Texas health

New federal data shows 92.4% of U.S. kindergarteners received the required measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine during the last school year. That's below the 95% vaccination level generally considered necessary to help prevent outbreaks.

An Alaskan surrogate has traveled to Texas for legal protection after a California couple has refused treatment for a severe heart condition.

Public health officials said some parents are confused about what vaccines are required to attend Texas schools amid efforts to change recommendations.

Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.

Texas aims to contract child welfare services to private providers by 2029 under a system called "community-based care." The abrupt cancelation of its contract with a foster care provider serving eastern North Texas after child deaths has community stakeholders questioning the system's effectiveness.

The ruling says Attorney General Ken Paxton didn't prove his allegations that the Houston-area clinics performed abortions when a lower court's injunction forced them to close.

Just 2% of Texas voters call abortion the state’s most pressing problem. Advocates are reframing the issue as one of reproductive healthcare that affects families’ pocketbooks.

Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

Priorities for Republican leadership last legislative session have either been stuck in the courts or left to linger in the state rulemaking process.

State leaders and pro-life groups are siding with 2-year-old Annelise Camp’s family, who are suing to stop Texas Children’s Hospital from testing her for brain death.