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Zika Outbreak Feared To Have Reached The Texas Border

The Texas Border, which houses 1.3 million people, are vulnerable to Zika virus because most of their houses don't have sufficient air-conditioning and window screens to protect them from mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are known to carry the virus.

Bats In Texas Are In Danger Of Getting White-Nose Disease

Lethal fungus named Pseudogymnoascus Destructans is causing mass deaths in the bats of Texas. Scientists found this fungus can cause white nose disease which leads the bats to death. this disease was first found in 2006, since then it's been spreading at the speed of 100 miles per year.

Texas Reports First Case of West Nile Virus

The Texas Department of State Health Services has reported the state's first case of West Nile virus and is now reminding people how to protect themselves from the virus caused by mosquitoes.

With a Bit of Luck and Inspiration, One 4-Year-Old Boy Found a Dinosaur in Texas

Think that you don’t have what it takes to start a career in paleontology, even though your fascination with dinosaurs never ends? Well never fear, news this week reveals that you’re never too old, or too young, to start on the hunt for dinosaurs. And 4-year-old Wylie Brys, of Mansfield, Texas, is proving this sentiment true.

Ebola Virus Shuts Down Ohio Bridal Shop in Wake of US Deaths

Ebola isn’t just having a devastating effect on the human population, as the death tolls continue to rise. It appears with a recent closure that the viral infection is exhibiting ramifications in the economy, as well.

In United States 21 Days Signals Waning Ebola Infection

Today marks 21 days of quarantine since the Ebola infection spread into the US by an infected Dallas patient, who recently fled Liberia. And as none of the individuals quarantined for their close contact with the infected have developed the often fatal hemorrhagic fever, health officials are hopeful that their clean bill of health is a sign that the Ebola virus will not find a foothold here in the United States.

Video: Texas Kindergartner Receives 3D Printed Hand

A young boy in Texas recently received a prosthetic hand made by a 3D printer. Keith Harris is five years old and from League City, Texas and was recently the beneficiary of work done by a volunteer group specializing in prosthetics for children with special medical needs.
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