Dallas County Sept. 15 lowered its COVID-19 risk level to yellow as cases and hospitalizations decline.

Pediatric COVID-19 cases account for about a third of cases in Dallas County, a pandemic high for that age group, according to data from the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation.

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced Sept. 2 that doses of the updated COVID-19 booster vaccine are expected to begin arriving at health care providers next week.

The federal government is ending its free at-home COVID-19 test program effective Sept. 2, citing a lack of funding and efforts to preserve supply.

Just as schools are getting back in session, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending a move away from strict quarantine measures if exposed to COVID-19 and instead wearing a high-quality mask when around others and testing five days after exposure.

The Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, already leading in the effort to apply data science to public health information, recently helped debut a new national dashboard for community protection against COVID-19 in partnership with the Institute of Health Improvement, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and Civitas Networks for Health.