USE THIS ONE-cbs-11 RED-tx3-21 krld_feature-logo the-fan_feature-logo

Contagious

(credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CDC: Whooping Cough Cases May Be Most In 5 Decades

Health officials say the nation is on track to have the worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades. Nearly 18,000 cases, including more than 500 in Texas, have been reported so far — more than twice the number seen at this point last year.

2012/07/19

Blood samples are seen in a hospital testing for tuberculosis. (credit: RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)

New Round Of TB Testing In North Texas School District

Follow-up testing for tuberculosis begins Monday in the Ennis school district.

2011/11/28

Blood samples are carried in a laboratory. (credit: JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

Tuberculosis Testing Underway In The Denton ISD

Tuberculosis testing started Tuesday for some 200 students in the Denton Independent School District. A student, who transferred from Ennis High School, tested positive For TB and had to be hospitalized last week.

2011/10/11

Listen Live!