Shop to benefit pediatric cancer research at โThe SALEโ
Who doesnโt love shopping for a good cause? โThe Sale Houstonโ is kicking off its 8thย year of the annual shopping event that benefits pediatric cancer research starting TOMORROW, January 5thย through the 7thย at the Bayou City Event Center.
โReelAbilitiesโ: Free festival, concert supporting deaf community to be held at Bayou City Event Center
A concert coming to Houston is providing us all an inside look and understanding of how those who are deaf โhearโ music. Emceeing the event will be KPRC 2 reporters Brandon Walker and Taisha Walker. The ReelMusic concert is free and open to the public. It will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Bayou City Event Center located at Knight Road.
Houston Health closes waitlist for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
HOUSTON โ The Houston Health Department announced Wednesday that it opened a new waitlist for its initial allotment of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine but closed it Tuesday, March 9. The departmentโs original vaccine waitlist is for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, which require two doses. The waitlists are used to schedule the departmentโs allotment of appointments at the FEMA community vaccination center at NRG Park and its other vaccination sites. The Houston Health Department received half of a 12,000 dose allotment of Johnson & Johnson vaccine that arrived at NRG Park and administered it at Bayou City Event Center and its other vaccination sites two days later. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is not being provided at NRG Park.
Demand for COVID-19 vaccine remains high in Houston
HOUSTON โ Hundreds of people were vaccinated Saturday at the Bayou City Event Center in Houston. But you needed an appointment, but those are in high demand, according to Mayor Sylvester Turner. On Friday, Houston Health Department said 1,600 slots for next week were booked in a matter of minutes. Because what that does is really kind of clutter up our system and we have challenges related to social distancing,โ said Houston Health Department Director Stephen Williams. I think at the Denver Harbor Center, and then today weโre picking up the between today and next week weโre picking up the rest of them,โ Turner said.
Houston Health Department receives additional 9,000 doses of vaccine; new appointments booked in minutes
HOUSTON โ The Houston Health Department said 1,600 new appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine were booked within five minutes on Friday afternoon. These two locations make the vaccine more accessible to all, complementing the health departmentโs health centers and multi-service centers,โ said Mayor Sylvester Turner. People who received their first dose of vaccine through the health department will be contacted about scheduling their second dose before the recommended due date. Updated guidance from the CDC says โthe second dose should be administered as close to the recommended interval as possible. Visit the vaccine page of HoustonEmergency.org/covid19 for the latest information about COVID-19 vaccinations through the Houston Health Department.