The division will help address public health, population health and health equity for residents of Bexar County and the surrounding areas, officials said in a news conference on Tuesday morning.

Bexar County is spending $60 million of its federal pandemic relief funds on the public health division, calling it a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity.

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 ...

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

Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday declared drug overdoses a public health crisis. Andrea Guerrero-Guajardo, the county's public health director, told the court that more than 40% of the ...

The City of San Antonio has declared overdoses a public health crisis and now Bexar County is moving towards making the same declaration, at a county level.

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff has issued a declaration of public health emergency Monday as officials release more details of a patient who tested positive for coronavirus after ...

Bexar County will use $31 million of its federal pandemic relief dollars to bolster organizations working to help residents in unincorporated areas and suburban cities live longer and healthier lives.

Bexar County is not doing so well when it come to health equity among its residents. Our community has never fared well in that regard, but even those numbers appear to be slipping. The ninth ...

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 ...