/tags/texas-department-of-state-health-services Texas Department of State Health Services en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 23:17:37 GMT /health/2022-12-16/texas-still-sees-racial-disparities-in-maternal-deaths-a-new-report-finds The Texas Department of State Health Services and Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee's report is finally out after months of delays. Fri, 16 Dec 2022 23:17:37 GMT /health/2022-12-16/texas-still-sees-racial-disparities-in-maternal-deaths-a-new-report-finds Elena Rivera /health/2022-08-08/local-officials-hope-for-more-monkeypox-vaccines-as-cases-in-texas-climb There are more than 600 reported cases of the virus in Texas with dozens more 鈥減resumptive cases.鈥� Local officials said more vaccines should be headed to the state following a declaration by the White House that the virus is now a public health emergency. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:42:18 GMT /health/2022-08-08/local-officials-hope-for-more-monkeypox-vaccines-as-cases-in-texas-climb Juli谩n Aguilar /covid-19/2022-01-26/state-epidemiologist-says-omicron-surge-is-beginning-to-peak-in-texas-but-hospitals-remain-strained The state reported the seven-day average for daily cases was 41,413 on Wednesday, down from the peak of 52,709 reached on Jan. 17. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:31:31 GMT /covid-19/2022-01-26/state-epidemiologist-says-omicron-surge-is-beginning-to-peak-in-texas-but-hospitals-remain-strained Joseph Leahy /covid-19/2021-12-28/health-agency-warns-texas-is-running-out-of-the-only-antibody-treatment-effective-against-the-omicron-variant Five of the department鈥檚 regional infusion centers have run out of sotrovimab, the only antibody treatment known to be effective against the new variant. Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:25:52 GMT /covid-19/2021-12-28/health-agency-warns-texas-is-running-out-of-the-only-antibody-treatment-effective-against-the-omicron-variant James Barrag谩n /covid-19/2021-12-08/texas-steps-up-omicron-tracking-as-first-case-surfaces-in-harris-county Texas public health officials are ramping up efforts to track the COVID-19 omicron variant after the first confirmed case in Harris County. Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:45:53 GMT /covid-19/2021-12-08/texas-steps-up-omicron-tracking-as-first-case-surfaces-in-harris-county Joseph Leahy | The Texas Newsroom /crime-justice/2021-11-08/delta-8-is-legal-in-texas-for-now-after-travis-county-judge-blocks-state-from-criminalizing-the-cannabis-extract A AG真人百家乐 County judge temporarily blocked the state from listing delta-8 as a Schedule I drug, which effectively made it illegal. The cannabis extract became popular because users say it produces the 鈥渉igh鈥� effect of marijuana. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 22:07:58 GMT /crime-justice/2021-11-08/delta-8-is-legal-in-texas-for-now-after-travis-county-judge-blocks-state-from-criminalizing-the-cannabis-extract Kevin Reynolds | The Texas Tribune /covid-19/2021-11-08/unvaccinated-people-20-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-texas-data-shows State health officials combed through millions of health records spanning back to when vaccinations started in January. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:01:36 GMT /covid-19/2021-11-08/unvaccinated-people-20-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-texas-data-shows Ashley Lopez /texas/2021-10-21/texas-department-of-state-health-services-adds-delta-8-to-list-of-illegal-drugs Delta-8 has been considered legal by retailers and customers, who say it falls under the Farm Bill of 2018, which legalized hemp and its derivatives as long as their THC content is less than 0.3%. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:15:28 GMT /texas/2021-10-21/texas-department-of-state-health-services-adds-delta-8-to-list-of-illegal-drugs Jerry Clayton /covid-19/2021-08-04/delta-variant-is-making-up-more-than-75-of-new-covid-19-cases-in-texas-health-officials-say State officials say in just the past week hospitalizations are up 49% due to the highly contagious COVID variant. Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:32:49 GMT /covid-19/2021-08-04/delta-variant-is-making-up-more-than-75-of-new-covid-19-cases-in-texas-health-officials-say Ashley Lopez /en-espanol/2021-06-25/texas-usara-fondos-federales-combatir-inequidades-salud-pandemia Una oficina del estado se enfocar谩 en combatir disparidades de salud relacionados a temas de raza, etnicidad, geograf铆a y otras cosas. Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:54:42 GMT /en-espanol/2021-06-25/texas-usara-fondos-federales-combatir-inequidades-salud-pandemia Ashley Lopez