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- 10/15/08 - Don't Wait for Cold Weather to Get Flu Shot - En español
- 10/10/08 - Lubbock Event to Focus on Birth Defects Research
- 09/25/08 - DSHS Receives CDC Pandemic Flu Grant
- 09/24/08 - Aerial Spraying for Mosquitoes to Begin in Areas Flooded by Hurricane Ike - En español
- 09/22/08 - Crisis Counseling Services Available in Wake of Hurricane Ike - En español
- 09/21/08 - Toll-Free Line Helps WIC Clients Locate Clinics - En español
- 09/19/08 - DSHS Warns of Potential Dangers from Discarded Food, Drugs, Cosmetics - En español
- 09/18/08 - DSHS: Galveston Island Not Safe Place to Live Following Storm - En español
- 09/17/08 - Dialysis Patients Urged to Call Toll-Free Number for Services - En español
- 09/16/08 - DSHS Reminds Public of Carbon Monoxide Dangers - En español
- 09/14/08 - DSHS Issues Health-Related Precautions Following Hurricane Ike - En español
- 09/13/08 - Toll-Free Number Announced for Displaced Dialysis Patients - En español
- 09/12/08 - DSHS Establishes Toll-Free Number to Locate Medical Special Needs Evacuees - En español
- 09/10/08 - DSHS Provides Health-Related Evacuation Suggestions - En español
- 09/09/08 - Rio Grande State Center/South Texas Health Care System to Close
- 09/04/08 - Texas Childhood Immunization Rates Hit 5-Year High in National Survey - En español
- 08/30/08 - DSHS Provides Health-Related Evacuation Suggestions -
En español
- 08/26/08 - DSHS To Offer Radon Training Courses in Dallas
- 08/25/08 - DSHS Offers Suggestions on Avoiding Rabies Exposure - En español
- 08/07/08 - DSHS Offers Suggestions for Avoiding Mosquito Bites - En español
- 08/04/08 - DSHS Plans Community Health Needs Assessment of Limestone County - En español
- 08/02/08 - Aerial Spraying for Mosquitoes to Begin in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy Counties - En español
- 07/24/08 - DSHS Issues Flood-Related Health Precautions - En español
- 07/21/08 - Salmonella Outbreak Strain Found in Jalapenos - En español
- 07/17/08 - Non-Outbreak Salmonella Detection Prompts Recall - En español
- 07/15/08 - New Smokeless Tobacco Prevention Campaign Urges Texas Youth to Spit It Out
- 07/08/08 - DSHS Issues Fish Consumption Advisory for Galveston Bay - En español
- 07/07/08 - Health Officials Urge Pertussis Vaccinations in Lamar County - En español
- 06/11/08 - DSHS Offers Hot Weather Precautions
- 06/04/08 - Brownsville Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans
- 06/04/08 - Corpus Christi Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans
- 06/03/08 - Health Authorities Investigating Salmonellosis Outbreak - En español
- 05/28/08 - DSHS Offers Precautions to Avoid Dog Bites
- 05/20/08 - DSHS Issues Precautions to Control Shigellosis - En español
- 05/15/08 - Galveston Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 05/15/08 - League City Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 05/15/08 - DSHS Identifies Source of Center Illnesses - En español
- 05/14/08 - Victoria Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 05/12/08 - DSHS Awards $25 Million for Community Mental Health Services - En español
- 05/09/08 - Castroville Meat Company Recalls Beef Jerky - En español
- 05/08/08 - DSHS Investigating Center Illness - En español
- 05/08/08 - Beaumont Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 05/07/08 - El Paso Company Recalling Mexican Candy - En español
- 05/07/08 - Houston Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 04/28/08 - DSHS Ready or Not? Campaign Urges Hurricane Preparedness - En español
- 04/23/08 - State Leaders to Talk About Preparing for Texas Storm Season - En español
- 03/25/08 - DSHS Plans Community Health Needs Assessment in West Texas - En español
- 03/21/08 - DSHS Concludes Investigation of Bastrop Area Illnesses - En español
- 03/14/08 - Lubbock Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 03/14/08 - Amarillo Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 03/13/08 - Midland Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 03/12/08 - El Paso Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 03/07/08 - Illnesses Prompt Health Alert - En español
- 03/07/08 - Algae Bloom Prompts DSHS to Close 3 Bays to Shellfish Harvesting, Issue Recall - En español
- 02/15/08 - San Antonio Bakery Products Recalled - En español
