The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is investigating suspected cases of pulmonary disease among individuals who report vaping. Similar cases have occurred in multiple other states, some resulting in hospitalization. All suspect cases...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating bacterial infections that have occurred in individuals after receiving umbilical cord blood-derived stem cell product from...

During the past five summers, a large number of cyclosporiasis cases have occurred in Texas. Therefore, the Texas Department of State Health Services is advising healthcare providers to consider testing patients for the parasite Cyclospora if they...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) continues to follow the long-standing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation that pregnant women who have visited countries where active Zika virus transmission is...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has long considered the southernmost areas of the state to be at greater risk of supporting local mosquito transmission of Zika virus. This is based upon historical experience with local...

Due to increased reports of flea-borne (murine) typhus during 2017 from multiple areas of Texas, DSHS is requesting that healthcare providers increase their clinical suspicion for patients presenting with fever and one or more of the following...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is warning the public of improper use of hand sanitizers and disinfectant products during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From March to April, the Texas Poison Center Network (TPCN) has experienced a 64...