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Shelbi Vaughan, 21, finished second in the Olympic Trials with a distance of 197'9".
Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) is reporting the first human case of West Nile infection confirmed in Dallas County for the 2016 season.
Researchers will study some U.S. athletes for Zika during the summer Olympics and Paralympics in Brazil, to better understand how the virus infects.
The Baylor College of Medicine will lead a study of patients infected with the Zika virus under a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
The state health department has spent more than $400,000 since the start of the year to expand its lab capacity and to buy mosquito traps. It also launched a $2 million Zika awareness campaign.
So far, Texas officials have reported 48 people infected with Zika, all associated with travel. In one case, the virus was sexually transmitted by someone who had been infected abroad.
Senate Democrats have blocked a GOP-drafted measure to provide $1.1 billion to fight the Zika virus, accusing Republicans of packing the measure with partisan provisions and unfair spending cuts.
Today Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) confirmed the 10th case of Zika virus in the county this year.
Dallas County Health and Human Services has confirmed the seventh case of Zika virus in the county so far this year. While the case has been sent off for review at the Texas Department of State Health Services, testing done at the DCHHS lab was positive.
According to Tarrant County health officials, a new Zika virus case has been discovered.
Texas has identified 33 cases of the Zika virus that all have been associated with overseas travel, but the virus is expected to begin spreading locally within the state during the sweaty upcoming summer months, top health officials said Tuesday.
Republicans controlling the House are ignoring protests from Democrats and a White House veto threat as they speed legislation funding the battle against the Zika virus toward a vote.
The stories of Zika and West Nile virus reminds us that it is mosquito season. A North Texas man has developed an all natural mosquito repellant that is so safe you can actually drink it. JD Ryan is buzzing Around Town.
The Colin County Health Care Services confirmed on Monday afternoon that a resident in Frisco has tested positive for the Zika virus.
The White House and Democrats are pressuring congressional Republicans to act on President Barack Obama's demands for money to combat Zika.
With the growing threat of Zika virus the city of Plano is turning to thousands of little killer fish to help in the war on mosquitoes.
A mosquito's natural enemy is becoming a popular ally in the fight against the West Nile and Zika viruses. The tiny mosquitofish, or gambusia affinis, feasts on mosquito larvae.
It's about to be much easier for North Texas doctors to test for the Zika virus.
A top public health official says there's been no local transmission of the Zika (ZEE'-kuh) virus in the United States
The Centers For Disease Control confirmed another sexually transmitted case of the Zika virus was discovered in Dallas.
Cheaper jet fuel continues to give airlines a lift, helping Delta boost its first-quarter earnings by 27 percent to $946 million.
Congressional officials say the Obama administration is about to announce it will transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus.
The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm's proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to stop transmission of the disease.
Officials with Tarrant County Public Health say they have identified two new imported cases of Zika virus in the county.
Officials have confirmed the first case of a patient having Zika virus in Tarrant County.
