Dallas County Health and Human Services

Group fundraising could help fill local budget gaps created by federal health defunding.

Inconsistent financial help could potentially burden Dallas County taxpayers with an estimated nearly $383 million per year for HIV prevention and treatment costs.

Nimbus, the new COVID-19 variant, has caused an uptick in cases, while federal funding cuts have forced Dallas County to lay off staff and hold fewer vaccination clinics.

Dallas County Health and Human Services said the case involves a woman in her 20s who is fully vaccinated.

Public health departments relied on COVID funding to expand testing, lab and vaccination capabilities. Local health leaders say the federal government's clawback of $11.4 billion will undermine that growth.

The measles case reported in Rockwall County is unrelated to the outbreak in West Texas, officials said, but they're monitoring and preparing in case the disease spreads in North Texas.

Physicians and nonprofit leaders say Texas is no stranger to misinformation that politicians like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. perpetuate. But they worry about the impact Trump's cabinet picks will have on public health.

Drug overdose and alcohol poisoning deaths that involved fentanyl have fallen by about 100 so far since last year.

Residents and health care providers can call 214-590-4000 to speak to specialists with the North Texas Poison Center through a county partnership to address opioid overdoses.

The 79-year-old woman was a Dallas resident who lived in east Dallas and did not have pre-existing medical conditions, according to county health officials.

Dallas County Health and Human Services is giving school-age kids free vaccinations to get them ready for the first day — Aug.12.

A Dallas resident and two people in Garland have been diagnosed with West Nile.