Lawmakers passed a number of bills to "Make Texas Healthy Again." They also made it easier for Texans to avoid vaccines.

Every month, Morgan Fischer checks the bathrooms at Texas Children’s Hospital to see if she needs to replace any of the paper tabs that provide a phone number for the National Human Trafficking ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Justice is elusive for many impacted by the deadly realities of a multi-billion dollar industry: human trafficking. A KXAN investigation reveals while Texas is a leader in ...

Some rural health leaders voiced concerns about how the federal government shutdown may delay notices of awards or funding, but the state Health and Human Services Commission said that won't be an ...

If the federal government shutdown continues past Oct. 27, Texans receiving SNAP food benefits will not receive their November deposit on their EBT card, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ...

Roughly 3.5 million people in Texas, including 1.7 million children, will not benefit from food stamp benefits next month if the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

Federal and local authorities rescued more than 30 missing children and uncovered multiple trafficking operations targeting vulnerable youth during a coordinated crackdown across Texas. The effort, ...

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Northeastern governors, like their peers in the West, want to shore up public health and issue a stamp of approval for vaccines. By Joseph Goldstein New York and several other Northeastern states are ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Parents in Texas now have a new option if they want to exempt their children from school-required vaccines — they can download the ...

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