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Cash-Strapped Rural Hospitals in East Texas and Beyond are Closing Their Labor-and-Delivery Units

Cash-Strapped Rural Hospitals in East Texas and Beyond are Closing Their Labor-and-Delivery Units

Scarcity of mental health resources, prevalence of guns and stigma attached to seeking help contribute to hig…

The Justice Department seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which requires U.S. immigration of…

Private foster care and adoption agencies in Texas are brokering contracts for moms to turn over their childr…

"It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me because the doctor is the one who put him in the ambulance," said …

Even after multiple massive power outages - including one from a 2021 winter storm in Texas that prompted a U…

Lead in drinking water is a known danger. But how many of the country's estimated 9 million lead service line…

Three trans Americans detail how they found joy and community in some of the country's most conservative stat…

Some casino employees, anti-smoking advocates and public health experts argue it is long past time to snuff o…

As conservative lawmakers and activists set their sights on transgender inclusion and health care, trans adul…

Studies show that high rates of Black fetal and infant deaths are largely preventable - and part of systemic …

A Child Protective Services disability specialist says Texas' foster care system isn't preparing teens with c…

As more states restrict gender-affirming care for transgender people, some are relocating to destinations whe…

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Black people and those with high levels of melanin in their skin have long been left out of efforts to combat…

There is a sense of serendipity for Travis County Judge Aurora Martinez Jones, as she presides over the Texas…

Cameron Wright, 16, has always seen himself as a "dude." As a young child, Cameron didn't have the words to e…

Legislators in Kansas are pushing bills to expand exemptions for school vaccines, allowing religious exemptio…

For about six months, as their 4-year-old became increasingly despondent and withdrawn, Liz and Eugene would …

Parents and youth advocates have long watched as Texas politicians used vulnerable transgender children to de…

Charlie Apple had experienced people calling into question his humanity, suggesting he was just a confused ki…