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The number of mental health providers in Bexar County has soared over the past five years, but the growth was heaviest in ...

Women make up most of U.S. health care workforce, but salaries lag…food preservatives can raise risks for cancer, ...

Barges in the Channelview area of Harris County, Texas, on August 23, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix SAN JACINTO RIVER, Texas — Over the past 30 years, federal and state agencies in Texas have allowed ...

Martin Garduño, of Stripe It Up, works on striping the intersection of West 29th and San Gabriel streets on a hot afternoon in Austin, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. Credit: Jay Janner/Austin ...

Ignacio, a construction worker who has toiled in the Texas heat for more than 10 years, suffers from chronic kidney disease and must undergo dialysis 12 hours a week. Experts believe CKD is the first ...

Standing before the United Nations last month, U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed long-held animosity for the body dating back decades to when his company was apparently rejected for a renovations ...

Texas Health and Environment Alliance founder Jackie Medcalf stands near the San Jacinto River in Highlands, Texas. For the past eight months, Medcalf has pushed the state to release ...

When pregnant women are exposed to industrial pollution, it can impact their family health for generations, a new study says. Researchers compared information on industrial sites in Utah with ...

Rosie Brown, executive director at East Carroll Community Action Agency in Lake Providence, La., said people are still struggling to make ends meet in the Delta. “We still have people who are working ...