SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County and University Health on Tuesday morning announced plans to create a Public Health Division within the hospital system.. The division will help address public health ...

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., ...

Bexar County’s new public health division will do more than just pandemic response. Initially, its work will focus on the basics: food inspections and licensing, air quality and hazardous waste ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – The Texas Department of State Health Services reported the first case of measles in 2025 in Bexar County. The agency announced the new case in its weekly update published on ...

The first measles case of the year in Bexar County has been confirmed by officials with Texas Health and Human Services.

In 2013, nearly 200 people died of drug overdoses in Bexar County. In 2023, the number climbed to 501, a 154% increase. Bexar County estimates that 6.3% of adults have a substance use disorder.

JUNE 10, 2022 — Bexar County Commissioners Court this week gave preliminary approval to an award of $10 million to UT Health San Antonio and UTSA for development of The University of Texas School of ...

SAN ANTONIO — A case of the measles has been confirmed in Bexar County, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services—the county's first amid the 2025 outbreak and just the second ...

The phone line is an internal resource for Bexar County deputies, and not available for public use. Anyone who needs help escaping domestic violence can call the Family Violence Prevention ...

Texas health officials have confirmed Bexar County's first measles case of the year, according to a Tuesday news release from ...

Andrea Guerrero-Guajardo, the county's public health director, told the court that more than 40% of the deaths investigated by the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office in 2023 involved opioids.

DECEMBER 26, 2022 —Editor's note: This article was originally published on June 10, 2022.. Bexar County Commissioners Court this week gave preliminary approval to an award of $10 million to UT Health ...