Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health advisers have endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson that’s expected to provide an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic. The panel of Food and Drug Administration experts ruled on Friday that J&J’s vaccine protected against COVID-19 and should be made available for adults. The FDA…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The federally operated COVID-19 vaccination site at Globe Life Field in Arlington is fully operational. The site officially opened its doors on Friday and utilizes the Tarrant County vaccine registration website to schedule appointments for eligible patients. At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Marines and Sailors from 1st…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is hearing firsthand from Texans clobbered by this month’s brutal winter weather. Biden and his wife, Jill, are hearing from emergency officials and visiting a food bank. The president thanked emergency workers for doing “God’s work.” It’s his first trip to a major disaster site since he took office…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Coronavirus pandemic may not be as taxing on the Texas health care system as once thought. As new COVID-19 cases dropped by nearly 50% in late February, the resulting hospital bed capacity rate at Dallas’ 25 hospitals sits at 80%. Some are questioning whether hospital bed capacity is a reliable metric for…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Three people were injured during a massive fire at a Richland Hills recycling plant, Thursday. Eight North Texas fire departments responded to the blaze at the Advanced Foam Recycling plant south of Highway 121 in Richland Hills, Thursday afternoon. The fire, which could be seen for up to 30 miles across the Metroplex,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas officials are taking a page from Corpus Christi’s playbook and stepping up efforts to vaccinate seniors against COVID-19. Governor Greg Abbott announced the “Save Our Seniors” initiative at a news conference in Corpus Christi on Thursday. Abbott says more than 1,100 National Guard troops are being deployed to help vaccinate homebound seniors…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The number of Coronavirus cases in the Metroplex has been cut in half. The total number of COVID-19 cases, Thursday, was just under 2,100. A few weeks ago, that number was around 4,000. Tarrant county reported 758 newly infected residents, Dallas county 614, Denton county 556, and Collin county 142. North Texas also…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The catastrophic Texas blackout was a wider failure than the state’s power grid, which teetered on the brink of an even bigger collapse during a freeze that knocked out electricity to 4 million customers, energy executives said Thursday. One CEO said he sounded warning days before what became one of the…… MORE
MISSION, Kan. (AP) – The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. has plummeted by 80,000 in six weeks, and 17% of the nation’s adult population has gotten at least one dose of vaccine. The improvements offer some relief to front-line workers. St. Louis respiratory therapist Joe Kowalczyk recalled that when COVID-19 patients…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Birds, bats and other wildlife appear to have taken a beating during the winter storm and deep freeze in the southern U.S. Scientists say it might take weeks or months to determine the extent of the harm. But dead robins and other songbirds are being found on yards and sidewalks. And rehabilitation…… MORE
