Higher Health Costs Hitting Retired Texas Teachers In 2018
Some retired Texas teachers face higher health insurance premiums in 2018 under a state program that has teetered on insolvency in recent years.
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Some retired Texas teachers face higher health insurance premiums in 2018 under a state program that has teetered on insolvency in recent years.
A new report says Texas is one of the worst places in the country for the flu, so far this year.
Here's a list of shocking stories from this year that shows just how far science has come and how unbelievable (and a little gross!) it can be.
The Tarrant County Public Health Department tells CBS11 there are 469 reported cases so far this year. That's a big increase from last year when there were 297.
Health leaders said that they are alarmed about a report claiming that officials at the CDC are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget documents.
Health officials say the flu is spreading across the nation, with a dozen states now reporting widespread flu cases just ahead of the holiday season.
California's legal marijuana market is taking shape. The state has issued the first batch of business licenses to sell and transport recreational-use pot, just 18 days before legal sales will begin on January 1.
The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary sounded alarms nationally about gaps in mental health care and led to calls for better screening and services, but some key reforms have yet to be delivered by Congress.
The Fort Worth City Council approved expanded the smoking ordinance 8-1 on Tuesday night inside a packed council chambers.
All school-related activities for Tuesday and Wednesday, including evening activities, are cancelled.
As soon as a rattlesnake sinks its fangs into a victim, the venom starts traveling through the bloodstream. It's a race against time to get to a hospital, the only place that readily offers anti-venom.
Federal officials have warned that patients at a psychiatric hospital in Dallas are in "immediate jeopardy" two years after Texas regulators threatened to close the facility over severe safety problems.
A spokesman says former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge expects to leave a Texas medical facility in time to be home in Maryland for Christmas.
This year's flu season started picking up last month. Health officials stated that the flu vaccine seems well matched to the viruses that are making people sick.
A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a preliminary study found.