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  1. Texas will add #SCID to newborn screening. It's the condition David Vetter, the boy in the plastic bubble, had. bit.ly/KxeGMy 9:40 AM May 3rd via web
  2. Register now for the ASH Dash 5K -- April 7, on the historic grounds of Austin State Hospital: bit.ly/wzwlvJ 9:43 AM Mar 19th via web
  3. Take a behind the scenes look at the "seriously cool" Texas public health lab at DSHS in Austin: bit.ly/yWQqdF. 12:41 PM Feb 29th via web
  4. More Texas bays are now open to oyster harvesting: bit.ly/4fjciT. 8:47 AM Feb 22nd via web
  5. Oyster harvesting is on for large portions of Galveston Bay. News update: bit.ly/4fjciT. 1:33 PM Feb 9th via web
  6. Texas opens two small areas to oyster harvesting: bit.ly/zGsdCR. 1:36 PM Jan 26th via web
  7. DSHS rabies vaccine distribution moves from the air to the ground in and around El Paso. More on the program at bit.ly/uXhYlV. 11:50 AM Jan 18th via web
  8. If you haven't gotten a flu shot yet, now's the time: bit.ly/znR7Gx. 8:08 AM Jan 12th via web
  9. Our annual aerial rabies vaccinaton drop starts this week. It's eliminated two strains of rabies from Texas: bit.ly/uXhYlV. 1:50 PM Jan 2nd via web
  10. DSHS issues fish consumption advisory for Sabine Lake: bit.ly/rH8AeL. It only applies to one species, gafftopsail catfish. 9:41 AM Dec 29th, 2011 via web
  11. 2011 Texas EMS Awards: bit.ly/s2lQDg. Congrats to the winners. 6:43 AM Nov 23rd, 2011 via web
  12. The Texas EMS Conference starts today in Austin. From rescue helicopters to the latest lifesaving techniques: bit.ly/vLWydq. 8:32 AM Nov 18th, 2011 via web
  13. Hundreds of students rally at the Capitol for a drug-free Texas: bit.ly/qBkScs. 9:43 AM Oct 13th, 2011 via web
  14. Mexico recalls face cream linked to mercury poisoning. Product should be discarded: bit.ly/paPXo4 1:40 PM Oct 3rd, 2011 via web
  15. We've updated the information on the Ennis tuberculosis investigation. Find the latest at bit.ly/4fjciT. 3:59 PM Sep 26th, 2011 via web
  16. DSHS to Conduct Community Health Assessment of Bastrop County, bit.ly/rkklRv 2:27 PM Sep 23rd, 2011 via web
  17. It's time to get a #flu shot: bit.ly/oOzAbm. 12:08 PM Sep 20th, 2011 via web
  18. DSHS warns consumers not to eat Rocky Ford cantaloupe from Colorado: bit.ly/nuBJrX 3:06 PM Sep 13th, 2011 via web
  19. As wildfires continue to burn in Texas, some areas turn to recovery, which has its own hazards: bit.ly/otShef 11:39 AM Sep 9th, 2011 via web