DSHS awards $10 million in grants for vaccine efforts

As COVID-19 vaccination rates lag and cases of the delta variant spike, the Texas Department of State Health Serviceswill award $10 million to local groups working to promote vaccination efforts.

The grants of $50,000 to $150,000 will go to a wide range of organizations providing vaccine education across the state.

A total of 6,251 lab-confirmed COVID-19 patients were in Texas hospitals as of Sunday…