Disease /tags/disease Disease en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:05:00 GMT Boosters, symptoms, herd immunity: What to know about the measles outbreak in Texas /health/2025-02-26/boosters-symptoms-herd-immunity-what-to-know-about-the-measles-outbreak-in-texas The outbreak is primarily affecting West Texas, but officials in San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos are monitoring cases after an infected person recently visited the area, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:05:00 GMT /health/2025-02-26/boosters-symptoms-herd-immunity-what-to-know-about-the-measles-outbreak-in-texas Lucio Vasquez Health officials say there is now 'community spread' of monkeypox in Austin /health/2022-07-13/health-officials-say-there-is-now-community-spread-of-monkeypox-in-austin Monkeypox is now spreading through the Austin and AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County community at such a rate that the source cannot be traced back to a single person or group, Austin Public Health says. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:58:45 GMT /health/2022-07-13/health-officials-say-there-is-now-community-spread-of-monkeypox-in-austin Marisa Charpentier Monkeypox isn't like COVID-19 â€� and that's a good thing /health/2022-05-25/monkeypox-isnt-like-covid-19-and-thats-a-good-thing Although monkeypox's recent spread has caused concern, its similarities to smallpox have given the public health world a head start on combating it. Wed, 25 May 2022 15:13:49 GMT /health/2022-05-25/monkeypox-isnt-like-covid-19-and-thats-a-good-thing Becky Sullivan, Michaeleen Doucleff The CDC is investigating 180 cases of children with hepatitis. The cause is a mystery /health/2022-05-20/the-cdc-is-investigating-180-cases-of-children-with-hepatitis-the-cause-is-a-mystery The count of pediatric cases under investigation has grown since the agency's last update, but most of the increase represents previous cases that are just now being reported. Fri, 20 May 2022 13:11:33 GMT /health/2022-05-20/the-cdc-is-investigating-180-cases-of-children-with-hepatitis-the-cause-is-a-mystery Rina Torchinsky What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in 7 years /health/2022-04-06/what-we-know-about-the-deadliest-u-s-bird-flu-outbreak-in-7-years Nearly 23 million birds have died as a highly pathogenic bird flu virus tears its way through farms and chicken yards. It has spread to at least 24 states in less than two months. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:41:47 GMT /health/2022-04-06/what-we-know-about-the-deadliest-u-s-bird-flu-outbreak-in-7-years Bill Chappell Texasâ€� chief epidemiologist hopeful as COVID-19 hospitalizations fall to two-year low /covid-19/2022-04-05/texas-chief-epidemiologist-hopeful-as-covid-19-hospitalizations-fall-to-two-year-low The state's top expert said nearly 99 percent of the population has developed some immune response to COVID-19. But other public health experts caution the virus can be unpredictable. Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:35:25 GMT /covid-19/2022-04-05/texas-chief-epidemiologist-hopeful-as-covid-19-hospitalizations-fall-to-two-year-low Joseph Leahy How Fluffy's Fleas Can Hop Onto Humans And Spread Murine Typhus /texas/2019-10-29/how-fluffys-fleas-can-hop-onto-humans-and-spread-murine-typhus From Texas Standard:As Bill Jones and his wife Kathy Murray of Austin found out in 2008, getting sick with murine typhus can be scary business. When aâ€� Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:37:32 GMT /texas/2019-10-29/how-fluffys-fleas-can-hop-onto-humans-and-spread-murine-typhus Margaret Nicklas How Remote Sensing Can Help Scientists Pinpoint Mosquito Breeding Zones And Control Disease /texas/2018-10-31/how-remote-sensing-can-help-scientists-pinpoint-mosquito-breeding-zones-and-control-disease From Texas Standard:On any given day between May and November, Bethany Bolling and her team of microbiologists at the Texas Department of State Healthâ€� Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:41:50 GMT /texas/2018-10-31/how-remote-sensing-can-help-scientists-pinpoint-mosquito-breeding-zones-and-control-disease Margaret Nicklas Why Texas is a Hotbed for Tropical Diseases /texas/2016-01-06/why-texas-is-a-hotbed-for-tropical-diseases From Texas Standard:Heavy rains capped by periods of hot muggy weather, spare tires holding standing water, mosquitoes and fleas carrying dangerousâ€� Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:15:00 GMT /texas/2016-01-06/why-texas-is-a-hotbed-for-tropical-diseases Leah Scarpelli In Black America Podcast: Fighting HIV/AIDS In The African American Community /life-arts/2014-10-27/in-black-america-podcast-fighting-hiv-aids-in-the-african-american-community On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Donna Hubbard McCree, Associate Director for Health Equity, Divisionâ€� Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:59:42 GMT /life-arts/2014-10-27/in-black-america-podcast-fighting-hiv-aids-in-the-african-american-community John L. Hanson Jr.