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Texas Department of Health

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    November 2, 2011

    There Are No Texas Oysters in Your Near Future

    Steven Doyle​Houston-based food journalist Robb Walsh wrote yesterday about the red tide outbreak, which has caused the delayed opening of Texas' oyster beds. Oyster harvesting was closed until further notice by the Texas Department of Health State Services (DSHS) on October 26, leaving Walsh ... More >>

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    American Toxic

    The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    Pubic Enemies

    The problems of pointing a laser where the sun don't shine

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Right Hand of God

    Two Texas leaders of the extreme Religious Right get ready to flex their political muscle

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Two Texas leaders of the extreme Religious Right get ready to flex their political muscle

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    R.I.P.ped

    Even former Mr. America Mike Scarcella wasn't strong enough to beat the horrors of GHB addiction

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Getting the Bird

    West Nile keeps animal control officers hopping to collect dead birds

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Consider the Source

    Planned Parenthood refuses to give up the dole without a fight

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Hope in Hell

    Cameron Park, Texas, is the poorest town in the U.S.A. But its residents say life has never been better.

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Catch Those Tigers

    Years of little or no regulation have made Texas a place where big cats prowl--and sometimes kill

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    The Next Breast Thing

    Build a better fake boob, and women will beat a path to your door, along with the occasional lawsuit

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Down by the Old Mill

    A band of East Texas environmentalists takes on a polluting paper plant and proves that might doesn't always make right, even in a company town

  • Dining

    March 1, 2001

    Cloudy Issue

    Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Planet Mold

    The latest environmental hazard in Dallas and the country is displacing homeowners, covering walls and pets, and making lawyers even richer. Welcome to the weird world of "black mold."

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Howard's End

    Carlton Stowers goes in search of the dark muse that inspired pulp-fiction legend Robert E. Howard, the West Texas recluse who created Conan the Barbarian

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Bay botch

    Oysterman Joe Nelson says pollution is slowly killing Galveston Bay. Is anyone listening?

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Unacceptable Risk

    Texas health officials say that mandatory childhood vaccinations against hepatitis B will prevent the spread of life-threatening illness. But which is riskier--the disease or the vaccine?

  • News

    November 5, 1998

    Prime cut

    Religious circumciser Rabbi Michael Rovinsky is skilled, funny, and popular among both his Jewish and gentile clients. But is this mohel a brazen self-promoter who is maiming our children by doing God's work?

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Chemical Warrior

    When Phyllis Glazer learned a chemical plant was making her East Texas neighbors sick, the wealthy Dallas homemaker could have cut and run. Instead, she chose to stay, fight, and win.

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Dumped On

    How greedy property owners and careless bureaucrats let a massive illegal landfill grow in the back yard of a black Dallas neighborhood

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    Letters

    How greedy property owners and careless bureaucrats let a massive illegal landfill grow in the back yard of a black Dallas neighborhood

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Something In The Air

    Downwind of TXI's Midlothian cement plant, people and animals keep getting sick. Instead of investigating whether the plant is to blame, state regulators appear ready to let TXI burn even more hazardous waste. Part two of A Dallas Observer Special Report

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Betty's In Charge

    Is Dallas County's most explosive bureaucrat ruining the health department?

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Static Quo

    The City of Dallas could make a fortune from WRR-FM. But powerful friends don't want anything to change at their little radio station.

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    Letters

    The City of Dallas could make a fortune from WRR-FM. But powerful friends don't want anything to change at their little radio station.

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    Epidemic of hope

    A new family of drugs may offer AIDS patients a new lease on life

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Seeing yellow

    Dallas massage therapist says SWBYP's gives folks the wrong idea about his business

  • News

    June 8, 1995

    Dog and pony show

    A small-town uproar follows shooting of two beloved pets

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