title: Don't Curb Your Enthusiasm.
abstract: The Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt, MD, talks about his assessment of the state health department, how medicine can help the agency achieve its public health mission, and the challenges involved in Zika virus.
authors.forename: Joey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berlin
mesh_terms: D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D013219:State Government; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology