Texas Department of State Health Services added four lysosomal disease tests to its newborn screening panel in August, pushing the number of conditions every baby born in Texas is screened for to 59. Each baby is screened twice, meaning around 800...

The Texas Department of State Health Services today issued a health alert advising people not use products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a chemical found in the kratom plant. While 7-OH is found in low levels in kratom, concentrated forms...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is warning people not to use products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), an opioid-like chemical found in the kratom plant that, at high concentrations, can cause significant health problems...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting the end of this year’s measles outbreak centered in West Texas. It has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in any of the counties that previously showed evidence of ongoing...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. Due to the highly contagious nature of this disease, additional cases are likely to occur in the outbreak area and the surrounding...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is urging vigilance after the state’s fourth case of a child dying in a parked car, all within a two-week period. The deaths in those two weeks have surpassed the three total hot car deaths recorded in...

The first Texas case of West Nile illness in 2025 was confirmed June 24 in a resident of Brazos County, according to public health officials. The Department of State Health Services confirmed the resident was diagnosed with West Nile fever.

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration are currently preparing for the annual Cyclospora outbreak season that typically runs from May to August. In 2024...

As part of the ongoing measles outbreak response, DSHS is updating the list of counties currently included in the designated outbreak area. It now includes Cochran, Dallam, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Lynn, Lamar, Lubbock, Terry, and Yoakum counties.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting the second measles death of a Texas resident in the ongoing outbreak centered in the state's South Plains region. The school-aged child who tested positive for measles was hospitalized in...