public health

North Texans and public health officials said there's still a lot of work to do to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the U.S. from the virus during the current outbreak.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said consumable THC products are a public health threat, and he named their prohibition one of his top priorities for the 2025 legislative session. Business and veterans’ groups are likely to lobby hard against the effort.

Physicians and nonprofit leaders say Texas is no stranger to misinformation that politicians like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. perpetuate. But they worry about the impact Trump's cabinet picks will have on public health.

Distrust surrounding vaccines and President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to oversee public health took center stage at a vaccine policy symposium on Friday.

A Sanger resident has been diagnosed with the neuroinvasive form of the West Nile virus.

Three months into the U.S. bird flu outbreak, only 45 people have been tested and clinical labs aren't approved to detect the virus. They complain of slowness and uncertainty from the CDC and FDA.

More than 2 million Texans, mostly children, have lost health insurance as the state has redetermined their eligibility for Medicaid coverage.

Bernie Tiede, whose murder of a Texas widow was immortalized by Richard Linklater, is suing the state over what he calls its “cruel and unusual” treatment of inmates in hot prisons.

According to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, Texas has more severe racial and ethnic health disparities than other states in the Southwest.

It’s been two years since Texas implemented new health education standards for students, but advocates say the opt-in instruction still isn’t comprehensive.