The 2023 Hurricane Season officially begins June 1, and the Texas Department of State Health Services urges all Texans to prepare now before any Gulf storm threatens our state. The first step is to make a plan.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that over $9 million has been awarded by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to fund nearly 1,500 scholarships through the Texas Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Scholarship program.

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The Texas Department of State Health Services is alerting the public and health care professionals about suspected cases of fungal meningitis among Texas residents who got surgery in Matamoros, Mexico. An ongoing public health investigation has found...

TCID commemorates World Tuberculosis Day today with a conference featuring presentations from staff and partners plus tours of the TCID campus in San Antonio. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is advising health care providers of emerging xylazine-laced drug overdoses in the United States, including Texas. Xylazine is being used to adulterate or “cut” recreational drugs, common opioids...

The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a health advisory notifying health care providers of reports that an animal tranquilizer called xylazine has been found mixed with illegal drugs distributed in Texas. Law enforcement has...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is notifying the public of a missing radiographic camera, an industrial device that contains radioactive material. The material is sealed within multiple layers of protection, and the risk of exposure is...

More than 1,400 scholarships worth more than $6 million have been awarded since October 2022 through a Texas Department of State Health Services program to fund emergency medical services education and grow the state’s EMS workforce, particularly in...

As of January 1, 2023, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) uses a 3.5 ug/dL blood lead reference value (BLRV) to identify children who should receive medical and public health follow-up. DSHS encourages all health care providers to...

With this week’s winter storm causing power outages in Texas, the Texas Department of State Health Services is urging people to use extreme caution with electric generators and heat sources that produce dangerous carbon monoxide.