Texas health

House Bill 2038 makes it easier for foreign doctors to get licensed in Texas — but not all are allowed.

Some food industry experts hope the state's law will play a role in influencing more federal regulation of food additives.

The outbreak has killed two children in the state.

SNAP recipients will not be allowed to use benefits to purchase candy, drinks containing artificial sweeteners, or drinks containing five grams or more of added sugar.

There have been no new cases confirmed in Texas in four weeks.

Texas lawmakers are lobbying for millions of dollars to fight the New World Screwworm.

The number of cases tied to the months-long measles outbreak in Texas has not increased in three weeks, and a spokesman for the Department of State Health Services said, "It appears the height of the measles outbreak is behind us."

Across the 18 states that have banned or tightly restricted abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, questions have persisted over when doctors can perform abortions in medical emergencies.

Recent lab data indicate higher tick activity this season in Texas than in years past. The director of UNTHSC's tick-borne disease lab tells how to guard against bites.

Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.