COVID-19 VACCINE

Texas Children’s Hospital began administering COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 6 months to 5 years old Tuesday morning.

Joseph Spinner is a cardiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital. He’s witnessed COVID-19 do terrible things to some of his patients.

More than 100,000 students at Spring ISD and Conroe ISD will return to dozens of campuses in person in the coming days without the most obvious COVID-19 protocols.

Wyatt McGlaun, a teenager in The Woodlands, said he got Guillan-Barre syndrome a few weeks after his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

HOUSTON – The Houston Health Department opened 3,000 coronavirus vaccine appointments this week and all of those appointments were filled as of Wednesday morning. The appointments were for the first dose of the Moderna vaccine at the Reed Road Parking Lot (2098 Reed Rd. People who show up without confirmed appointments will be turned away. Appointments are based on vaccine availability, and current appointments may be adjusted based on the department’s allotment. Another 1,000 slots were opened Wednesday for Saturday appointments.

GALVESTON, Texas – One of the latest shipments of COVID-19 vaccines will soon be administered inside Galveston’s Ball High School. The non-profit Teen Health Center operates a clinic at the school and plans to start vaccinating school workers and certain students on Tuesday. “The Teen Health Center is uniquely qualified to give these vaccines to the staff because we are right in the schools,” said executive director Angie Brown. The center received 100 doses of the Moderna vaccine last week, but schools were closed for spring break. “Teachers don’t have to take time off of work to go to find a place to make an appointment,” said Brown.