DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Burnet school district Assistant Superintendent Dr. Rachel Jones got her COVID-19 vaccination March 13 at a clinic organized by the city of Burnet, Burnet County, and Seton Ascension Highland Lakes. Staff photo by Daniel Clifton
Dr. Rachel Jones sees a certain irony in getting her COVID-19 vaccination on March 13, her birthday.
“Last year on my birthday, it was the last day we had in-person class for the school year because of COVID,” said Jones, assistant superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction at Burnet Consolidated Independent School District. “This year on my birthday, I’m getting my vaccine. It’s a happy day.”
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Medical personnel administer COVID-19 vaccinations at weekly clinics at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Marble Falls, but volunteers are needed to help with logistics. Also, call on your elderly family, friends, and neighbors; they might need help scheduling an appointment. Courtesy photo
The medical personnel administering about 1,000 COVID-19 vaccinations a week in the Highland Lakes need a shot in the arm from you said Jordan Newell, the director of clinic operations for Baylor Scott & White Health-Hill Country Region.
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COVID-19 vaccine providers in the Highland Lakes are receiving more than 2,500 doses the week of March 8 as Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ one-dose vaccine is added to the fight against the pandemic, which enters its second year.
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced March 5 that the federal government is shipping more than 1 million first doses of the vaccine to the state this week, including 929,320 first doses to 1,651 providers in 234 counties. On top of that, the federal government is providing another 200,000 first doses to some pharmacies and federally qualified health centers.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now 4 weeks ago | DailyTrib.com Crews from Baylor Scott & White-Marble Falls and Dell Children’s medical centers set up a makeshift intensive neonatal unit at the Marble Falls hospital to save the life of a premature baby who was born during the winter storm. Photo courtesy of Ascension Seton
While most people stayed off the roads during the recent winter storm, a doctor and two nurses traveled from east Austin to Marble Falls in an effort to save a newborn baby’s life.
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