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As Texas moves deeper into respiratory virus season, state health officials are urging families to take precautions ahead of ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is increasing enforcement for Thanksgiving to ensure a safe holiday, with Troopers ...

According to the Nueces County Public Health District, this is roughly five times the number reported during the same period ...

The local health authority has reported 135 cases of the virus locally in 2025, already much higher than the 84 cases that ...

The city of Houston on Nov. 20 broke ground on a 13,756-square-foot infectious disease facility in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases have been reported in Texas so far this year, already reaching a ...

DSHS has recorded 3,500 pertussis cases through October 2025 — "roughly four times the number reported for the same period ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services has recorded over 3,500 whooping cough cases through October - four times the ...

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. Annie ...

Texas has seen a significant increase in pertussis cases, with over 3,500 reported cases in 2025, which is four times the ...