Early in the budget process, county officials projected a $200 million-plus shortfall in FY 2025-26, and over the last eight months leading up to the September budget adoption, commissioners and ...

Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is an infectious disease that can cause serious and potentially life-threatening complications, especially in infants and young children, according to the ...

A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. The Harris County health department said Thursday it’s investigating a reported ...

Harris County Public Health has launched a new dashboard tracking local flu, RSV and COVID trends to help residents stay informed year-round.

Ben Taub Hospital is planning a $410 million expansion in the Texas Medical Center to address increasing demand for medical services. The proposal includes using nearly nine acres of land in Hermann ...

Barbie Robinson (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) The date of Robinson’s arrest or when she turned herself in was not released. Her next ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris County Health reported that a patient with monkeypox has died, but that does not mean the patient died from the virus. We know that patient, who is not publicly ...

Barbie Robinson, the former public health director who was fired fired amid scrutiny over a 911 contract awarded to a California-based firm, alleged her termination was racially motivated.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Five years ago, a quiet revolution began: Harris Health ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The former top leader of Harris County Public Health is facing new charges related to an alleged $40 million bidding scheme that steered taxpayer money to two different ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The Harris County District Attorney's office is dismissing charges against the former director of the county's public health department who was accused of funneling tens of ...

Harris County Hospital District in Houston, Texas, has changed its name to Harris Health System, effective yesterday. The new name is intended to better represent the system as one of the largest ...