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2025
March
14,
2025
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16:01 PM
America/Chicago
As the measles outbreak that began in West Texas spreads, state numbers continue to show that the majority of cases have been among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.Marc Mazade, M.D., Cook Children’s medical …
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March
07,
2025
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17:16 PM
America/Chicago
Cook Children’s Medical Center-Fort Worth Infectious Diseases ICU has six negative-pressure rooms to care for children potentially diagnosed with measles.“It takes planning,” explained Suzanne Whitworth, M.D., Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious …
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February
28,
2025
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16:30 PM
America/Chicago
It has been three decades since Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth last saw a measles case. In 1989 and 1990, a measles outbreak began in Houston and spread to Fort Worth. Julee Morrow, M.D., a pediatrician at Cook Children’s Harris …
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February
28,
2025
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15:01 PM
America/Chicago
This is an ever-evolving situation. As information changes, we will update you here and on our website at cookchildrens.org.For a downloadable flyer, click here.
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2024
October
14,
2024
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11:04 AM
America/Chicago
A medication that protects babies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is available now at Cook Children’s physician offices and neighborhood clinics.It’s a dose of antibodies that works right away to help fight off severe RSV infection for at …
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2023
June
12,
2023
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16:26 PM
America/Chicago
By Eline WigginsA case of measles was confirmed in a pediatric patient last week in Texas, according to Texas Health and Human Services. The last confirmed measles case in Texas was in 2019. Cook Children’s is sharing what parents and caregivers …
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2022
October
11,
2022
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09:37 AM
America/Chicago
The new Infectious Disease Unit will treat more patients in the safest environment possible while protecting the community and Cook Children's staff from the spread of illness.The six new units have specialized air ventilation systems, dedicated …
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October
10,
2022
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11:22 AM
America/Chicago
Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 to celebrate and pay tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.
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July
29,
2022
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09:20 AM
America/Chicago
By Jean YaegerThe global outbreak of monkeypox has raised concern now that at least two children in the United States have been diagnosed with the rare contagious disease.Increasing cases of the rare monkeypox virus, which causes a rash and flu-like …
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2021
January
26,
2021
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11:28 AM
America/Chicago
If you're a parent, you likely have a lot of questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, especially when it comes to giving it to your children. There are two vaccines currently available that have been approved for emergency use by the Federal Drug …
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2020
November
24,
2020
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13:46 PM
America/Chicago
Natalie Torrez was a healthy, 4-year-old girl. She loved junk food and playing with her siblings. Her mother, Alyssa Salazar, says that all of that changed overnight.“It started as a normal sickness. It was a fever, she looked pale and she was …
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October
06,
2020
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10:45 AM
America/Chicago
With COVID-19 still circulating in North Texas, now is the time to start planning alternative Halloween activities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is discouraging trick-or-treating nationwide, calling it a high-risk activity …
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June
25,
2020
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11:23 AM
America/Chicago
"Please for the love of God, put on a mask!"
Burleson Mayor Ken Shetter's frustration speaks for many physicians, nurses and other health care providers too.
Shetter spoke at a news conference announcing that face …
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May
18,
2020
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13:05 PM
America/Chicago
By Diane Arnaout, M.D.
As Cook Children’s pediatricians, we are getting the forms daily. And the questions that come along with it.
“Can my kids go to summer camp this year?”
“Are we putting ourselves at risk by …
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January
24,
2020
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11:52 AM
America/Chicago
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the coronavirus lately. I thought we should take some time to go over the basics of this respiratory illness, based in China.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely …
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2019
October
28,
2019
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13:39 PM
America/Chicago
Does your child have the sniffles, sneezing, tummy aches or worse? They aren’t alone.
Last week, eight children tested positive the flu at the medical center, according to Laboratory results from Cook Children’s. What’s …
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May
23,
2019
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14:45 PM
America/Chicago
Tarrant County Public Health has confirmed a traveler passing through DFW Airport on a May 15, 2019, connecting flight has tested positive for measles.
TCPH wants the traveling public to be aware that exposures may have occurred at DFW …
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January
03,
2019
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11:08 AM
America/Chicago
More than 480 children tested positive for Influenza A at Cook Children’s Medical Center during the week of Dec. 23 through Dec. 29, 2018.
Flu A usually arrives prior to the B strain and is usually more severe than Flu B.
Of the 1,141 …
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2018
October
24,
2018
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14:26 PM
America/Chicago
Tragically, 7 children have died as a result of a rapidly spreading, severe infection in a New Jersey rehabilitation center. The infections have been caused by a virus called adenovirus which is a common childhood infection. Three children tested …
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October
08,
2018
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11:09 AM
America/Chicago
The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating six children who have been diagnosed with a rare illness that resembles polio, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)
Cook Children's medical staff saw its own cluster of patients in 2016 and …
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May
03,
2018
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11:00 AM
America/Chicago
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported the first death connected to the recent E. coli outbreak that has expanded to half of the United States.
The CDC says 121 cases of E. coli have been reported in 25 …
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May
02,
2018
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06:49 AM
America/Chicago
Because of the opioid crisis in the United States, the rate of hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women increased 60 percent between 2006 and 2014. Sadly, only 30 percent of infants exposed to the virus were screened for …
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January
09,
2018
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16:32 PM
America/Chicago
For most of the first 20 years of his life, Michael Jankowiak never played ball or even owned a toy. His debilitating cerebral palsy wadded his fingers into a tight fist. He barely moved his hands, except to drive his electric wheel …
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2017
December
07,
2017
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11:36 AM
America/Chicago
A news story out of Phoenix serves as a tragic reminder to protect yourself and your family from the flu.
Alani Murrieta, a 20-year-old mother, died only two days after she began feeling ill from the flu, according to the Washington Post. Her …
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December
05,
2017
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14:58 PM
America/Chicago
Are we ready for the upcoming flu season?
Only time will tell for sure, but a new article published in The New England Journal of Medicine makes the case for a potentially severe influenza season.
The article explains that clinical experts …
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March
03,
2017
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13:41 PM
America/Chicago
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 bacterial species that pose the greatest threat to human health.
WHO says the list is an effort to …
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2016
February
11,
2016
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16:35 PM
America/Chicago
"Hookup websites” make it easier than ever before to meet total strangers. These apps allow people to find each other in their area who are looking for sex.
The problem is these apps simply aren’t for children under any …
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January
25,
2016
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15:05 PM
America/Chicago
Last week, two schools in Texas sent home reports of students diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), including one in the Lewisville ISD.
A letter was sent to Hebron High School and Hebron 9th Grade Campus parents to let them know a student had been …
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2015
December
30,
2015
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10:15 AM
America/Chicago
The year is wrapping up and there are a lot of questions on our minds.
What will the new year bring?
Will I be able to keep that New Year's resolution?
And where in the world is the flu?
Ok, you may not be asking yourself that last …
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November
11,
2015
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09:15 AM
America/Chicago
Researchers may have created a possibly revolutionary needle-free vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV.
The vaccine is only in the beginning stages and part of ongoing research, so it will not be available to the …
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