Dr. Jennifer Shuford has led the Department of State Health Services in Texas since 2022 after serving as the state’s chief ...

Jennifer Shuford, an infectious disease physician who oversaw the country’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, is among a ...

"CDC hasn't reached out to us locally," Katherine Wells, MPH, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, wrote in a Feb. 5 email exchange with a colleague 2 weeks after children with measles were ...

With a busy travel season approaching, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that additional measles ...

Flu, RSV, and COVID-19 cases are now at very low levels in Central Texas and across most of the United States, according to CDC surveillance. As the region moves past respiratory virus season, ...

A human case of H5N1, also known as bird flu, has been identified in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The federal agency notes the risk to the public remains low.

Shuford was an infectious disease physician based in Austin before joining the DSHS in 2017. She currently serves on the DSHS ...

If a person with measles is in the same room with 10 unvaccinated people, nine will be infected, researchers estimate. As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions ...

As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration's actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency's most critical function — ...

Dr. Jennifer Shuford, head of Texas’ public health agency, has been tapped to serve as chief medical officer at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. President Donald Trump included Shuford ...

As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — ...