the high volume is contributing to mounting waste, including microplastics that increasingly escape into air, land and water, according to the report.

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

Rural America is facing a growing shortage of primary care providers, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund. About 43 million rural Americans live in areas with too few primary care ...

(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 ...