same for everyone.

Dallas County residents can now schedule same-day or next-day appointments for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Dallas County residents can now schedule same-day or next-day appointments for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

DeSoto ISD Healthcare Services will join efforts with Methodist Health System to provide the community with a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the DeSoto High School Freshman Campus Gym.

Carrollton native and Olympic gold medalist Courtney Okolo is taking the delayed start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in stride.

The effort to vaccinate North Texans against COVID-19 is taking a new turn Tuesday following new federal guidance concerning the use of the shot manufactured by Johnson & Johnson.

The Dallas County Jail will return to in-person visitation after more than a year of virtual visitation starting Monday.

Texas is joining other states in asking COVID-19 vaccine providers to stop giving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot as federal health officials investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. NBC 5 reporter Sophia Beausoleil reports that “pause” is having an impact on efforts to vaccinate people at home.

The temporary halting of administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will have little effect on Dallas County’s path to herd immunity, according to the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation.

The effort to vaccinate North Texans against COVID-19 is taking a new turn Tuesday following new federal guidance concerning the use of the shot manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. NBC 5’s Larry Collins explains.

Update: On Tuesday, April 13, federal officials recommended a “pause” in the administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. Read the latest on this here. As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues across Texas and the United States, there are understandably many questions about the vaccines regarding not only how to…

The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine out of “an abundance of caution” to investigate reports of rare, potentially dangerous blood clots.

Hundreds turned out to a vaccination clinic Saturday at South Oak Cliff High School in the city’s latest effort to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible in high-need areas.

A local radio station hosts a monthly mental health segment to spark conversation about issues that often go unchecked in the South Asian community.

A local radio station hosts a monthly mental health segment to spark conversation about issues that often go unchecked in the South Asian community.