It's flu vaccine time again.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

Three months ago, Texas lost $700 million in unspent federal pandemic-era funding.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

State and local health agencies are having to cut programs and staff to make up the loss and more cuts could be coming.

On Friday, Dallas officials were notified that a privately-operated homeless shelter, Dallas Life, had reported 17 guests who tested positive for the new coronavirus. The number has now increased to 38, according to the shelter’s executive director Rev. Bob Sweeney, who confirmed the figure on Friday to The Dallas Morning News. “[The City’s Office of Homeless Solutions] is working collaboratively with the shelter and the organization is providing staff and operational support at the hotel site,” Rubio said. Sweeney told the News that the outbreak started when the first person of three tested positive for the virus eight days ago.