Lubbock Public Health is facing potential federal cuts to their budget, including a proposed 50% reduction in CDC funding, as ...

Vector control teams will increase mosquito spraying. The public is strongly encouraged to take precautions to reduce ...

There’s some thought that the Gaines County measles outbreak might be slowing down. However, we really don’t know how many susceptible people are left because we don’t have a good accounting of all of ...

Then public health became a political litmus test. Katherine Wells, Lubbock Health Department's director, looks through a vaccine log on March 17. Wells and her staff are working to stem the ...

The Lubbock public health director said Wednesday local efforts to fight a measles outbreak will be affected by the federal government’s announcement that it’s pulling $11 billion in COVID-era ...

The new Lubbock Public Health facility is officially open for business, marking the completion of a yearslong project aiming to better the community health landscape in the Hub City and Lubbock ...

“It’s kind of crazy to have this funding cut,” said Lubbock’s public health director Katherine Wells. “I don’t have a savings account in public health.” The Trump administration ...

On Monday, Lubbock Public Health issued immunization recommendations for the whole county following the cases at Tiny Tots U Learning Academy on South University Avenue. The health agency advised ...

Wells has served as the public health director for 10 years. Long before the measles outbreak and COVID, she navigated situations like Lubbock’s high sexually transmited infections and teen ...

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