CDC issues warning over rise in drug-resistant stomach bug
Shigella bacteria can spread easily from one person to another – and it only takes a small amount of the bacteria to make someone...
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Experts say bird flu threat small despite Cambodian girl’s death
Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads between sick poultry but can sometimes spread from poultry to humans.
FDA authorizes combination flu-COVID test for home use
At-home COVID tests are readily available, but this is the first home test for the flu.
Parents suing North Texas reproductive center for allegedly fertilizing eggs with another man’s sperm
Per the lawsuit, DNA results received three years after the family's second child was born showed that the mother's husband was not the children's...
When 13-year-old Preston Pipkins was diagnosed with cancer, finding a bone marrow donor on the registry was hard. So, his 7-year-old brother Cameron stepped...
‘My babies are my number one motivation’ | Texas mother loses both hands and feet after giving birth
‘My babies are my number one motivation’ | Texas mother loses both hands and feet after giving birth
Krystina Pacheco was hospitalized in San Antonio with septic shock from a bacterial infection. Sedated for two weeks, she nearly died.
Under state custody, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services must perform certain health tests.
New emergency department coming to southern Dallas medical center
Workers say opening a new, larger, and high-tech emergency department will help the southern Dallas-based hospital cut patient wait times and increase services
Enough | Black MENtal Health: Shedding light on asking for help, finding community and resources
This project explores the pain and the conversation surrounding: How Black men are mentally surviving a world that expects them to be strong 100%...
Washington man dies after eye drops believed to have caused infection, FDA recalls product
The FDA recalled Ezricare Artificial Tears after a "multistate outbreak" of an extensively drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Eye drops linked to US drug-resistant bacteria outbreak
The outbreak, which includes at least 55 people in 12 states, is particularly worrisome because the bacteria driving it are resistant to standard antibiotics.
“The main message for parents is measles can be serious,” Tarrant County Public Health Epidemiology Division Manager Russ Jones said.
Study ranks Texas in Top 5 sleepiest US states
From what Bet Texas looked into, Texans are basically sleep-deprived because of how quickly we're growing as a state and its impact on our...
Over 80 COVID-related deaths reported across North Texas in January; hospitalizations decreasing, officials say
This is now the fourth straight day COVID-19 hospitalizations in the North Texas area have remained below 700.
According to a press release, over 700 state hospital beds are "offline," or not in use, because of the challenges that have come about...
Leukemia patient asks for your help to save lives, including his own
"It can be something that adds to my testimony and my ministry," Campbell Fearing said of the donor registry drive being held this Sunday...
Walgreens ends limits on children’s fever medicines
Walgreens and CVS Health said last month they restricted purchases of some over-the-counter children’s medicines due to supply issues.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled in December Title X violates state law and parents' rights.
The lawsuit filed by J. Robyn Strader said CVS violated her religious rights when she was fired after more than six years on the...
According to the MD at Kaleida Health, the series of tests are completed and they are confident that he can safely be discharged.