Texas

Measles Cases Are Rising. Other Preventable Diseases Could Follow
As the United States grapples with rising measles cases and outbreaks in several states, another vaccine-preventable disease is quietly spreading ...

Some free measles vaccine clinics in Texas are closing due to federal funding cuts
Cuts to federal funding have forced healthcare officials in Texas to shutter 50 planned vaccination clinics in Dallas, one the ...

‘Old Stump’ in Texas Turns Out to Be Incredibly Rare Mammoth Tusk
While hunting in West Texas, a deer hunter spotted a strange object in a creek bed. Suspecting it might be ...

The ‘Dune Express’ has nothing to do with the movies. It’s a 42-mile conveyor belt, the longest in the U.S., that moves fracking sand in Texas
It’s longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the southwest U.S. and crawls at ...

This Is How Measles Kills
The phenomenon is known as immune amnesia, and it can leave people vulnerable to other infections for several weeks to ...

The Supreme Court is wading into a battle over what to do with 100,000 tons of nuclear waste dating back to the 1980s that’s growing every year
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New ...

Tensions boil over in the House Chamber with Texas representative Al Green ejected in the first 15 minutes
The Democratic lawmaker shook his cane while shouting at President Trump. Read More

Amazon’s Delivery Drones Are Grounded. The Birds and Dogs of This Texas Town Are Grateful
As flights began picking up early last year, the people who live closest to the drone depot started fuming over ...

First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), countered sharp criticisms from Democratic senators over his ...