Metro Health

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District issued a new health directive Tuesday evening, requiring masks be worn in all Bexar County public schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Wednesday morning, the superintendent of San Antonio’s largest school district told his principals to disregard the mandate until further notice.

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…