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COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Portal Now Open

WEBEdward Brown. -. January 4, 2021. 24. istock. Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) officials recently announced a new online portal to register for the COVID-19 vaccine. The inoculation is offered at no cost, and any resident can register, although priority will be given to health care workers, the elderly, and individuals who are at high risk

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Medical Doctor Answers Questions about COVID-19

WEBWe reached out to a local medical doctor, Kerim Razack, with more than 20 years of experience in critical care medicine and pulmonary (lung-related) disease treatment to answer common questions Fort Worthians have concerning COVID-19, the rapidly spreading disease that has afflicted more than80,000 Americans to date. Dr. Razack is a …

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Fort Worth Medical Workers Receive First COVID-19 …

WEBWednesday’s COVID-19 vaccine felt like “hope in a bottle,” said Dr. Kerim Razack, partner with Texas Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants at Texas Health Southwest. As one of three critical care doctors at his southwest Fort Worth hospital, Dr. Razack has worked six weeks straight. Since March, he estimates that

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Tracking an Epidemic

WEBGov. Greg Abbott’s recent executive order and public statements are leading the Lone Star State toward a phased easing of shelter-in-place orders. As many Fort Worth businesses prepare to reopen in the coming weeks, local public health officials and university staff are ramping up efforts to track and quarantine COVID-19 cases through …

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Sick Workers at JPS

WEBFull-time employees who rack up a total score of nine or higher during a year can be fired, according to the policy. An employee shared it with me recently. “This is recent,” the employee said. “Again, not ‘thank you for putting yourself and your family at risk.’. One of the workers said JPS executives are working “tucked away in

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Wells, Well-Being, and Julie Wilson

WEBNashville-based Healthways hired Wilson last week to lead a well-being plan known as the Blue Zones Project. The idea is to encourage people to eat more nutritious foods and exercise more and to live longer and better. Healthways is partnered with Texas Health Resources, a system with 25 hospitals under its umbrella in North Texas, …

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Morning in Morningside

WEBRegardless of which data set you choose, Morningside is trending down — way down — from the rest of the city and most of America. About 12,000 people live in this 2.2-square-mile area between I-35 and Riverside Drive, south of Rosedale Street. Most — nearly 75 percent — are African-American, young (median age is between 30 and 35), …

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Inflation Nation: The Cost Of Braces And Other Medical Expenses …

WEBAccording to the Consumer Price Index, the start of 2022 saw a massive rise of 7% in the inflation rate across all sectors in the U.S. Inflation has prompted the most significant increase in the costs of goods and services in the last 40 years.Likewise, in the medical sector, Americans spent $4.1 trillion in 2020 (an average of $12,530 per …

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Sunflower Shoppe

WEBSunflower Shoppe Vitamins and More has been a small but significant part of life in Fort Worth since it opened in 1970, selling a range of products –– from natural shampoo to goat’s milk. But with Whole Foods Market and Sprouts down the street, and a new Natural Grocers a few miles away on West 7th Street, the competition is stiff.

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Insurance is Becoming Unaffordable To Many Texans

WEBThe Lone Star State is renowned for its gorgeous landscapes and larger-than-life attitude.Unfortunately, Texas is also becoming known for another thing among its resident motorists: the soaring cost of insurance. With the economy in a shaky state and many Texans already struggling financially, a major hike in insurance premiums is the …

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Frontline Workers

WEBFrontline Health Care Worker. Readers’ Choice: Beth Mueller, RN, Baylor Scott & White, 1800 Park Pl Av, 682-703-5600. Critic’s Choice: Vicki Cannon, Director of Clinical Services, UNT Health Science Center. Health care workers have become synonymous with heroes and for good reason. Every day across Tarrant County, …

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Clinics Under Duress as Abortion Ban Starts

WEBAs of Sept. 1, health-care providers in Texas have had to explain to many patients why they cannot have an abortion. Marva Sadler, senior director at Whole Woman’s Health, a clinic that provides abortions among many other services, has experienced this first-hand. “It’s been a mix of frustration to begging and

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Grading Jim Witt’s Response To Critic Of Star-Telegram

WEBThe national healthcare writer, journalist, and blogger who sliced, diced, and dissected a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story on Obamacare finally got a response from Executive Editor Jim Witt.. We’ll grade his effort in a moment.. Maggie Mahar read a Nov. 24 article by Yamil Berard and saw what she considered to be false and skewed …

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Sports Rush: NHL (Should Be) Coming to Fort Worth

WEBThe Dallas Stars earned a spot in the postseason tournament this year. When they won the Stanley Cup in 1999, the series finished in Buffalo. This should be the year they, or even some other team, raises the Cup in North Texas. The National Hockey League continues inching toward restarting its season. It should consider doing so in …

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