Texas DSHS

The Texas Department of State Health Services is issuing a health advisory over the improper use of ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19 after calls to the Texas Poison Center Network for people exposed to the drug increased 150%.

The Texas Department of State Health Services will send additional medical staff and equipment to hospitals and nursing homes across the state to help in their fight against the ongoing fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Abbott announced Friday that the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Division of Emergency Management are launching nine COVID-19 antibody infusion centers throughout the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Wednesday that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has arranged for the deployment of more than 2,500 medical personnel to help hospitals care for the increasing number of COVID-19 patients across Texas.

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported more than 13,500 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, along with continued rises in the positivity index and the number of people hospitalized with the virus.

The Texas DSHS reports more than 19,000 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday along with increases in the positivity index and the number of people hospitalized with the virus.

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Texas, state health officials held a press conference Wednesday urging those who remain unvaccinated to get vaccinated.

Once the COVID-19 vaccines receive full approval from the FDA, Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas plans on mandating them for all employees.

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Texas, state health officials are holding a press conference Wednesday.

Dallas County Health and Human Services says the confirmation of monkeypox infection in the city is “rare,” but “not a reason for alarm.”

Dallas County Health and Human Services is closing its COVID-19 vaccination at Fair Park on Saturday. NBC 5’s Larry Collins reports.

Hospitalizations and new cases of COVID-19 are continuing to rise both locally and across the state, data from health departments show. Allie Spillyards reports.

Hospitalizations and new cases of COVID-19 are continuing to rise both locally and across the state, data from health departments show. Lili Zheng reports.

Hospitalizations and new cases of COVID-19 are continuing to rise both locally and across the state, data from health departments show.

The Delta variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control.

The latest CDC data shows that the Delta variant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S.

Babies born in Texas will now be screened for spinal muscular atrophy, a condition affecting about 1 out of every 10,000 newborns.

Texas officials on Friday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 151 people, following one of the worst power outages in U.S. history.

Texas officials on Monday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 125 people — nearly doubling the state’s initial tally following one of the worst power outages in U.S. history.

The Texas Department of State Health Services will provide a media briefing on COVID-19 vaccine allocation and distribution.