April 23, 2020 Earlier this month as the pandemic dragged on, Children’s Health asked Irving-based 7-Eleven to help make life a little easier for its health care workers and patient families. This week, 7-Eleven opened a pop-up store in Children’s Medical Center Dallas’ Moore Auditorium, a large space that had been mothballed in this time […]
April 23, 2020 Dallas-based telemedicine group Access Physicians has formed additional rural hospital partnerships as COVID-19 pushes more of the healthcare market into remote care. Access partners with rural hospital systems to provide specialty care at patients’ community hospitals, allowing patients to avoid urban facilities that may have a higher number of COVID-19 patients, reducing […]
April 22, 2020 It’s not often that the CEO of a major American orchestra hops in her car and delivers groceries to families in need. But that is exactly what Kim Noltemy, president and chief executive of the Dallas Symphony, did last weekend. Along with her daughter, who’s home from New York, Noltemy drove packages […]
April 22, 2020 Millions of dollars will soon be disbursed for Dallas renters, homeowners and small businesses struggling in the wake of COVID-19. Dallas City Council members on Wednesday finalized about $13.7 million in federally funded rental and mortgage assistance as well as $5 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act for […]
April 22, 2020 If you previously tested positive for COVID-19 and are now asymptomatic and test negative, you have built up high levels of antibodies in your plasma to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) that defended your body against the virus. Injecting your plasma into a critically ill patient could stimulate a stronger immune […]
April 21, 2020 To manage the increasing number of Katy Trail users and encourage physical distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak, Dallas Park and Recreation will implement a trail management strategy that gives visitors access to the trail on specific days according to their last names. The general public will have regular access to the Katy […]
Question marks around the COVID-19 outbreak are creating juggling acts for executives triaging the current crisis while attempting to plan for a post-pandemic world. Advisory firm Deloitte and cloud-based software developer Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) outlined landscapes that could emerge once the dust settles in a recent report entitled “The world remade by COVID-19: Scenarios for […]
April 22, 2020 Every day in North Texas now looks like a quiet Christmas morning. Southwest Airlines jets don’t circle downtown Dallas’ skyline as much as they did a few months ago. Central Expressway and the Dallas North Tollway are devoid of the usual rush hour traffic jams. Downtown streets don’t hustle and bustle during […]
April 22, 2020 Texas was approved Monday to take part in a pilot program that will allow people receiving SNAP benefits to order groceries online. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue approved requests from Texas, Kentucky and Missouri to implement online purchasing with current authorized SNAP retailers. As of Tuesday, Amazon and Walmart are authorized […]
April 22, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott said on Wednesday that Texans, at least in many parts of the state, soon may be able to visit hair salons and stores. Previewing what he has said could be a lifting of his stay-at-home order on Monday, Abbott told a conservative radio talk-show host that he’s determined Texas […]