Montgomery County has its first confirmed human West Nile case of 2026 — a woman in her 50s diagnosed with neuroinvasive disease. Officials urge residents to take mosquito precautions.

As Texas heat returns, safety data show the state has among the highest total of child hot-car deaths. Experts and federal agencies list simple steps families and bystanders can take.

Blue Fish Pediatrics says a 2025 cyber incident may have exposed medical and ID data for about 41,485 Texans. The practice is offering credit monitoring and a hotline for affected families.

Fort Bend County declared a local public health emergency on June 16 after trap counts spiked and resident complaints surged; officials are preparing ground and aerial mosquito control.

State grants will fund mobile stroke ambulances at hospitals in Austin, Houston and El Paso to shorten time to treatment and improve outcomes. Hospitals must still finalize staffing and EMS integration.

A national ABCD study finds early heavy social media use tied to much higher odds that teens will try alcohol, nicotine and cannabis.

ACA Silver premiums rose roughly 63% in Brazoria County since 2022, squeezing families, workers and school districts in Pearland, Friendswood and Manvel. Costs are being driven by hospital and drug spending.

Houston Methodist Willowbrook’s OB-GYN residency launched last summer with five inaugural residents and is preparing a second cohort as it scales up to meet local need. Faculty and trainees say the small program has accelerated hands-on training and leadership responsibilities.

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.

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.

Highly pathogenic H5N1 has been confirmed in a Texas dairy herd; the farm is quarantined and investigators are testing animals while the FDA says pasteurized milk is safe.

Spring Fire Department installed industrial decontamination machines and mandatory medical checks after a 2015 cancer death, aiming to keep carcinogens out of stations and homes.

A CDC analysis of the 2025 West Texas measles outbreak found nearly one in five confirmed cases needed hospital care, and most hospitalized patients were unvaccinated children.