An inmate at the Bexar County jail is being treated for monkeypox, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Graffiti linked to the nationwide “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration was sprayed throughout the North Side on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Images: District 9 and CBC Senior Pastor Ed Newton.
Read full article: ‘No Kings’ graffiti targets church, neighborhoods on North Side Hundreds of people in Uvalde came together on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, at Lexi Rubio’s mural to celebrate her birthday and honor the lives lost in the Robb Elementary School shooting.Read full article: 4th annual Lexi’s Legacy run honors Robb Elementary shooting victims FILE - A Panera Bread logo is attached to the outside of a Panera Bread restaurant location, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Westwood, Mass. SAN ANTONIO – An inmate at the Bexar County jail is being treated for monkeypox, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. BCSO told KSAT on Saturday night that the inmate was taken to the hospital on Oct. 11. They will remain at the hospital until they are cleared to return to the jail.“This is not an airborne virus,“ BCSO spokesperson Sandra Pickell said. ”It is only contagious by touching the lesion itself or by close physical contact of the lesion, rash or scab and does not live on surfaces.”“Furthermore, Classification checked for any other possible housing exposures,” she added. Monkeypox, also known as mpox, is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus that is in the same family as the one that causes smallpox, according to the Associated Press. Milder symptoms can include fever, chills and body aches. In more serious cases, people can develop lesions on the face, hands, chest and genitals.Rebecca Salinas Rebecca Salinas is the Digital Executive Producer at KSAT 12 News. A San Antonio native, Rebecca is an award-winning journalist who joined KSAT in 2019.
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