Community Health

Community health provides several services that focus on disease surveillance and the management and prevention of disease.

Disease Surveillance

A vital role of the Texas County Health Department is to identify, prevent and control the spread of communicable (infectious) disease. Find out more about disease surveillance.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

The health department provides confidential testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases at no cost. Learn more about sexually transmitted diseases.

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs but that can attack other parts of the body. Tuberculosis is spread from person to person through the air. Learn more about tuberculosis.