Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas has received an initial allotment of $36.9 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fund the fight against the spread of COVID-19.

A man who was allegedly holding a machete was stopped by a San Antonio police officer and fatally shot after a struggle, police said. The police sergeant involved in the incident had attempted to make a traffic stop at about 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of S. Alamo and S. Laredo streets. When the officer and the man made contact,…

More than 120 passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship were set to be released from quarantine Tuesday in San Antonio, a day after city leaders declared a public health emergency and sought to delay the process so more patient testing could be done.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday called the federal government’s response to the coronavirus “unacceptable” after a Texas woman was released from quarantine before health officials learned she had tested positive for the virus.

NBC 5 Health Reporter Bianca Castro answers some of the most common questions concerning the spread of the Coronavirus.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanding “course corrections” from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following the release of a quarantined person who tested positive for coronavirus.

A woman who was released from quarantine in San Antonio before health officials learned she had tested positive for the new coronavirus may have exposed up to a dozen people at a hotel before she was brought back into isolation, officials said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s release of the...

Texas health officials say people who visited the cattle barn at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo may need to be assessed for possible rabies exposure because a cow there had the virus. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Saturday that people who visited the barn from Feb. 11-14 may need to be assessed. Health officials say…

The Centers for Disease Control has said they expect coronavirus cases in the United States to likely grow in weeks and months to come.

The music of the late Tejana singer Selena, who 25 years after her death still gets fans belting out the words to her enduring songs, is being celebrated this spring with a lineup of Latino artists, NBC News reports.

The Irving newlyweds who spent nearly two weeks in quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess cruise are back in Texas. Rachel and Tyler Torres arrived in the United States Monday on one of two chartered cargo planes used to evacuate Americans from the coronavirus-infected ship, which was docked in Japan. Despite spending days on end in a tiny cruise ship state…

A patient in Texas has tested positive for coronavirus, making it the 15th case in the United States, the Center for Disease Control announced Thursday. The patient was a part of a group of people who were under a federal quarantine order at the JBSA-Lackland base near San Antonio because of a recent trip to Hubei Province, China. The group…

Even after 25 years of having Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston for a neighbor, Robert and Nancy Parker still look forward to the Army post’s time-honored routine that rattles their bedroom window every weekday morning at 6:30 a.m.

The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested. The lawsuit filed late Friday in California asks a judge to order the child to be taken to a pediatric neurologist or pediatric neurosurgeon. It also seeks...

In Texas, Lackland Air For Base in San Antonio was preparing to quarantine as many as 250 people who could arrive as soon as Friday.

People evacuated from the virus zone in China arrived in San Antonio on Friday. All evacuees are being quarantined for 14 days and monitored for any signs of illness.

A non-profit based in Centennial, Colorado, is sending desperately needed medical supplies to doctors treating coronavirus patients in Wuhan, China.The shipments include supplies like personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves.

First shipments are directed for doctors and nurses.

A Texas military base was one of four sites approved Saturday by Defense Secretary Mark Esper after a request from the Department of Health and Human Services to accommodate 1,000 people who may have to be quarantined upon arrival from overseas due to a new virus. Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and the other military bases will house…

If all goes according to plan, a Texas veteran will complete an amazing achievement on Thursday. He and his boat mates will have completed a transatlantic trip of nearly 3,000 miles. Put simply – they will have rowed all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. John Fannin, 32, of the San Antonio area, is a former Marine and a current…

John Fannin, 32, of the San Antonio area, is a former Marine and a current member of Team Fight Oar Die, a four-man rowing team taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.