Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) entire vaccine board even as childhood vaccination ...

Texas police say there are more than 10,000 people in attendance at the Capitol for Saturday's 'No Kings' protest. Follow for ...

Texas officials have notified local public health departments to brace for another $119 million in federal cuts at the end of ...

City and county leaders will continue partnering on local violence interruption strategies that have expended over the past ...

President Donald Trump has already eroded many of the U.S.’s democratic safeguards and traditions in the initial months of ...

The bill includes provisions that would reduce funding for Medicaid and add stricter eligibility requirements. Costs of ...

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 may be underreported due to incomplete data; Chart: Axios Visuals Drug-related deaths in Travis County have dropped from pandemic-era highs, but are still above 2019 levels, CDC ...

Organizers are ready to enter the next phase of their policy battle as Gov. Greg Abbott is poised to sign into law a handful ...

It's part of a wide rollback of environmental regulations EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says will remove trillions of dollars ...

Mayor Kirk Watson: "We are no longer in Austin and Travis County reacting to a crisis" as opioid overdose deaths decline ...

Austin Public Schools (APS) decided to increase its health insurance premiums for fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 during Monday’s ...

Public health and elected officials plan to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. to give an update on the opioid overdose epidemic.