A Texas judge has temporarily shut down two Waller County clinics from providing medical services following the arrest of a midwife and two other clinic employees accused of performing illegal abortions.
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Houstonians have several options for where and when to get their measles vaccine over the weekend and through next week.
The largest measles outbreak in decades has reached San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it is banning the food dye Red No. 3. The agency had been reviewing a petition to ban the colorant since 2022 over safety concerns.
Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other.
A new bill filed in Texas would make abortion pills controlled substances in an attempt to curb the practice of self-managed abortions in the state.
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The case of Porsha Ngumezi, a 35-year-old woman from the Houston area, raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
The Biden administration is bringing back free at-home COVID-19 tests by mail.
Texas is among the lowest performing states for women’s health outcomes, according to a new report from a national women’s health nonprofit released Thursday morning.
It's not just you. Officials say there's been an explosion in the number of mosquitos in the Houston region after Hurricane Beryl. Harris County says there are five new human West Nile virus cases, as well.
Carbon monoxide poisoning cases are soaring across the region in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. The Houston Health Department is reporting 116 carbon monoxide-related visits to hospital emergency rooms between midnight of Monday, July 8, and mid-morning of Thursday.
'We don't know where we stand': IVF in Texas is on shaky ground
A new study finds that Texas abortion restrictions linked to increased infant deaths
Texas’ maternal mortality committee questions recent changes after anti-abortion doctor’s appointment
A Houston doctor will appear before a U.S. magistrate judge on Monday over four charges after he allegedly obtained illegal health documents from Texas Children's Hospital, according to an unsealed indictment.
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The Affordable Care Act has survived many challenges in court. But a case now before a federal judge in Texas threatens to undermine one of the most popular provisions in the law -- requiring most health plans to provide coverage for preventive care with no copays.
People living in a small, unincorporated community east of Houston are routinely breathing dangerous levels of benzene, a chemical linked to leukemia and other blood cancers.
Houston Public Media · A Texas community is being bombarded by cancer-causing benzene. State officials have known for nearly two decades.