As measles cases in West Texas are still on the rise two months after the outbreak began, local public health officials say they expect the virus to keep spreading for at least several more months and ...

Even as more people are dying from flu, the Trump administration has postponed vaccine planning for next fall's flu season.

The president's pick will be the first CDC director to undergo the Senate confirmation process after a change passed by ...

As we enter the spring season, remember to be aware of natural hazards common to Austin and the Central Texas area that can ...

Amid a worsening avian flu crisis, staffers have not been hired for the federal agency in charge of pandemic response.

The director of public health for the city of Lubbock said Tuesday that uptake of the measles vaccine “has definitely been a ...

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

Bell County Public Health District reports that the community is in the midst of respiratory disease season, with COVID-19 and the flu among the most common diagnoses.

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The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country ...