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No Shots, No School For Thousands of Students
A lot of kids in Dallas County won’t be able to go to school today because they never got their required shots. From the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services, Zachary Thompson says...
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Health Concerns Increase As North Texas Temps Rise
Women sit near a fan in a common-room of a rest home. (credit: Johanna Leguerre/AFP/Getty Images) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s crazy hot outside and as the week goes on the temperatures are expected...
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Avoid The Back-To-School Immunization Rush
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Most kids across North Texas will be heading back to school next week, so many parents across North Texas will be spending this week getting their children ready for the coming...
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Big Crowds Expected For Arlington Immunizations
(credit: KRLD NewsRadio 1080/Chuck Schechner) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An Arlington back-to-school immunization event on Saturday could attract a lot of students from out of the area. Dallas County...
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Flu Shots Ready To Go In Dallas County
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Even though North Texas is still seeing summer temperatures, the time has come to start thinking about flu season. The Dallas County health department starts administering this...
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No Tuberculosis Concerns For School Football Games
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Concerns about tuberculosis in the Ennis ISD and the possible infection of other North Texas students reached such a high level Thursday afternoon that the City of Ennis...
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County Health Department Offering Free Flu Shots
A patient receives a flu vaccine. (credit: FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s tonight, the cold snap has many North Texans...
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Health Director Warns Of More Human West Nile Cases
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Thursday afternoon officials with Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed the 12th human West Nile Virus infection. Health workers would only say that the case is...
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DCHHS Holding Free Back-To-School Vaccination Clinic
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s that time of year again, when youngsters are reminded of the upcoming school year with a prick in the arm. It is time for parents to focus on vaccinations for schoolchildren....
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Dallas County Starts Offering Flu Shots
A patient receives a flu vaccine. (credit: FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Although much attention in Dallas County has been focused on the West Nile virus, health officials do not...
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16th West Nile-Related Death In Dallas County
DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Officials with Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) are reporting that a sixteenth person there has died from West Nile Virus-related health issues. The man that...
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Dallas Launches HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign
(credit: DALLAS>AIDS Deciding Moments) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – More than 14,000 people living in Dallas County are living with HIV, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, and many...
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Flu Season Starts In North Texas
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – ‘Panic’ is a powerful public health motivator. Remember the flu vaccine shortage? Faced with limited supplies in the fall of 2004, North Texans lined up by the hundreds– often...
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Meningitis Outbreak Expected To Spread
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A medical expert tells CBS 11 that the meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people so far is nowhere near its end. At this time, there’s only one confirmed case of fungal...
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Vaccine Flying Off Pharmacy Shelves As Flu Cases Up
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County Health officials say flu cases are up 40 percent since October. The bump in cases has come earlier than usual in the flu season and has pharmacists working hard to...
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Dallas County Gets More Flu Vaccines
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A new shipment of the flu vaccine is going to be available Wednesday in Dallas County. The health department is set to receive 2,000 doses. But they are not for everybody, only...
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DCHHS Says Schools Need Free Condoms, Explicit Sex Education
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – The facts don’t lie. Texas has a problem with teen birth rates Last year, we were fourth highest in the nation. And, in Dallas County, sexually transmitted diseases are on the...
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Four North Texas Counties Jointly Fighting West Nile Virus
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Four North Texas county health departments are combining their planning and information to combat this year’s West Nile virus season. Leaders from Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and...
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New Cases Of Measles Confirmed By Local Health Officials
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Health officials in Dallas County are sending out a plea to doctors and health workers — asking that they be on the lookout for measles symptoms. Wednesday Dallas County...
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Parents Urged to Get Kids Vaccinated For School Now
A nurse gives a girl a shot. (credit: George Frey/Getty Images) DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Believe it or not, students will be returning to class at the end of next month. So, health officials in...
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