Healthcare experts are concerned about the vaccine rollout and whether the next administration can fix the blunders of the current one. This week, the Trump administration announced that it would release all the available COVID-19 vaccines from its stockpile to ensure more people over the age of 65 can get a shot. The move followed...

Health officials in Austin are considering opening a makeshift hospital as its intensive care units fill up. Patients in North Texas are being treated in lobbies or in hallways. And hospitals around Laredo, Abilene and College Station have three or fewer intensive care unit beds open, according to state data. A week into the new...

The first known case of a new and more contagious coronavirus strain has been reported in Texas, in an adult male resident of Harris County who had no history of travel, according to the state health services department and County Judge Lina Hidalgo. The variant known as B.1.1.7 was first identified in the United Kingdom,...

By Eric Levenson (CNN)On December 18, a San Diego emergency room nurse was given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. A week later, he tested positive for the virus, CNN affiliate KGTV reported.Stories like this will become more common as millions of Americans are administered the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines over the coming months. Over...

Author: Carlos Malvestutto, MD, MPH January 06, 2021 Editor’s note: As what we know about COVID-19 evolves, so could the information in this story. Find our most recent COVID-19 blog posts here, and learn the latest in COVID-19 prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With such an accelerated vaccine development process, the...

By Carolyn Crist Jan. 6, 2021 — The FDA issued a safety alert Monday about the potential for false results from a rapid COVID-19 test made by Curative Inc. False negative results, in particular, have been a concern. “Risks to a patient of a false negative result include: delayed or lack of supportive treatment, lack...

It’s important to look back on the year and reflect on the impact of the truly tumultuous time 2020 provided. We came together as a community to overcome and persevere in the face of many hardships, and it has shown what a beautiful community we have. Below is a video that exemplifies exactly that and...

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‘There is a race to get the public vaccinated, so we are willing to take more risk.’ By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN   NOVEMBER 17, 2020 07:10 Coronavirus vaccine under development (illustrative) (photo credit: DADO RUVIC/REUTERS) Israelis celebrated on Friday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country had signed a deal with Pfizer Inc. to...