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Texas launches new dashboard tracking
NORTH TEXAS – It’s a rough time for a lot of sick kids and the parents who have to take care of them.
Children’s Health reports a 40% jump in the number of children it has treated for the flu at clinics, doctor’s offices and emergency rooms last week compared to the week before.
The Centers for Disease Control says 46.9% of children have gotten their flu vaccine this season, well below normal; however, Children’s Health says COVID-19 and RSV cases in children are declining.
If you want to get a better idea about exactly what’s making people sick in Texas, the state has a new tool just for you.
The Texas Department of State Health Services launched a new dashboard looking at real-time and historical respiratory virus cases.
This dashboard emergency room visits broken down by flu cases, RSV cases, and COVID-19 cases, the “big three” respiratory viruses most likely to cause serious disease at this time of year.
Respiratory virus season runs from October to May and usually peaks in the winter; however, the viruses are always circulating, so there is a risk of infection at any time of year.
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When it comes to training the doctors and researchers who will staff hospitals, Texas holds its own on the world stage.
Several Texas health and medical institutions landed on U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-27 Best Global Universities list, with three cracking the global top 500 — led by UT Southwestern Medical Center at No. 113.
The list considered 13 indicators and weights to measure global research performance and reputation, ranking the world’s 2,250 top universities.
Here’s a look at how some major public and private health care and medical universities in Texas fared on the list.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Global Ranking: No. 113.
Location: Dallas, Texas.
Type: Public university.
Baylor College of Medicine
Global Ranking: No. 144.
Location: Houston, Texas.
Type: Private university.
University of Texas Health Science Center — Houston
Global Ranking: No. 324.
Location: Houston, Texas.
Type: Public university.
University of Texas Medical Branch — Galveston
Global Ranking: No. 599.
Location: Galveston, Texas.
Type: Public university.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Global Ranking: No. 1,871.
Location: Lubbock, Texas.
Type: Public university.
Mateo Rosiles is the Texas Connect reporter for USA TODAY and its regional papers in Texas. Got a news tip for him? Email him at mrosiles@usatodayco.com.
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