NewsDesk @bactiman63 Austin Public Health (APH) is awaiting results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm a presumptive case of monkeypox in Travis County. APH is coordinating...

By: Candess Zona-Mendola, MakeFoodSafe Austin Public Health (APH) announced it was investigating an outbreak of Cyclospora, an intestinal illness caused by a parasite, after at least 82 cases have been...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Austin Public Health is investigating a confirmed rubella case less than a month after confirming the first measles case in Travis County since 1999 – which is also the last...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Austin Public Health reports a person residing in Travis County has been diagnosed with measles. Local, state and federal health officials are mounting a coordinated effort...

Murine typhus fever is a disease that occurs when people come into contact with fleas infected with a bacteria called Rickettsia typhi. Since 2008, when murine typhus became endemic in Travis County, the...

The number of cyclosporiasis cases in Texas increased by another six today, bringing the total to 170, according to state health officials. Travis County has reported 74 cases, or 43 percent of the state’s...

The Lone Star state is no stranger to outbreaks of the protozoal parasite, Cyclospora, in recent years, seeing 133 cases in 2014 and 270 in 2014. It looks like 2015 will continue the recent trend as Texas...

One day after issuing a health advisory due to a rash of cases of cyclosporiasis in the past week, the Texas Department of of State Health Services reported another 10 cases, bringing the total to 64. Nearly...

The area of the Texas state capital and Travis County has seen an increase in syphilis, in addition to Texas as a whole, according to data published in the Travis County Medical Society Journal. Texas...