- 02/12/08 - DSHS Issues Arroyo Colorado Advisory - En español
- 02/05/08 - Flower Garden Fish Advisories Issued - En español
- 01/30/08 - DSHS Warns of Carbon Monoxide Dangers as Temperatures Drop - En español
- 01/24/08 - Flu Vaccine, Personal Precautions Offer Protection - En español
- 01/18/08 - More Syringes Recalled - En español
- 01/15/08 - Fish Ban Lifted for Fosdic Lake - En español
- 01/10/08 - Media Alert: DSHS Annual West-Central Texas Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins Friday - En español
- 01/07/08 - Third Brand of Mexican Candy Recalled - En español
- 01/04/08 - DSHS Boosts Resources to Help People Stop Smoking in New Year - En español
- 01/04/08 - Media Alert: DSHS Annual South Texas Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins Sunday - En español
- 01/03/08 - Cold Weather Brings DSHS Health Precautions - En español
- 12/27/07 - DSHS to Begin Wintertime Rabies Bait Drop Program Jan. 6 - En español
- 12/21/07 - Texans Urged to Heed Syringe Recall - En español
- 12/14/07 - DSHS Provides Funds for Community Mental Health Services - En español
- 12/14/07 - San Antonio Company Expands Recall of Mexican Candy - En español
- 12/13/07 - DSHS Releases New Report on Care of Children in Hospitals - En español
- 12/11/07 - Get Flu Shot Before Holiday Travel - En español
- 12/04/07 - San Antonio Company Recalling Mexican Candy - En español
- 11/30/07 - DSHS Encourages HIV Testing
- 11/27/07 - Freestone County Community Health Needs Assessment Completed - En español
- 11/20/07 - DSHS Announces 2007 Emergency Medical Services Awards
- 11/15/07 - Texas Emergency Medical Services Conference 2007
- 11/13/07 - San Antonio Events Offer Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 11/12/07 - Waco Events Offer Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 11/09/07 - Dallas Events Offer Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 11/08/07 - Tyler Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 11/07/07 - Port Arthur Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 11/05/07 - Houston Events Offer Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 11/02/07 - Corpus Christi Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 11/01/07 - Brownsville Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 10/31/07 - Alamo Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 10/30/07 - DSHS Offers Halloween Safety Tips - En español
- 10/30/07 - Laredo Event Offers Opportunity to Create Family Emergency Plans - En español
- 10/29/07 - New Campaign Urges Texans to Prepare for Emergencies - En español
- 10/25/07 - Austin Event Offers Opportunity Create Family Emergency Plans
- 10/17/07 - DSHS Issues Staph Infection Prevention Guidelines
- 10/10/07 - DSHS Supports CDC Recommendations in Connection with Salmonella Outbreak - En español
- 10/08/07 - Survey Deadline Near for Freestone County Community Health Needs Assessment - En español
- 10/02/07 - Fish Possession Ban Lifted for Lake Como - En español
- 10/02/07 - DSHS Encourages Annual Flu Shots - En español
- 09/24/07 - Confirmatory Tests Show PAM Caused Lubbock County Man’s Death
- 09/24/07 - DSHS Issues Mosquito Precautions - En español
- 09/18/07 - DSHS Plans Community Health Needs Assessment in Freestone County - En español
- 09/07/07 - DSHS Will Await More Test Results in Possible PAM Case - En español
- 08/19/07 - Toll-Free Number Announced for Displaced Dialysis Patients - En español
- 08/17/07 - DSHS Issues Health-Related Tips in Case Evacuation Needed - En español
- 08/07/07 - DSHS Announces Web Site for Organ Donor Registration - En español
- 07/23/07 - DSHS Statement: Death of Dr. Robert Bernstein
- 07/23/07 - Botulism-Prompted Food Recall Expanded - En español
- 07/20/07 - DSHS Issues Food Recall Reminder - En español
- 07/06/07 - DSHS Recommends Hantavirus Precautions - En español
- 07/05/07 - Meetings Set to Share East Texas Community Health Needs Assessment Results - En español
- 07/02/07 - DSHS Recommends Mosquito Precautions - En español
- 06/29/07 - DSHS Conducting Immunization Customer Satisfaction Survey - En español
- 06/27/07 - DSHS Issues Flood-Related Health Precautions - En español
- 06/01/07 - East Texas Community Health Needs Assessment Completed - En español
- 04/13/07 - DSHS Issues Hepatitis A Warning for Harlingen, Raymondville - En español
