TEXAS CITY, Texas – The Galveston County Health District (GCHD) has confirmed the first positive case of Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Galveston County. The case was identified in a bird found in Texas ...

The Galveston County Health District reported Monday that it has seen an increase in the number of Whooping Cough reports. Pertussis, or Whooping Cough, is a highly contagious air-borne bacterial ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — The Galveston County Health District on Monday announced an increase in reports of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in the county. "There have been several confirmed ...

FILE – Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, March 25, 2024, that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive ...

Galveston County Health District officials have confirmed the first death associated with vaping. According to the GCHD, the victim is a woman between the ages of 30 and 35 years old who died Dec. 29, ...

GALVESTON, Texas — The Galveston County Health District is warning of rising bacteria cases this summer. It's called vibrio and it's a flesh-eating bacteria commonly found in the Gulf. So far this ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Galveston County is reporting its first flu-related death of the 2017-2018 season. Officials with the Galveston County Health District say a 61-year-old woman with ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — The Galveston County Health District on Friday announced it has confirmed its first case of neuroinvasive West Nile virus in a human. The district said the patient was taken ...

Galveston County's first confirmed case of bird flu this week comes amid growing nationwide concerns about the avian-born respiratory disease, including the first human hospitalization directly linked ...

Galveston County health officials are emphasizing vaccination and education after several cases of whooping cough were confirmed by the county's health district Monday. Pertussis, often referred to as ...