As it has for the past few decades, Texas is still facing a nursing shortage—a problem now severe enough to warrant state lawmakers...

Texas lawmakers committed to better health coverage for pregnant and postpartum people in the 2023 legislative session. It’s one way...

The latest studies of health needs in Fort Bend County identify barriers preventing many residents from accessing quality physical and...

Pregnant moms on Medicaid will get health care coverage for a year, patients will get more detailed billing and nurses will get help with...

During its regular session this year, the Texas Legislature passed a $321.3 billion ($144 billion in general funds) state budget for the...

McKinney City Council members voted to direct $100,000 of the city’s opioid crisis funding to McKinney-based nonprofit GraceToChange at a...

Leading conservative Gary Bauer slammed the Biden administration Monday for “punishing the poor” by denying health care funds to Texas...

Successful bills this session focused on the shortage of nurses in Texas and on eliminating the tax on feminine hygiene products. The...

Texas House-passed bills to decriminalize marijuana, facilitate expungements and allow chronic pain patients to access medical cannabis...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton allegedly broke multiple laws and misused his office to help a campaign donor, a group of investigators...

Across the country, Democratic lawmakers in GOP states have struggled to stop an onslaught of bills restricting gender-affirming health...

House Bill 568, which will provide training for peace officers for interactions with people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of...

Gender-affirming healthcare is a large focus of this year’s legislative session, with bills like SB 14 that would ban care for minors in...

The first Texas legislative session after Roe v. Wade was overturned was “a draw,” according to Rep. Donna Howard, a Democrat from...

Senate Bill 240 would provide new solutions to stop on-the-job assaults and protections for those who report workplace violence. Texas...

In an unexpected vote May 8, a Texas House committee advanced a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase semiautomatic weapons....

The Austin City Council approved a Medicare for All resolution today, making the capital city the second in Texas to endorse extending...

With each passing year, access to affordable health care is a barrier to more and more Texas families and a greater strain on employers’...

A new initiative from Children’s Health and Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute has in its first year expanded mental health services...

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing has also sent Narcan to 73 percent of all Texas counties It’s a subject KSAT has reported on many...