Dallas County

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 506,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine are being shipped to Texas. But, chances are you won't have the option of getting the shot. Only 20,000 doses will be available in Dallas County. "20,000 doses is...

   The way Dallas Police put it, she first passed out, then she ran over her husband, then she tried to flee the scene.  Mary Jane Lane, 50, of Balch Springs Texas faces a charge of driving while intoxicated after the accident in Dallas Tuesday.   ...

So far this year, nine people in Dallas county have died from H1N1, including 4 four kids under the age of eighteen. Since April, nationwide, 76 kids have died from H1N1. Sixteen alone in the past week. Compare those numbers to the seasonal flu which...

The Dallas County Heath Department looks like a line at Six Flags, but the new state vaccine mandate hasn't been a fun ride. This is what Dallas County Health Director Zachary Thompson said right before the first deadline last month. "This was the...

White boxes with doses of the H1N1 vaccine finally arrived at the Dallas County Health Department. It's what health care workers had been waiting for, but there are two problems. The first delivery, 700 doses, is a drop in the bucket of the 25, 000 doses...

H1N1 is causing all kinds of health problems, and now you can add manufacturing issues to the list. The crunch to produce the H1N1 vaccine has cut into production of the seasonal flu vaccine. Passport Health Executive Director Arthur Dawson received...

Child Protective Services took San Juana Lagunas away from her father Juan Hernandez for alleged crimes and drug use. The girls mother is already in Mexico. Attorney's representing both baby San Juana and her father say she belongs in Mexico with her...

Sixth-grader Cynthia Garcia had attended Price Elementary School since kindergarten. On Thursday, she went home with flu-like symptoms. By Saturday she was taken to the emergency room where she later died. School official Laura Jobe says counselors told...

It was standing room only at the Dallas County Health Department where parents and kids waited patiently inside, after they waited patiently outside. Kids wiled away the hours in line with stuffed toys and ice cream. Anjanette Conaway's kids were dressed...

A little boy gets stuck with a needle and cries. Little does he know, he's one of the lucky ones. He just received his state mandated vaccinations, and next Monday, he'll get to go to school. On Thursday, it was standing room only at the Dallas County...

The swine flu is getting all the headlines, but when it comes to vaccines, the seasonal flu is first in line. Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services started giving seasonal flu shots on Monday. John Baker is among the first in the county...

Early spring in north Texas. Schools are closed up and then sprayed down as the fear of swine flu spreads. Today the Center for Disease Control unveiled new swine flu guidelines for schools. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the...