Summer in Texas has traditionally gone hand in hand with cold beer, backyard cookouts, and weekends on the water. This year, however, many residents across Katy and the Dallas-Fort Worth area are making a different choice. More Texans are cutting […]
Health
Harris County and City of Houston Unveil Joint Dashboard to Monitor Potential Ebola Cases Ahead of World Cup
Harris County, TX, June 4, 2026, The Harris County Public Health Department (HCPH), in conjunction with the Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HCOHSEM) and the City of Houston, released a live dashboard to monitor travelers coming into Harris County […]
Mediterranean Eating Pattern Class Combines Nutrition Education, Cooking, and Shared Meal Experience
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is excited to announce Cooking Well Texas Meets Mediterranean, an upcoming educational class focused on the Mediterranean eating pattern, offering participants a hands-on opportunity to learn, cook, and enjoy nutritious Mediterranean-inspired meals together. The class will […]
Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital Named Among Best Maternity Hospitals in America
HOUSTON (June 2, 2026) — For the fourth consecutive year, Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital made the list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2026 by Newsweek and Statista. It also achieved a four-ribbon designation for achieving 70% or better of its quality and patient […]
UH Engineers Develop New mRNA Technology to Dramatically Boost Immune Response to Vaccines
A New Approach to Cancer Vaccination Yields More Powerful T Cells Immune-remodeling mRNA Boosts Anti-tumor Immunity and, in Some Cases, Helps Eliminate Tumors Engineers from the University of Houston, MIT and Harvard have developed a new mRNA-based strategy that dramatically […]
Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country
13 May 2026 Situation at a glance This is the third Disease Outbreak News report on the hantavirus cluster, following the notification to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 2 May 2026 of severe respiratory illness cases aboard MV Hondius, […]
Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern
Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 – Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), after having consulted the States Parties where […]
