Preparing for Zika in Texas

It’s a big week in Texas. Starting today, more than 600 new laws approved by state legislators and signed by Governor Greg Abbott go into effect. They run…

The state health department has issued a new health alert involving the Zika virus for three more South Texas Counties.Kinney, Maverick and Val Verde…

***Updated at 4:00 p.m.The first documented locally-acquired case of Zika in the continental U.S this year has been detected in Hidalgo County, at the…

Mosquitoes aren’t just pests. They are health threats, too.With the possibility of the mosquito-spread Zika virus and other diseases hovering over South…

Texas health officials say we’re better prepared this year than last to protect against the Zika virus and the mosquitos that spread it, but additional…

Mosquito season is upon us, made more concerning this year by the spread of the Zika virus to the Rio Grande Valley. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health…

The Zika virus continues to make headlines after it crept into the U.S., first in Florida and then here in Texas in the city of Brownsville. The…

The Texas Department of State Health Services is expanding its recommendation for who needs to be tested for the Zika virus.As the weather warms and…

A Bexar County woman is the first pregnant woman in Texas who acquired the Zika virus without traveling outside the state.The Texas Department of State…

Now that Brownsville has confirmed local cases of Zika , the federal government is sending more money to the Texas to help control further spread of the…