Current Concerns

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As a public health department, Tarrant County Public Health's main charge is to protect the health of county residents. This requires us to maintain a continual surveillance of potential health threats. This listing below touches on immediate and growing health concerns we see in Tarrant County:

 

Food safety inspectors on the job, talking with mobile food vendor

Director's Blog entry: Summer's fading, schools in session and we're preparing for what's next

 

hand dialing a knob labeled AQI Air Quality, with seetings including Best, Moderate, Poor

Be AQI Aware

 

Sexually Transmitted Disease testing, gloved hand holding a STDs testing tube

Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections

 

shining sun with thermometer

Avoid heat injuries

 

mosquitoes in test tube

West Nile Virus

 

COVID-19

COVID-19 and its variants