The CDC highlights that while the measles vaccine is highly effective, vaccinated individuals can still contract the disease, though it is rare and typically results in a milder form.

Texas authorities arrested midwife Maria Margarita Rojas and medical assistant Jose Manuel Cendan Ley for performing illegal abortions and operating unlicensed clinics in Houston.

The mother of Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old murder victim, is advocating in Austin for Senate Bill 990, which seeks to expand death penalty eligibility to include all child victims between the ages of 10 and 15 in Texas.

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.

The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

A possible reassignment of the charitable games comes as 15 bills in the Legislature seek to either alter or abolish the troubled agency.

Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, said Texas A&M is better positioned to grow the Victoria school and serve the region’s petrochemical and agriculture industries.

National gas prices plummet, but is this an economic red flag or much-needed relief at the pump

Emboldened by court rulings and election victories, the Christian right is outspoken as it pushes its moral views through the Texas Legislature.

Proponents say the changes would better serve special education students with widely varying needs — and help schools pay for it.

The district has been a Democratic stronghold, held for decades by Sheila Jackson Lee and most recently by former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, who died March 5.

HB 4938, if passed, would abolish the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and transfer its functions to the General Land Office, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Public Safety.

Underprepared teachers have been tied to student learning losses. But amid a teacher shortage crisis, school leaders fear the restrictions will lead to fewer instructors in their classrooms.

A Senate bill filed Friday does not expand abortion access, but aims to give doctors clarity while operating under laws that come with up to life in prison.

Per the attorney general’s nonbinding opinion, state agencies should change gender markers on government documents back to a person’s sex assigned at birth.

The Texas universities are among dozens accused of violating the law by partnering with a group that had sought to increase diversity in graduate programs.