Disability and Virus Awareness Abilene

07/22/2022

Sadly, we have to announce that our event has been postponed. Hendricks moved the risk dial to HIGH on Monday, July 18, 2022. This is only a postponement! Continue to follow us here to find out when the event will take place!

07/20/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/covid-19-taylor-county-adds-72-cases-tuesday/ar-AAZKHt4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fb417f02859e48c8ba7bca269a68d024

Active cases Tuesday total 1,388, up from 1,366 Monday and 1,072 a week ago.

06/30/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/covid-19-taylor-county-adds-35-cases-thursday/ar-AAZ2LLx?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=10fc0b62f4904f898d041f0ece82f5c3

Active cases Thursday total 707, up from 679 Wednesday and 547 a week ago.

06/30/2022

06/22/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/covid-19-taylor-county-adds-1-death-15-cases-tuesday/ar-AAYI7sj?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=13432a3b73dc401a99ad9c9b19904be8

Active cases Tuesday total 468, up from 457 Monday and 383 a week ago.

06/13/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/fda-says-pfizer-s-covid-19-vaccine-appears-effective-for-kids-under-5/ar-AAYo0DS?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=fe134f365555447da364a9c2a66833b6

Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sizes doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5, a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children.

06/09/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-house-outlines-covid-vaccine-plan-for-children-under-5/ar-AAYfT1Y?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=1a7704736cc24adfe826aeb827dbe74a

The White House has outlined the early stages of its plan for making coronavirus vaccines available this month to roughly 18 million children under 5, the last group of Americans yet to be eligible for the shots. The Biden administration has made 10 million doses available to states and health provi...

06/08/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/moderna-says-new-booster-for-fall-could-be-turning-point-in-covid-fight/ar-AAYd9Y5?ocid=Peregrine&cvid=ed3d920364a84048983d56705bdaa751

Moderna Chief Medical Officer Dr. Paul Burton said he believes the company's "highly effective" updated COVID-19 bivalent vaccine could be a pandemic "turning point."

06/08/2022

We have a free Community event on Friday June 17th for people with disabilities and their families! This will be fun for everyone!

06/07/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/novavax-covid-vaccine-heads-to-u-s-fda-advisory-committee/ar-AAYbkDI?ocid=Peregrine&cvid=ee8e8bc3ea3f4384b747e37934a0b8d0

05/31/2022

Garage sale this Saturday, stop by and see us!

05/26/2022

This is an excellent conversation about the Covid-19 response and how it relates to people with disabilities.

https://youtu.be/X1p2LhL0T4U

This video is part of the discussion series hosted by Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. The center provides a platform to catalyze interdiscip...

05/26/2022

The Covid-19 levels are low in Taylor County and surrounding areas, but cases have seen a slight uptick. This is a reason to stay vigilant and keep up to date on your Covid vaccines. People with disabilities and compromised immune systems need to be extra vigilant and may still need to wear a mask and still social distance depending on their own health needs.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/ -view?list_select_state=Texas&data-type=CommunityLevels&null=CommunityLevels&list_select_county=48441