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Posted on · Trustees for the Houston-area school district are considering terminating a contract it signed in 2021 that would create a campus-based health clinic at Humble High School. Memorial Hermann says it does not provide gender-affirming care to anyone younger than age 18 and that parents must consent to any services provided at the clinic.
Posted on · Amazon Studios' new film "A Million Miles Away" tells the remarkable true story of Jose Hernandez.
Posted on · An investigation by Houston Public Media found that bus shelters inconsistently provided protection against the heat during some of the hottest months of the summer.
Posted on · NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.
Posted on · People will be able to go to COVIDTests.gov and get four free tests per household, starting next week. The Biden administration says it is trying to prepare for the fall and winter COVID season.
Posted on · “We want to make sure that these uninsured and underinsured individuals have this access to the care that they need,” Commissioner Lesley Briones said.
Posted on · Texas is still the state with the highest percentage of uninsured residents, at nearly 17 percent, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau survey released Thursday.
Posted on · The updated shots have a single target, an omicron descendant named XBB.1.5.
Posted on · Texas officials sued the organization last year in federal court for more than $1.8 billion, claiming it committed Medicaid fraud when it filed reimbursements at a time when the state was seeking to expel it from the program.
Posted on · The FDA asked advisers to take another look at phenylephrine, which became the main drug in over-the-counter decongestants when medicines with an older ingredient were moved behind pharmacy counters.
Posted on · Mass fish casualties resulting from low dissolved oxygen levels are most common in the late spring and early summer, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. But there have been multiple fish kill events in the Galveston area this month.
Posted on · We discuss how Houstonians will have to adapt to what may likely be hotter summers to come.
Posted on · While the worst of this summer's extreme heat may be over, you still need to think about sun exposure.
Posted on · Local and national health officials are warning the public of an uptick of the rare infection tied to unusually high ocean temperatures.
Posted on · The variant first emerged two weeks ago and has since been detected in several countries, including Denmark, Israel and the United States.