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Texas Children’s Hospital’s Corbevax vaccine may be the key to global immunization

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on December 15, 2021 · Using traditional vaccine technology, which has been available for decades, other countries would be able to mass-produce the product themselves and distribute it in areas lacking access to proper refrigeration.

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It’s cheap, easy to make and in demand overseas. So why can’t this Texas-born COVID-19 vaccine break into the U.S. market?

Karen Brooks Harper, Texas Tribune

Posted on October 20, 2021 · A Houston vaccine team would like a U.S. distributor but for now focuses its efforts abroad to inoculate those in countries where COVID-19 variants surface more quickly.

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COVID Vaccine Rollout Is On The Horizon – What That Means And What The Future Holds

Catherine Lu

Posted on December 7, 2020 · The vaccine “landscape” is changing daily. We take a deep dive into what that means, from multiple vaccine development to immunity to deployment in the Houston area.

Tags COVID Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Harris County Public Health sherri onyiego vaccines

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Coronavirus Vaccine Developed A Decade Ago Could Be ‘Ahead Of The Curve’

Michael Hagerty

Posted on March 5, 2020 · A vaccine, developed by Houston-area researchers beginning in 2010, has been shelved due to a lack of funding but is "worth investigating" for potential use on the current coronavirus outbreak.

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Deaths in the county jail (May 18, 2023)

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Posted on May 5, 2023 · The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020.

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Baylor College pilot study finds electrical stimulation can potentially improve lower extremity muscle perfusion caused by long COVID

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