Will lawmakers let Texas’ maternal mortality committee review abortion deaths?
The Legislature is considering bills that would lift long-standing restrictions on how Texas’ panel can investigate maternal deaths and near-misses.
View ArticleHouston’s Fifth Ward residents offered free cancer screenings as water, soil...
The cancer screening initiative comes weeks after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its first round of soil testing results from the area, which found elevated levels of highly toxic...
View ArticlePower outages, lost income, poor sleep among top impacts of Houston’s 2024...
A recent study by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research found that more than 90% of Harris County residents lost power during one or more of the storms, and more than 70% were in the...
View ArticleFive years into COVID, more Texans are avoiding vaccines – for everything
Vaccine hesitancy was rising even before COVID-19 emerged – but the pandemic exacerbated the trend. More kindergartners are opting out of school vaccine requirements, and state lawmakers are trying to...
View ArticleHouston health officials confirm city’s third case of measles this year
The third case, an unvaccinated infant, comes two months after the health department confirmed the city's first two cases of measles since 2018. Those previous cases were two adults who lived in the...
View ArticleHouston-area midwife among 3 arrested in connection to illegal abortion...
Maria Margarita Rojas, known as “Dr. Maria,” faces up to 20 years in prison and hundreds of thousands in fines if she is convicted.
View ArticleWith passage of SB 3, Texas Senate green-lights ban on THC products in the state
Senate Bill 3, a priority item for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, now heads to the Texas House for consideration. It passed the Texas Senate on Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleTexas judge temporarily shuts down Houston-area clinics accused of providing...
Judge Gary Chaney on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order preventing Maternal and Child Healthcare and Research Center, Clinicas Latinoamericanas and Houston Birth House from providing any...
View ArticleVaccinations are injected with politics as measles spreads in West Texas
The politics of ending vaccine requirements in Texas is in conflict with the reality of a raging measles outbreak in West Texas. Texans for Vaccine Choice, a powerful political action committee, has...
View ArticleA Texas bill offers clarity on abortion exemptions. Here’s what doctors think.
Abortion is legal in Texas only when the life of the mother or a “major bodily function” is at risk. Doctors, who could face prison time for performing an abortion, have been seeking clarification on...
View ArticleTexas suspends Houston-area midwife’s license amid criminal case over...
Authorities say Maria Margarita Rojas presented herself as a gynecologist without a medical license.
View ArticleFort Bend County health officials report measles case associated with...
The case involves a woman between the ages of 50-60, according to the Fort Bend Health and Human Services department, which said the case is associated with recent international travel and not the...
View ArticleFort Bend County measles case prompts Houston Health Department to conduct...
A woman between the ages of 50 and 60 contracted measles while traveling internationally, Fort Bend health officials announced over the weekend. It's the first measles case in at least 20 years for the...
View ArticleMedicaid, SNAP cuts could cost 68,000 Texas jobs, report finds
A new study about potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP found that Texas could see its gross domestic product shrink by $7 billion.
View ArticleHHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
View ArticleHarris County health officials investigating reported measles case in child...
The four other measles cases reported in the Houston area this year have been tied to international travel and not the ongoing outbreak in West Texas, where more than 400 cases and one death have been...
View ArticleHello Houston – The Commuter Cut (April 4, 2025)
For our busy Houston commuters – we have “The Commuter Cut” – a special 40-minute version of our show to listen to during your journey home.
View ArticleMeasles case confirmed in person who traveled through Houston’s Hobby Airport...
The person traveled to Houston from Mexico while infected with measles, a virus that can be transmitted before symptoms even develop, according to the health department.
View ArticleHouston-area lawmaker’s bill banning junk food purchases with SNAP benefits...
Critics worry that Senate Bill 379, authored by a Houston-area Republican, could hurt people living in areas with a lack of access to healthy food. If the bill becomes Texas law, the state would need...
View ArticleMemorial Hermann resumes liver transplant program following data manipulation...
The Houston-based hospital system abruptly halted the program last year due to a “pattern of irregularities with donor acceptance criteria,” it said at the time.
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