The two Texas residents who were being monitored for hantavirus have successfully completed their monitoring period with no sign of infection. It has been 42 days since their last possible exposure to hantavirus, which is the longest known period...

The Department of State Health Services is alerting Texans to the presence of New World screwworm in the state following confirmation of an NWS detection in a bovine in Zavala County. The three-week-old, affected calf was found with larvae from the...

The Texas Department of State Health Services has opened applications for a new statewide license for mobile food vendors, including food trucks, pushcarts and roadside vendors. Last year’s passage of HB 2844 created the new MFV license type that...

The Texas Department of State Health Services added a new enzyme deficiency test on June 1, 2026, to its newborn screening panel, meaning that all Texas newborns are now tested for 60 rare, genetic conditions. Tests for hearing loss and critical...

The CDC has issued the Health Advisory linked below about the ongoing Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting this year’s first case of West Nile illness in a resident of Harris County. Health officials confirmed the resident was diagnosed with West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services has reached an agreement with a group of youth camp operators regarding legal requirements that all camps licensed by DSHS maintain fiber optic Internet service.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified DSHS that two Texas residents were passengers on the MV Hondius, a ship that experienced an outbreak of hantavirus while traveling in the Atlantic Ocean. The passengers left the ship and...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is preparing for the annual Cyclospora outbreak season that runs from May to August. In 2025, Texas had more than 500 reported cases of cyclosporiasis, compared with 413 cases in 2024 and 788 in...

Update 4/7/26: The USDA has retracted this public health alert. Follow-up testing found no elevated levels of lead in the chicken nuggets. The federal government has determined this product does not pose a health concern.