Texans Get Older In Latest Census Figures
The average age of Texans is creeping up. Figures released Thursday show that the median age of Texas residents was 33.6 last year.
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The average age of Texans is creeping up. Figures released Thursday show that the median age of Texas residents was 33.6 last year.
Governor Rick Perry celebrated the passage of a law that requires doctors to conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion with a formal signing ceremony.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service will announce Tuesday that it has lowered its temperature recommendation for cooking pork to 145 degrees.
Conservatives did their best to tack obscure anti-abortion measures onto unrelated legislation. Liberals countered with clumsy delay tactics.
Texas would need parental permission to store the parents' newborn's blood sample for possible research use under legislation approved by the Texas Senate.
One of the most striking images of destruction in Joplin, Missouri Sunday was the decimation of Saint John's Regional Medical Center. Four people died when the hospital took a direct hit.
Despite barely two dozen positive tests in three years, Texas is likely to keep its high school steroids testing program.
Final numbers on the state budget are still being worked out but one of the thousands of programs that'll be slashed include state health department funding. The department's $20 million request to help people with HIV and AIDS has been rejected.
Public school districts wouldn't be allowed to use older football helmets under legislation passed by the Texas Legislature. The Texas Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that bans schools from using helmets 16 years old or older.
Some people swear the words 'retail' and 'therapy' go together. But 'art' and 'therapy' aren't often seen in the same phrase.
Nate Oxford is only 5-years-old, but has already battled cancer three times. The cancer wouldn't go away, but the family also wouldn't give up. Drastic measures were needed so they took a chance on a radical new treatment.
Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a requirement that doctors conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion.
It's getting harder to find white potatoes in your child's school cafeteria these days. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reducing the amount that can be served and changing other nutrition guidelines.
Federal health experts said Wednesday that dosing instructions for children younger than 2 years old should be added to Children's Tylenol and similar products containing acetaminophen.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and now, thanks to a new program, more children in the Dallas Independent School District will have access to it.