Plastic waste risks include heart disease, cancer and asthma ... Physician practices are paid less to treat Black, Hispanic ...

Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, ...

(From left to right) Public Health Watch reporter Savanna Strott, Univision45 photographer and editor Jeffersonn Castellanos and Univision 45 reporter Ana Bueno at the Lone Star Emmy Awards in Dallas, ...

The number of women who had tubal ligations — a type of surgery that permanently prevents pregnancy — jumped significantly following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, a new ...

Maria Alanis holds the hand of her mother, Isabel, in their backyard in Brownsville, Texas. Maria was a full-time dementia caregiver for her mother until she died last month. Credit: Miguel ...

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How much money you make, the type of housing you live in and the quality of air you breathe can determine your community-level risk for developing cancer, a new study says. Published in JAMA Network ...

The world’s failure to curb fossil fuel use and adapt to rising temperatures is costing millions of lives each year, according to two new major assessments. Scientists say worsening heat, air ...

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 ...

Medicare may be a federal program, but the care it supports is not level nationwide. A new analysis finds that for the nation’s 69 million beneficiaries, access to doctors, out-of-pocket costs and ...