Dallas County officials reported an additional four deaths and 843 cases of the coronavirus Sunday, ending an eight-day drop in the seven-day average of new cases. The five people whose deaths were reported include: A Balch Springs man in his 50’s who had been critically ill in an area hospital, and did not have any…
Health officials in Dallas County on Tuesday reported 20 more COVID-19-related deaths, matching the most fatalities the county has recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic and bringing the countywide toll to 477. Dallas County Health and Human Services also reported 20 coronavirus-related deaths on June 30. Of the deaths, 16…
For the second straight day, Dallas County is reporting a jump in emergency room visits related to COVID-19 Thursday along with 10 more deaths and 1,201 new confirmed cases of the infection. Dallas County officials said in a statement Thursday afternoon that "emergency room visits for COVID-19 like symptoms in Dallas County increased to 824…
Dallas County is reporting a record 601 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday along with 20 deaths and more hospitalizations, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. The number of new cases marks the first time the county has topped 600 cases in a day and is the fifth straight day the county has set a new…
The Dallas County Health and Human Services Department along with Parkland Health & Hospital System announced the launch of an automatic contact tracing system. It's called the COVID-19 Confidential Contact Tracing and Reporting System and was developed by Parkland and the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. News of the partnership and project was announced Thursday…
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The