For many Americans, it's not clear how easy getting a COVID-19 vaccination will be.

In the deadly summer of 2020, Hispanics in Texas were half of all COVID-19 deaths, spurring many to vaccinate. Today, in a startling flip, Hispanics make up less than a quarter of deaths from the disease.

The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at dozens of rules aimed at protecting the environment, including one that requires big polluters to report greenhouse gas emissions.

The program would give low income families an extra $120 per child for summer lunches, but federal debate about food benefits could endanger the program.

Four more cases were reported in the last week from the ongoing measles outbreak connected to West Texas.

Lawmakers sought to close gaps in education and support funding for agriculture, disaster preparedness and health care this year.

When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899.

Vietnam has scrapped its long-standing two-child policy as birth rates fall and its population ages.

Six weeks before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel last December, Luigi Mangione mused about rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel” and expressed that killing the executive “conveys a greedy bastard that had it coming."

Federal authorities say they have arrested a Washington man who provided chemicals to make explosives used to bomb a California fertility clinic in May.

Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data.

Louisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow list of exceptions to the state’s abortion ban.

A judge says the federal Bureau of Prisons must keep providing hormone therapy to hundreds of transgender inmates following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that led to a disruption in medical treatment.

Health Secretary Robert F.

The Legislature wrapped up without the same drama that defined the end of the last two sessions, with state GOP leaders checking off nearly everything on their to-do lists.

Natural gas has become a go-to fuel for power plants from coast to coast, sometimes replacing dirtier coal-fired plants and, by extension, improving air quality.

Houstonians are at high risk for skin cancer simply because we are exposed to the sun year-round.

House Bill 46, which awaits Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval, would include more patients with chronic pain and allow for prescribed vaporized and aerosol products, such as vapes.

Hope, renewal, and inspiration are at the heart of Inspiration Ranch, a Magnolia nonprofit that is now struggling to recover from storm damage.

U.S. health officials have changed their advice to international travelers about measles, saying Americans should be vaccinated against the disease no matter where they travel in the world.

Wendy and Richard Marzullo are getting ready to celebrate a big milestone in their marriage - 30 years together. new smiles to show off.

Self-administered at-home tests are available for everything from thyroid function to HIV to cervical cancer.

In Uganda, where more than 40% of the population live in extreme poverty, many families live in homes with dirt floors.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

Texas is poised to lead the country in an initiative to inform denizens of what’s in their food. Food industry experts say it’s going too far.

Pakistan efforts to eliminate polio have suffered another blow after a northern enclave reported its first case in seven years.

A first-of-its-kind experiment shows a three-year exercise program improved survival in colon cancer patients.

A ban on disposable vapes has come into force across the U.K. as the British government aims to stem their illegal use by children, reduce litter and prevent the leaking of harmful chemicals into the environment.

After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for its most sweeping smoking ban yet.