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Texas Medical Center announces new center for biomanufacturing
Posted on · The TMC BioPort plans to address medical supply chain issues faced by the U.S. during the pandemic
Posted on · The TMC BioPort plans to address medical supply chain issues faced by the U.S. during the pandemic
Posted on · A perfect storm of COVID, blood drive cancellations and the calendar has created a national blood shortage. Here’s how it’s affecting Texas.
Posted on · Houston Matters offers you a chance to share your hopes and goals for 2022 in your life and for Greater Houston at large.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: The head of the Texas Medical Center on the fourth wave of COVID-19, the week in politics, former astronaut Scott Kelly on spending a year in space, and a new film shot in Houston called Playing God.
Posted on · Officials at the state health department are concerned about the exponential growth in hospitalizations due to coronavirus over the past month. More than 7,600 people are currently in the hospital with coronavirus in Texas.
Posted on · At least five more Texas hospitals have followed Methodist's lead, and hospitals in New York, Michigan and Kentucky have done the same.
Posted on · The spread of the delta variant, along with low vaccination rates, means Houston hospitals are starting to see a rise in COVID-19 patients.
Posted on · Harris County's positivity rate has more than doubled in the past month, as the rate of vaccinations continues to slow down.
Posted on · Right now, younger people are the primary spreaders of COVID-19, according to hospital officials. That's because vaccines have had a positive impact among older Houstonians.
Posted on · Under Gov. Greg Abbott's orders, if COVID-19 patients made up 15% or more of all hospitalizations, it would automatically trigger restrictions that include the closure of all bars and a reduction of restaurant capacity to 50%.
Posted on · Houstonians most vulnerable to the coronavirus will get access to the vaccine before the rest of the population.
Posted on · Robert Luckey, a registered nurse who works in the Memorial Hermann COVID-19 ICU in the Texas Medical Center, became the first person to be vaccinated in the Houston area on Tuesday, kicking off the state's phased-in vaccination plan.
Posted on · All across Texas on Monday hospitals began to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
Posted on · Texas hospitals are getting 225,000 doses of the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine this week. But with such limited supply, health care workers in some parts of the state are nervous they might be left behind.
Posted on · Hospitals are switching to Phase 2 operations for the first time since the summer.