Growing shortage of providers drives rural patients to EDs…Americans’ anxiety over health care costs hits new high…most ...

Fear of losing control over reproductive decisions spurs more women to have tubal ligations … Disadvantaged U.S. children ...

Univision 45’s 10-minute report, “Bombarded by Benzene,” expanded on a 2024 Public Health Watch investigation based on ...

A state amendment addressing rising rates of dementia in Texas passed with overwhelming approval from voters last week, a key ...

New online map lets readers explore cancer risks in their counties…older, poor-quality housing leaves residents vulnerable to ...

Ignacio, a construction worker who has toiled in the Texas heat for more than 10 years, suffers from chronic kidney disease and must undergo dialysis 12 hours a week. Experts believe CKD is the first ...

Standing before the United Nations last month, U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed long-held animosity for the body dating back decades to when his company was apparently rejected for a renovations ...

Texas Health and Environment Alliance founder Jackie Medcalf stands near the San Jacinto River in Highlands, Texas. For the past eight months, Medcalf has pushed the state to release ...

Connie Boulware, of Houston, opens up half her duplex as a “hub house” to residents forced out of their homes by hurricanes or other disasters. She wishes Harris County officials were better-prepared ...

Krystal Nice has been diagnosed with several mental-health conditions and has struggled to gain approval of monthly disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Credit: Michael ...

A vendor sells bottled water while shading himself with an umbrella at the exit of the Paso del Norte International Bridge during triple-digit temperatures in El Paso, Texas on Thursday, August 7, ...