Dramatic cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could affect state and local health department in Texas, because those agencies rely on federal funding for a variety of public health programs,

"Mass layoffs is not how you make America healthier," city and county health officials say in reaction to large-scale dismissals of federal health workers.

Dallas County Health and Human Services has canceled 50 immunization events scheduled through the rest of the year as a result of federal funding cuts

A new study about potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP found that Texas could see its gross domestic product shrink by $7 billion.

The outbreak has expanded beyond West Texas and the Panhandle with confirmed cases in Erath County, southwest of Fort Worth, and Brown County, between Abilene and Killeen. Lamar County in far northeast Texas has 10 cases. Officials say 42 people have been hospitalized.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies.

Texas House budget writers on Monday endorsed a $337.4 billion state spending plan for the next two years, sending it to the floor for a vote expected next week.

States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.