Health officials in Illinois and North Dakota say their measles outbreaks are over.

Planned Parenthood isn't the only abortion provider that stands to lose Medicaid payments under a budget plan signed by President Donald Trump.

Senate Republicans have advanced President Donald Trump’s request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending.

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to restrict abortion pill sales in West Virginia.

At her heaviest, Kesha Willridge weighed over 300 pounds and had to rely on cholesterol, blood pressure, and depression medications. But everything changed when she saw a commercial for Innovative Lasers of Houston, founded by Laura Alexis.

A northern Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague.

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment.

The Trump administration is suing California over its animal welfare laws, claiming they unconstitutionally raised egg prices.

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Some losses knock the wind out of you and then keep on knocking. The kind that split life into before and after. That’s what so many Central Texas families are facing right now after the devastating floods on the Fourth of July.

A new federal estimate shows that nearly 1 in 3 U.S. adolescents had prediabetes in 2023, far higher than a previous estimate of 1 in 5.

The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll rises.

President Joe Biden’s White House physician is refusing to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden’s health in office.

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths.

A U.S. Senate committee has approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic's disaster plan just two days before catastrophic flooding killed over two dozen people, most of them children, at the camp.

Switzerland’s medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to permanently enact a ban on conversion therapy.

The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents.

A new AP-NORC poll finds most Americans do not want the government to focus on increasing birth rates, despite efforts by the Trump administration to make this a priority.

In Texas, Medicaid covers a third of all children, half of all pregnant women, the elderly in long-term care, and the disabled. Critics say new requirements in the bill will disrupt lives, while supporters argue it will prevent people from scamming the system.

Doctors groups and public health organizations are suing the U.S. government over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.

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When it comes to your pet's dental health, you may not see the pain, but your pet definitely feels it. Houston Pet Dental can help bring those smiles back.

The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between providers makes testing people and transporting samples difficult.

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

In the aftermath of the devastating floods in Central Texas, several companies are reaching out to offer free mental health services to the impacted communities.

A new study shows that the health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to experience obesity, chronic diseases and other problems.

Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, but steady access to the drugs remains challenging.