Vaccine hesitancy was rising even before COVID-19 emerged – but the pandemic exacerbated the trend. More kindergartners are opting out of school vaccine requirements, and Texas lawmakers are trying to make it even easier to do so.
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The Houston area -- so far -- remains untouched by a West Texas measles outbreak that grew to more than 200 cases on Tuesday. The city health department is monitoring wastewater treatment plants for the virus.
Houston health experts were quick to dispel a rumor that's been circulating amid a measles outbreak in West Texas, making it clear that no vitamin can replace the highly effective measles vaccine.
Monday is "First Responders Day" at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where volunteers on the medical and safety committee also activate when someone is injured at NRG Park.
Houstonians have several options for where and when to get their measles vaccine over the weekend and through next week.
Houston and Harris County leaders, along with local health officials, have two main messages for residents of the region: Get vaccinated against measles and get familiar with its symptoms.
Following allegations that a Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center surgeon manipulated government transplant records, a national organization that manages the distribution of organs flagged the Houston hospital for failing to comply with standards.
Almost five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Houston's annual rodeo. Now, as vaccination rates have since declined in the region and across the state, a measles outbreak is budding in Texas as this year’s rodeo is set to start.
The largest measles outbreak in decades has reached San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Harris County has joined a nationwide legal effort seeking to block funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) made by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Two of the Houston area’s largest hospitals have announced they will soon be entering a joint venture to combat childhood cancer.
U.S. veterans are worried that two deadly New Year's Day incidents involving current and former service members could increase stigma, or paint veterans as somehow damaged.
Traces of pharmaceuticals — including opioids, muscle relaxants, and sedatives — have been found in the blubber of common bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recent study.
South Korea, long a close ally of the U.S., has significantly increased its budget for veterans and their family members. Even though it lags behind the Americans' level of support, the VA in the U.S. can learn from its East Asian partner.
Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other.
The case of Porsha Ngumezi, a 35-year-old woman from the Houston area, raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Cancer Moonshot is a program the Biden Administration revived in 2022. It's poured hundreds of millions of dollars into cancer research. President-elect Donald Trump has not yet addressed the fate of the initiative.
The FDA has adopted a new rule similar to one passed in Texas over a decade ago. The new law will change what information doctors have to share with patients receiving mammograms.
$3.3 million UH study to find ways to prevent blindness in diabetic and prediabetic patients
The Houston ISD community is mourning as a Marshall Middle School student died this week after a medical emergency on campus. The death has called attention to the district’s use of on-campus defibrillators.