Metro Health

This post has been updated. It was originally published on Aug. 7 at 6:52 p.m.The Northside Independent School District is one of many in Bexar County…

Assistant City Manager Colleen Bridger will once again lead the San Antonio Metropolitan Health, a role that now includes coordinating pandemic response…

This story was updated on Friday, June 26 at 7:35 p.m.The director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Dr. Dawn Emerick, is stepping…

To rein in the invisible spread of the virus, a special branch of science has exploded: Contact tracing. It's the careful, sometimes intimate task of…

Residents in San Antonio are encouraged to stay at home as much as possible through mid-May as the city and county issue new “Stay Home, Work Safe”…

San Antonio awaited the arrival of dozens of California cruise ship passengers to begin a two-week quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base, and worries…

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, so do fears and misinformation about the virus and its related disease COVID-19. What do we know now about…

MONDAY at noon on "The Source" — More than 19 million adults in the U.S. and over 6 million children suffer from asthma-related symptoms, according to the…

After more than 3 months and thousands of responses to community surveys, the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District is reassessing the city's strategy…

There are neighborhoods in San Antonio where a high percentage of children are testing positive for lead poisoning.Lead was eliminated from paint and…