AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging women to get screened for cervical cancer as part of National Cervical Health Awareness Month this January.

The funding is the largest rural health award of its kind-but the real impact depends on how and when the money reaches local providers.

Office of Inspector General and Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to investigate possible fraud.

Health care policies -- from abortion laws to vaccine rules -- are changing rapidly at the national and state level. Here are ...

Texas state law establishes an “expiration date” for state agencies, meaning those agencies will automatically be abolished on that date unless lawmakers pass legislation to continue it. The current ...

Providers and other subscribers can use a single connection to receive comprehensive event notifications from health information exchange networks Connected Community Health Information Exchange and ...

Two Texas health departments are seeking multiple contractors to fulfill a statewide PR and advertising contract that would last five years and is worth as much as $45 million. The Texas Health and ...

Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory staff members test mosquitoes for the West Nile virus, among other diseases, on May 1, 2025. Credit: Texas Tribune / Ilana Panich-Linsman Sign up ...

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