Texas’ First Case Of West Nile Virus This Year Reported in Dallas County
July 27, 2021 News Release Public health officials have confirmed the state’s first case of illness caused by West Nile virus in 2021. The disease case, reported by Dallas County Health and Human Services, occurred in a resident of Dallas County. West Nile virus is transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Most people exposed to the virus don’t get sick, but about 20 percent develop symptoms like headache, fever, muscle and...
National Men’s Health Month Is A Good Time To Schedule Annual Screenings
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News- June 29, 2021 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Be Proactive! June is National Men’s Health Month: What better time than now, than to schedule annual...
Free Suicide Prevention, PTSD Treatment Resources Available For Texas Veterans
THHS News Release – June 4, 2021 AUSTIN – During June, which is Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, Texas HHS is encouraging military veterans to access the resources available to them for suicide prevention and PTSD. “When a veteran is battling PTSD, not only does it have an impact on them, it affects their families, friends, and communities. Reaching out for help is the...
Texas Begins Screening Newborns For Spinal Muscular Atrophy
HHS/DSHS News Release – June 1, 2021 The Texas Department of State Health Services today adds testing for spinal muscular atrophy to the health screening done for every baby born in Texas. About 1 in 10,000 babies are affected by SMA, and this new screening can detect about 95 percent of all SMA cases before symptoms occur. SMA is an inherited condition that affects the cells in the spinal cord that signal the muscles to work....
State Closes Free COVID-19 Testing Center In Sulphur Springs
The state officially closed the free COVID-19 testing site in Sulphur Springs, according to Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management. As more vaccine has become available to Hopkins County providers, more people are becoming vaccinated and the COVID-19 case count has continued to go down and so have the number of people being tested at the free testing site. The free COVID-19 oral testing site in Sulphur Springs had...
COVID-19 Numbers Continue To Fall In Hopkins County, Northeast Texas Area
CMFH-SS COVID Unit Empty, No New COVID-19 Cases Reported April 5 For Hopkins County COVID-19 numbers continue to fall in Hopkins County and the Northeast Texas area. For the first time since Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management began reporting the data late last summer, not only were there no COVID-19 patients in the local hospital’s COVID-19 unit, the state also reported no new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday...
2.5 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Headed To Texas, 200 Allocated To Hopkins County
More than 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services is allocating 1,094,920 first doses to 2,011 providers in 200 counties, including 200 doses destined for Sulphur Springs pharmacies. Brookshire’s and Walgreens Pharmacies each are slated to receive 100 doses of the Johnson & Johnson 1-dose COVID-19 vaccine during the week of April...
DSHS launches Texas Public Health Vaccine Scheduler
Registration Available For Vaccine Clinics By DSHS And Some Other Public Health Entities As Texas opens COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone age 16 and older, the Texas Department of State Health Services is launching the Texas Public Health Vaccine Scheduler. The scheduler gives people one place to sign up for a COVID-19 shot through multiple public health departments, including the eight DSHS public health regions, which provide...
Texas To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility To All Adults Starting March 29
DSHS To Launch Website Where People Can Register For COVID-19 Shot Through Some Public Health Providers Texas Department of State Health Services and Health and Human Services at 10 a.m. Tuesday, announced that the state’s vaccination plan is expanding again at the end of next week. All adults will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas beginning Monday, March 29. The Texas Department of State Health Services, in the...
State Expanding COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility To Include Anyone 50 Or Older
Beginning March 15, anyone age 50 or older in Texas will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday afternoon. Phase 1C of Texas COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan will begin on Monday, March 15, 2021 (DSHS graphic) More than 93 percent of coronavirus deaths in Texas have been in people age 50 and older, with those ages 50 to 64 accounting for 20 percent of all fatalities....
