Evan MacDonald
Health and Medical Reporter at Houston Chronicle
Health and medical reporter for @houstonchron. News tips: [email protected]
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1 day ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Evan MacDonald
Texas health officials reported eight new measles cases on Tuesday, with the outbreak spreading to three new counties. The Texas Department of State Health Services has reported 717 measles cases amid the largest outbreak in the United States in at least 25 years. But the outbreak has appeared to slow recently; Texas reported 26 cases during the one-week period that ended Friday, its lowest one-week total since Valentine’s Day.
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5 days ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Evan MacDonald
The measles outbreak centered in northwest Texas appeared to slow on Friday, as health officials reported just seven new cases since earlier this week. The latest update from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows the state has seen 709 measles cases since the outbreak began spreading in late January. So far, 89 people have been hospitalized for treatment and two children, an 8-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl, died after contracting the virus.
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6 days ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Evan MacDonald
Veteran nurse Jerry Isbell may not be alive today if he hadn’t been at work at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center when he suffered a massive heart attack. Isbell, 55, has been a nurse at the hospital since 1998, and has developed strong friendships with colleagues who’ve also been there for years. Those relationships have grown even stronger since they helped save him after he collapsed at work in May 2024.
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1 week ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Evan MacDonald
As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough cases in more than a decade. Texas has reported 1,064 cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, as of April 15 this year, according to preliminary data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The state reported a preliminary total of more than 1,900 cases for all of 2024.
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1 week ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Evan MacDonald
The measles outbreak that started in the South Plains region of Texas surpassed 700 cases on Tuesday, according to health officials. The latest update from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows the state has seen 702 cases of measles since the outbreak began spreading in late January. The outbreak, which has also spread to New Mexico and Oklahoma, is the largest in the United States since measles was declared eliminated in the country in 2000.
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NEW: As nurses are recognized with the start of National Nurses Week, a Texas survey shows a rising number of nurses are subjected to violence, abuse and harrassment at work. @HoustonChron https://t.co/NILCxF6oS8
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