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...

Governor Greg Abbott announced the launch of an online interactive map by the Texas Department of State Health Services that pinpoints where Texans can acquire live-saving naloxone as part of the statewide “One Pill Kills” campaign.

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

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and local health departments continue to respond to a large outbreak of measles centered in the South Plains region of West Texas. DSHS has created an outbreak case definition, expanded the number...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting the first death from measles in the ongoing outbreak in the South Plains and Panhandle regions. The school-aged child who was not vaccinated was hospitalized in Lubbock last week and tested...