HEALTH CARE
Susan Bailey was elected president of the American Medical Association in June 2020. (Courtesy American Medical Association)
'I am convinced we will beat COVID': American Medical Association President Susan Bailey discusses vaccine successes, myths, challenges
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Looking to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Collin County has thousands of openings this week
The program, which began this week in San Marcos, gives Amazon and Whole Foods employees and contractors direct access to COVID-19 vaccinations. (Courtesy Amazon)
Amazon begins rollout of statewide vaccination clinics for employees
Daniel Stockton, Frisco ISD's executive director of government and legal affairs (left) reviews a chart tracking positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff since November at the April 12 school board meeting. (Valerie Wigglesworth/Community Impact Newspaper)
Frisco ISD updates quarantine guidelines for COVID-19
The new tool will give Texans one place to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine through multiple health departments, including the eight DSHS public health regions—which provides public health services to nearly 200 Texas counties—as well as more than a dozen local health entities statewide. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Department of State Health Services launches Texas Public Health Vaccine Scheduler
The Family Health Center on Virginia has completed construction. (Miranda Jaimes/Community Impact Newspaper)
Construction completed on McKinney’s new federally qualified health center
The Centers for Disease Control released new guidance on in-person instruction for K-12 grade schools on March 19. (Courtesy Pexels)
CDC loosens guidelines on social distancing in schools
Texas Health Resources nurse Karen Schmidt administers a Pfizer vaccination to Plano resident Connie Cordova on Feb. 5. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
Collin County to reopen vaccine portal; Starbucks coming to McKinney and more top DFW-area news
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Collin County clears COVID-19 vaccine waitlist, will allow patients to make appointments March 12
The city of Frisco’s COVID-19 vaccine site at Stonebriar Centre mall has begun pulling from the Collin County vaccine waitlist for appointments, County Administrator Bill Bilyeu told commissioners during their March 1 meeting. (Wendy Sturges/Community Impact Newspaper)
Frisco vaccine site pulling from Collin County waitlist; projects in Plano progressing and more top DFW-area news
In response to Gov. Greg Abbott's March 2 announcement that Texas' statewide mask mandate and COVID-19-related business restrictions will be lifted as of March 10, the Texas Education Agency released updated public health guidance March 3. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Updated Texas Education Agency guidance allows individual school boards to determine mask policies
At its peak of power loss, the city had roughly 50,000 homes with interrupted power, many of which had prolonged outages, Plano City Manager Mark Israelson said. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
Plano faces long-term impacts from storm; Collin County vaccine hubs resume service and more DFW-area news
Construction began last month on an outdoor shopping center that will open in west Frisco in spring 2022. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Shopping center coming to Frisco; IHOP opens in Keller and more popular DFW-area news
Although the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has a lower efficacy rate in the U.S. compared against the Moderna and Pfizer versions, which stand at about 94%, officials said it is important to note that there have been no deaths associated with the new vaccine. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
DSHS: Texans could see a third COVID-19 vaccine join the rollout effort as soon as March 1
Collin County commissioners Feb. 8 decided to pause processing new registrations to the online COVID-19 vaccine waitlist due to an imbalance of available doses and demand for them. (Wendy Sturges/Community Impact Newspaper)
Collin County suspends vaccine signups; Massimo Galleries opens in Plano and more DFW news
The new building, set to open in mid-March, will include an India Bazaar grocery store. (Valerie Wigglesworth/Community Impact Newspaper)
Indian restaurants, shops coming to Frisco; Collin County preps for US 380 alignment and more top DFW-area news
AECOM Texas Executive Wendy Lopez moderates a panel discussion Feb. 4 featuring Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, Denton County Judge Andy Eads, Collin County Judge Chris Hill and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. (Screenshot courtesy North Texas Commission)
‘Hope for tsunami of vaccines’: North Texas county judges discuss regional collaboration in COVID-19 response
About one-third of respondents in a survey conducted by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs said they are unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (Courtesy Baylor College of Medicine)
One-third of Texans likely to refuse COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds
The city of Frisco is inoculating people at its vaccine hub at Stonebriar Centre mall. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Vaccine hub opens at Stonebriar Centre in Frisco; vaccines set for Texas Motor Speedway and more DFW news