The Dallas County Health Department says hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have risen back to levels seen in August and are placing a strain on hospitals. On Thursday, the county health department also announced another 435 cases of the virus along with three more related deaths. “We continue to see an increase in the number of confirmed a...

Denton County Public Health confirms Thursday the sixth human case of West Nile virus in Denton County this year. The community member resides in Carrollton and was diagnosed with West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease. To protect the patient’s privacy, further information about the patient will not be released. “Even though temperatures are decreas...

Tarrant County Public Health is reporting 732 additional cases of COVID-19 Thursday along with two more deaths. The latest victims of the virus include a man from Arlington in his 80s and a woman from Fort Worth in her 40s. Both had underlying health conditions. Of the 732 additional cases reported Thursday, data from the county health department i...

A group of scientific advisers say they’re concerned that the U.S. government’s plans to expedite COVID-19 vaccines could damage public confidence in the shots

The Dallas County Health Department is reporting another 589 cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus Wednesday along with two more deaths attributed to the virus. Of the 589 cases reported, 523 were confirmed and 66 were probable, according to Dallas County Health and Human Services. DCHHS said 273 of the cases came from the DSHS backlog and that all b...

Tarrant County Public Health is reporting 633 additional cases of COVID-19 Wednesday along with another death. The latest victim of the virus was a man from Haltom City in his 70s with other underlying health conditions. Of the 633 additional cases reported Wednesday, data from the county health department indicates there are 513 more confirmed cas...

The National Sleep Foundation recommends adults get at least seven hours of sleep a night to stay healthy. But researchers say more than one-third of American workers were not getting enough sleep in 2018, and now, during the pandemic, those numbers are projected to increase.

Parkland Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joseph Chang talks with NBC 5’s Bianca Castro about the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the hospital, going from 30 patients a month ago, to 83 today.

U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters.

The coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic have been a dominating theme in this year’s presidential race

As Texans wait for more news on a COVID-19 vaccine, more people are contracting the virus this week, than in weeks past. NBC 5 Health Reporter Bianca Castro spoke with a top vaccine expert on his predictions for the coronavirus pandemic.

The Dallas County Health Department is reporting another 510 cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus Tuesday along with four more deaths attributed to the virus. Of the 510 cases reported, 472 were confirmed and 38 were probable, according to Dallas County Health and Human Services. DCHHS said 268 of the cases came from the DSHS backlog though all were...

Tarrant County Public Health is reporting 500 additional cases of COVID-19 Tuesday along with six new deaths. The latest victims of the virus include a man from Arlington in his 90s, a man from Fort Worth in his 70s, a man from Arlington in his 70s, a man from Watauga in his 70s, a man from Euless in his 50s…