Arlington receives more doses for its Esports Stadium vaccine hub

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 4:19A Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA)

The fire department will administer the first doses from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center.

Return to college campuses triggers warnings over Covid-19's spread, financial motives

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 4:14A Hilary Burns

A new CDC did not identify individual schools or counties where Covid-19 is most problematic, although it implied financial incentives appear to be clouding the decisions of whether to allow students and faculty to return to campus.

Biden unveils a national pandemic response that Trump resisted

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 1:11A Sheryl Gay Stolberg

President Joe Biden will use his first full day in office on Thursday to go on the offensive against the coronavirus, with a 21-page national strategy that includes aggressive use of executive authority to protect workers, advance racial equity...

Why medical tourism is drawing patients, even in a pandemic

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 12:54A Ceylan Yeginsu

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains for affordable treatment in foreign lands.

Dallas County makes changes after vaccine doses went to people in wealthy neighborhoods

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/19 5:46A William Joy (WFAA)

More than 15 percent of the doses at the Fair Park hub went to three high-income ZIP codes in its first few days.

Biotech firm deepens ties with UT Southwestern with new 'innovation fund'

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/15 6:13A Kevin Cummings

From launch to IPO, Taysha Gene Therapies has maintained strong ties to UT Southwestern. Now, it’s deepening that tie with the launch of a new research fund. The Dallas-based central nervous system-focused drug development and commercialization...

Accelerating US vaccinations ‘easier said than done’, experts say

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/15 12:42A Kiran Stacey in Washington and H

More states follow Florida in making anyone over 65 eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, but bottlenecks may thwart their aims.

Cash, breakfasts and firings: An all-out push to vaccinate wary medical workers

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/14 11:47P Rebecca Robbins, Sabrina Taverni

Anxious about their patients’ health and scarred by many thousands of deaths in the past year, hospitals and nursing homes are desperate to have their employees vaccinated.

DFW company's flawed business model, COVID-19 contributed to bankruptcy, expert says

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/14 6:01A Bill Hethcock

The bankrupt North Texas-based operator of First Choice Emergency Rooms fell victim to a flawed business model and, to a lesser extent, the coronavirus pandemic, one expert says.

Health and tech groups aim to create digital Covid ‘vaccination passport’

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/14 12:55A Hannah Kuchler in New York

Health and technology groups are working together to create a digital vaccination passport in the expectation that governments, airlines and other businesses will require proof people have been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Pressure grows for states to open vaccines to more groups of people

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/11 12:52A Abby Goodnough

Just weeks into the country’s vaccination effort, some states have begun broadening access to the shots faster than planned, amid tremendous public demand and intense criticism about the pace of the rollout.

Texas Legislature to consider COVID liability protections for businesses

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/9 12:00A Kathryn Hardison

An effort is picking up steam at the Texas Legislature to increase legal protections for businesses when it comes to liability for where someone contracted COVID-19. The Texas Civil Justice League is preparing a bill that would heighten...

PPE for your PPE: Dallas founder's company looks to organize and clean face masks

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/8 12:01P Kevin Cummings

As a health care worker and father, Luke Mack launched face mask case company M Case to help keep the community safe.

ER operator Adeptus, formerly one of DFW's fastest-growing companies, files for bankruptcy

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/8 8:53A Bill Hethcock

Adeptus Health LLC, the operator of a network of independent emergency rooms, filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection late last year.

Cannabis reform in Texas: Industry leaders seek an end to THC limits for medical uses, reduced fees

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/5 8:38A Brent Wistrom

More than a dozen cannabis-related bills have already been filed for the 2021 legislative session in Texas, including proposals to decriminalize or create recreational use programs.