/tags/epidemic Epidemic en-US Copyright Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:52:07 GMT /texas-news/2025-03-21/texas-is-poised-to-make-measles-a-nationwide-epidemic-public-health-experts-say Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the spread. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:52:07 GMT /texas-news/2025-03-21/texas-is-poised-to-make-measles-a-nationwide-epidemic-public-health-experts-say Stephen Simpson | The Texas Tribune /news/2024-11-19/deaths-involving-fentanyl-in-dallas-county-trending-downwards Drug overdose and alcohol poisoning deaths that involved fentanyl have fallen by about 100 so far since last year. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-19/deaths-involving-fentanyl-in-dallas-county-trending-downwards Marina Trahan Martinez /health-wellness/2022-12-16/north-texas-covid-19-surge-winter-2022 COVID-19 cases have been steadily increasing since Thanksgiving, with more than 18,000 new cases this past week. On top of that, doctors are dealing with an influx of RSV and flu patients. Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:00:00 GMT /health-wellness/2022-12-16/north-texas-covid-19-surge-winter-2022 Elena Rivera, Pablo Arauz Peña /health-science-tech/2014-07-28/fort-worth-doctor-fighting-ebola-now-fighting-for-his-life A doctor trained in Fort Worth is now fighting for his life in a Liberian hospital -- a victim of the Ebola outbreak he was trying to battle. Dr. Kent… Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00:54 GMT /health-science-tech/2014-07-28/fort-worth-doctor-fighting-ebola-now-fighting-for-his-life Lauren Silverman /health-science-tech/2012-08-22/cdc-says-west-nile-in-dfw-not-over The Centers for Disease Control put North Texas at the center of a national conference call on West Nile Virus. While Dallas, Fort Worth is clearly the… Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:44:21 GMT /health-science-tech/2012-08-22/cdc-says-west-nile-in-dfw-not-over Courtney Collins