- 03/27/07 - Consumption Advisory Issued for Two Panola County Lakes - En español
- 03/22/07 - Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day Set for March 28 - En español
- 03/21/07 - Survey Deadline Near for East Texas Community Health Needs Assessment - En español
- 03/19/07 - DSHS to Do Supplemental West-Central Texas Rabies Vaccine Airdrop
- 03/08/07 - Mental Health Community Awards Announced
- 02/23/07 - DSHS Plans Community Health Needs Assessment of East Texas - En español
- 01/30/07 - Mid-Season Shots, Personal Precautions Offer Flu Protection - En español
- 01/24/07 - Survey Shows Fewer Texas Retailers Selling Tobacco to Minors
- En español
- 01/12/07 - DSHS Annual West-Central Texas Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins - En español
- 01/04/07 - DSHS Annual South Texas Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins Saturday
- 12/08/06 - Texas HIV/STD Conference
- 12/07/06 - DSHS Begins Expanded Screening of Newborns - En español
- 11/30/06 - Bat Exposure in Theater Prompts Alert - En español
- 11/21/06 - DSHS Announces 2006 Emergency Medical Services Awards
- 11/12/06 - Second Puppy Negative for Rabies - En español
- 11/11/06 - Rabid Puppy Prompts Contacts Search - En español
- 10/31/06 -
Meat Market Warning Withdrawn - En español
- 10/30/06 - Oyster Season Opening Delayed in Some Areas - En español
- 10/26/06 - Consumption Advisory Issued for Two Species of Canyon Lake Fish - En español
- 10/25/06 - Warning Issued for Some Bellville Meat Market Products - En español
- 10/16/06 - DSHS Receives National Health Care Technology Award
- 10/14/06 - Health Officials to Offer Preventive Shots for Hepatitis A - En español
- 10/13/06 - Presentation of Border HIV/AIDS Health Initiatives
- 10/05/06 - DSHS Encourages Flu Shots - En español
- 09/18/06 - Free Radon Test Kits Available to Texans - En español
- 09/15/06 - News Update: Spinach - En español
- 09/15/06 - Stolen Truck Found - En español
- 09/14/06 - Officials Looking for Stolen Truck Containing Radioactive Device - En español
- 09/14/06 - Texas Increases Key Immunization Rate 11% in National Survey - En español
- 09/12/06 - Tennessee Horse Show Attendees May Have Been Exposed to Rabies - En español
- 08/31/06 - DSHS Warns Food Establishments of Misleading Letter
- 08/29/06 - Crisis Counseling Available for Katrina Evacuees - En español
- 08/21/06 - DSHS Launches Pertussis Prevention Campaign - En español
- 07/27/06 - Database Provides Texas Information About Smoke-Free Ordinances - En español
- 06/01/06 - Rabies Control Officials Searching for Puppies
- 05/10/06 - Rabies Confirmed in Harris County Resident - En español
- 04/24/06 - Weight Drops in Texas Fourth-Graders
- En español
- 04/18/06 - Birth Defects Research Symposium
- 04/17/06 - Hurricanes Response Summit Set for April 18
- 04/14/06 - Easter Safety Precautions Issued - En español
- 03/23/06 - Texas Pandemic Influenza Summit Set for March 27
- 03/21/06 - World TB Day Conference
- 03/20/06 - Online Ordering of Birth, Death CeOctober 15, 2008-sp.shtm">En español
- 03/14/06 - State Diabetes Council Recognizes HMOs
- 02/17/06
- Rabid Bat in Lockhart Prompts Alert - En español
- 02/03/06 - State to Review Mental Health Crisis Services - En español
- 01/31/06 - DSHS Recognizes 7 School Health Programs
- 01/17/06 - DSHS Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Moves to Junction
- 01/12/06 - DSHS Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins in Fort Stockton Saturday
- 01/05/06 - DSHS Annual South Texas Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins Friday
- 12/28/05 - DSHS Issues Fish Advisory for Ellison Creek Reservoir - En español
- 12/15/05 - DSHS Offers Suggestions for Flu Prevention - En español
- 12/09/05 - State Health Council Names Information Technology Panel
- 11/29/05 - DSHS Advises Some Patients May Need New Mammograms - En español
- 11/22/05 - DSHS Announces 2005 Emergency Medical Services Awards
- 11/18/05 - Fees for Birth, Death Certificates to Increase Dec. 1 - En español
- 11/17/05 - Radiation Vials Still Missing - En español
- 11/16/05 - Texas Emergency Medical Services Conference 2005
- 10/31/05 - DSHS Begins Statewide Rollout of WIC Electronic Cards - En español
- 10/28/05 - Oyster Harvesting Delayed in Some Areas - En español
- 10/27/05 - DSHS Issues Halloween Safety Tips - En español
