NewsDesk @bactiman63 Houston health officials are reporting a syphilis outbreak responsible for a 128 percent increase in cases among women and a nine-fold rise in congenital syphilis in Houston and...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Houston Health Department, Harris County Public Health (HCPH), and the Fort Bend Health & Human Services (FBCHHS) have received reports of an increased number of Cyclospora...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up from Houston, Texas, the Houston Health Department Friday announced a confirmed second monkeypox infection in a Houston resident with recent international travel. There...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 This past Saturday, the Houston Health Department announced a confirmed monkeypox infection in a Houston resident with recent international travel. The confirmation represents the...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Harris County, Texas are reporting the first COVID-19 Omicron-variant associated death in the County. The death reported was of a man between the...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The first known Texas case of the COVID-19 “Omicron” B.1.1.529 variant has been identified in a resident of Harris County. The case, a woman in her 40s from...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The city of Houston health Department is reporting a congenital syphilis surge. Preliminary data indicate that fetal deaths in Harris County (including Houston) increased...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 City of Houston health officials reported this week that the more contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus, the UK variant B.1.1.7, was detected widespread in Houston’s...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that while most individuals responded to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) natural reinfection with a typical sustained antibody response associated with...

In this clip from the NEWS TALK with Brandon & Bob on YouTube, we look at the recent EPA approval of Oxitec’s genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquito for release in the Florida Keys. What...