AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) issued a health alert on Tuesday, warning people not to use products that contain a chemical found in the kratom plant. The alert ...

HOUSTON – The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reaching out to counties using COVID-era grants to stop spending those funds as it evaluates $877 million in grant cancelations by the ...

May 23 (Reuters) - The Texas health department on Friday reported 728 cases of measles in the state, up by six cases from its last update on Tuesday. In Gaines County, the epicenter of the outbreak in ...

Texas state law establishes an “expiration date” for state agencies, meaning those agencies will automatically be abolished on that date unless lawmakers pass legislation to continue it. The current ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Measles cases continue to spike in Texas, with a total of 14 counties reporting cases. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 30 more people have tested ...

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. Annie ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is warning residents not to use products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, a chemical found in the kratom plant. TDSSH said that while 7-OH is ...

The measles outbreak centered in West Texas – one of the largest and deadliest in decades – has ended, state health officials announced on Monday. No new cases have been reported in the counties that ...

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The holidays are a favorite time to order take-out or eat at a restaurant. How do you know how sanitary a restaurant is before you order? One reader asked Curious Texas: “Why don’t Texas restaurants ...

Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed on Feb. 23 accuses Texas Department of State Health Services officials of deliberately failing to ...

April 11 (Reuters) - The Texas health department reported 541 cases of measles in the state on Friday, an increase of 36 cases from its previous count on April 8, as the United States battles an ...