A UT Southwestern Machine Learning Algorithm Finds COVID-19 Cases Significantly Higher Than Reported
February 8, 2021 While it has long been speculated that the number of COVID-19 cases is significantly higher than those reported, a new machine learning algorithm created by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers from the Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics confirms this theory. According to the algorithm, over 71 million people in the U.S. have […]
February 8, 2021 Texas Motor Speedway is taking a victory lap. One week after the racetrack’s widely lauded three-day mega center disbursed 27,700 COVID-19 vaccines, the site will likely be a weekly distribution hub, said Dawn Cobb, director of community relations for Denton County. “We see weekly clinics for the foreseeable future,” Cobb said Monday. […]
February 8, 2021 Texas Motor Speedway is taking a victory lap. One week after the racetrack’s widely lauded three-day mega center disbursed 27,700 COVID-19 vaccines, the site will likely be a weekly distribution hub, said Dawn Cobb, director of community relations for Denton County. “We see weekly clinics for the foreseeable future,” Cobb said Monday. […]
February 8, 2021 Texas Women’s Foundation, one of the largest women’s foundations dedicated to empowering Texan women and girls to build equitable communities, has announced the seven recipients of its 2021 Maura Women Helping Women and Young Leadership Awards. “We are excited to celebrate the remarkable achievements and inspiring stories of our Maura and Young […]
February 3, 2021 The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Health Innovation Technology Challenge, a social innovation competition with $1 million in prizes, aims to increase access to preventative care and improve mental health in North Texas. Through the competition, the community-based nonprofit hopes to identify, elevate, and activate transformative solutions to community health challenges in […]
February 3, 2021 CVS Health announced Tuesday it would begin distributing COVID-19 vaccine doses at 70 pharmacies across Texas next week. Appointment bookings will become available as early as Feb. 9 as stores get vaccine shipments, according to a news release from the company. The locations will begin to offer the vaccinations starting Feb. 11. […]
February 5, 2021 Perhaps no other year in recent memory has started off with so many unanswered questions. When will a COVID-19 vaccine be available for all? Will things start to feel normal again by the year’s end? When can I stop wearing this mask? Just as many questions are unanswered in the world of […]
February 6, 2021 Is Texas really a serious rival to California as a destination for high-tech? The growing exodus of banner companies — Oracle Corp., Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co., Tesla Inc.’s Space-X and others — suggests that there’s something to the idea. Still, skeptics rightly point out that plenty of other places have made a bid […]
February 4, 2021 The City of Dallas has reopened applications for the Small Business Continuity Fund (SBCF) grant program. The SBCF grant program was designed to assist small businesses with revenue under $1.5 million that create or retain one or more full time low-to-moderate income jobs. Eligible businesses must be located within the city of […]
February 4, 2021 While only people eligible in the state’s 1A and 1B phases are getting shots today, local officials urge that everyone, regardless of status, go ahead and register at least in their county. It is permissible to register in any county, and registering in multiple counties may improve chances of getting vaccinated as […]