A couple in Dallas, Ga., is receiving rabies post‑exposure treatment after an adopted dog from the Cedartown shelter tested positive; their other pets are quarantined. Authorities are investigating.

State lawmakers approved a law requiring monthly heavy‑metal testing and public posting of results for baby food and, for the first time, infant formula.

A state‑funded, $32 million, 60‑bed recovery center opened on Wards Island to provide medication‑assisted treatment and stabilization for men in early recovery.

Bexar County has stepped up fogging, traps and specimen testing after heavy rain bumped mosquito counts. Officials urge residents to drain standing water and use repellent.

A Baker Institute brief finds individual health-plan premiums at Texas universities vary from about $8,095 to $15,742 and family plans from $23,037 to $48,636, with market structure cited as a driver.

The Terry Family Foundation gave $5.5M to Wolfson Children’s Hospital, matched by Baptist Health to about $10M, to fund pediatric heart upgrades and a new children’s emergency center. The money will support equipment and the Children’s Emergency Center inside the McGehee Family Tower.

About 60 MetroHealth behavioral health nurses ratified their first union contract, winning safety protections, pay increases and limits on insurance-cost spikes. The vote follows months of public safety complaints.

Dignity Health’s Sacramento pilot places community health workers inside OB clinics to screen pregnant and postpartum patients; early data show many at risk and improved follow‑up.

A new VA outpatient clinic broke ground in Rosenberg on May 28, promising expanded primary and specialty care and capacity for thousands of Fort Bend veterans.

Court minutes propose an Aug. 13 auction sale hearing in Sacramento for Oroville Hospital, which filed Chapter 11 in Dec. 2025. The filings map bidding dates and deadlines.

Spectrum and Vinfen have opened a 60‑bed treatment and restoration campus in Lowell that pairs walk‑in crisis diversion with short‑term detox and stabilization. Officials say the site will scale up after permitting and credentialing are finished.

SLPS shut its central office after Legionella was detected in the building’s cooling and water systems; water was turned off and staff were told to stay away.

A Metairie veteran says he nearly died from flea‑borne typhus as Louisiana reports 17 cases and two deaths since early 2025.