immunizations

The Rockwall County Commissioners Court said on social media the person, who has since recovered, may have traveled to West Texas recently.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. Health officials say the easily preventable disease has ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs.

The outbreak is primarily affecting West Texas, but officials in San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos are monitoring cases after an infected person recently visited the area, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has described the biannual immunization conference as a "vital platform" that in the past drew strong participation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

Distrust surrounding vaccines and President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to oversee public health took center stage at a vaccine policy symposium on Friday.

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

The immunizations provide individual protection, but a North Texas pediatrician says they’re also needed for herd immunity against diseases.

Immunocompromised people and those over the age of 50 can now get a second COVID-19 booster shot.

On a Friday night little over a year ago, a Texas mother of three was attending a school dance when she got a text message that stopped her cold.A state…

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