- 10/26/05 - DSHS Invites Flu Plan Comments
- 10/19/05 - Special Needs Evacuee Return Service Announced - En español
- 10/14/05 - DSHS Issues Red Tide Reminder - En español
- 10/13/05 - DSHS Receives Federal Suicide Prevention Grant
- 10/12/05 - Air Force to Spray in Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange Counties - En español
- 10/07/05 - DSHS Recommends Flu Shots Now for Those At Risk of Complications - En español
- 10/01/05 - DSHS: Don’t Eat Fish Found Dead or Dying - En español
- 09/27/05 - Vegas Expo Attendees May Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis A - En español
- 09/26/05 - Urgent Need for More Nurses at Shelters
- 09/26/05 - DSHS Issues Flood-Recovery Precautions - En español
- 09/25/05 - Warning: Heat Another Reason to Stay Put - En español
- 09/24/05 - DSHS Sets Toll-Free Number to Locate Patients - En español
- 09/24/05 - Hospital Personnel from Houston-Area Counties Asked to Return
- 09/23/05 - DSHS: Urgent Need for Health Care Workers at Shelters - En español
- 09/22/05 - DSHS Offers Stress Counseling for Katrina Response Personnel
- 09/20/05 - DSHS Issues Health-Related Evacuation Tips - En español
- 09/19/05 - DSHS Issues Hantavirus Cautions
- En español
- 09/14/05 - DSHS Opens Vaccination Records Call Center for Katrina Evacuees
- 09/14/05 - Rare Amebic Illness Confirmed - En español
- 09/13/05 - DSHS Releases Annual Report on Hospital Quality Indicators
- 09/08/05 - New State Laws Address Children With Diabetes, Car Seat Safety - En español
- 09/06/05 - Evacuees Pose No Increased Illness Risk for Texas Students - En español
- 09/01/05 - Texas WIC Program Opened to Katrina Refugees - En español
- 08/30/05 - Immunization Requirements Relaxed for Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina - En español
- 08/01/05 - New Law on Sale of Decongestants Effective Today - En español
- 07/29/05 - DSHS Issues NorthSTAR Proposals Request
- 07/20/05 - New Immunization Requirements Take Effect Sept. 1
- 07/19/05 - DSHS Issues Flood Precautions - En español
- 06/24/05 - Monday is National HIV Testing Day
- 06/20/05 - DSHS Seeking Comments on NorthSTAR Procurement
- 06/08/05 - Health Officials Investigating Illness Outbreak
- 06/07/05 - DSHS Issues Plague Precautions for Midland County Area - En español
- 05/19/05 - DSHS Recommends Shots for Some Attending Spur May Day Event
- 02/07/05 - DSHS Report Shows Drop in Hospital Nurse Vacancy Rates, High Turnover Rates
- 01/28/05 - Speckled Trout Consumption Limit Advised - En español
- 01/25/05 - Flu Shots Open to All - En español
- 01/21/05 - DSHS Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Moves to Junction
- 01/19/05 - Texas to Spread Flu Prevention Messages Through Outreach Tour
- 01/16/05 - DSHS Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Under Way in Fort Stockton
- 01/12/05 - Flu Hits ‘Widespread' Level in Texas - En español
- 01/06/05 - DSHS Annual South Texas Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins Friday
- 12/21/04 - Texas Will Expand Flu Shot Targets Jan. 3 - En español
- 12/17/04 - Texas Flu Shot Recommendations Unchanged for Now - En español
- 12/16/04 - Flu Shots More Readily Available, Pneumonia Vaccination Encouraged - En español
- 12/13/04 - Texas HIV/STD Conference Starts Tomorrow
- 11/23/04 - DSHS Announces 2004 Emergency Medical Services Awards
- 11/23/04 - DSHS Urges Flu Prevention Steps for Holidays - En español
- 11/22/04 - DSHS Issues Flood Precautions
- 11/22/04 - New DSHS Reports Assess State’s Nursing Workforce
- 11/09/04 - States to Decide Flu Vaccine Distribution - En español
- 10/25/04 - DSHS Awards Grants to 8 Local Health Departments to Look at Childhood Obesity Data
- 10/18/04 - Sanchez Applauds AG Flu Vaccine Move
- 10/14/04 - DSHS Sets Flu Vaccine Clearinghouses
- 10/06/04 - DSHS Supports CDC Flu Vaccination Recommendations -
En español
- 10/05/04 - Texas Waiting on CDC Direction for Flu Vaccine
- 09/10/04 - Suicide 9th Leading Cause of Death in Texas
- 09/05/04 - Department of State Health Services Takes Aim at Obesity
- 09/01/04 - State Launches Two New Health and Human Services Agencies
For Texas Department of Health news releases prior to September 1, 2004, visit: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/news/b_link3.htm.
Last Updated
October 15, 2008
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