Autism link strongest when moms exposed to more smoke late in pregnancy…cigarette butts contaminate waterways with ...

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

From hailstorms in Texas to drought in the Southwest, 2025 had more billion-dollar weather and climate disasters than nearly any other year on record. The U.S. experienced 23 separate weather and ...

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

The costliest disasters were hailstorms, tornadoes and high winds … Chemicals used in plastics linked to higher death risks … Black, Hispanic children more likely to live in poverty … and more.

In the spring of 1977, federal workplace-safety regulators were confronted with a grim government study. Current and former employees of two Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants in Ohio had been using ...

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 ...

Downtown Houston on a smoggy day. Particulate matter, an ingredient in smog, has been linked to a long list of health effects, including premature death, stroke and breast cancer. Credit: Dave Fehling ...

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 ...

Houston pediatrician D. Maneesh Kumar talks with his young patient, Maya, who was born with a rare genetic disorder. Maya’s family relies on Medicaid to cover the expensive treatment and care she ...