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...

Houston Methodist received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center in the nation to transfuse donated plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient into a critically ill patient....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the city of Houston are reporting a significant increase in congenital syphilis cases, prompting a new campaign emphasizing importance of prenatal...