public health

The two Texas residents monitored for hantavirus have been cleared by Texas Department of State Health Services.

Soccer fans from around the world will be coming to North Texas this month for the FIFA World Cup. Local health leaders have been preparing for the influx of people for about a year and a half. Hospital and public health officials say what they’re doing hasn’t changed much, but how they do it has.

An attorney complained about Dallas County Court at Law No. 1 Judge D'Metria Benson's mask mandate in her courtroom. She says it's in place because she has a compromised immune system.

Dallas launched its RIGHT Care Program in 2018 to divert people experiencing a mental health crisis from hospitals and jails, when appropriate. Now, the program is testing out two teams that expand those services to mental health related 911 calls that involve children and adolescents.

Although the products don't contain tobacco, justices ruled VELO pouches are made of a tobacco substitute, which subjects them to state taxes overseen by the Texas Comptroller. Sellers pay those taxes up front, but they can be passed onto consumers.

The Department of State Health Services said it was notified two Texans were on the MV Hondius but "did not have any contact with a sick person while aboard the ship."

The new COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 is being monitored by epidemiologists — but it doesn't account for a major surge of cases yet.

A total of five cases have now been confirmed, the county's health authority said. All individuals live in the same household.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week immunization recommendations will be slashed from 17 to 11. But Dallas County will stay the course.

Dallas is the second Texas county to sue over public health cuts after a judge ordered the Trump administration to return $20 million to Harris County last summer.

RJR Vapor told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday that while its nicotine pouches and lozenges are derived from tobacco, they're not tobacco products and shouldn't be taxed as such. The state comptroller says that rationale would make the products more accessible to minors and cost Texas millions in tax revenue.

Since the 1960s, Texas has screened newborns for a variety of rare diseases — like sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. And that list of conditions continues to grow longer. But, even with a diagnosis, families still face obstacles when it comes to receiving care.