Health

As the investigation expanded, eight additional individuals were indicted for practicing medicine without a license under Rojas.

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin.

This latest agreement secures a contribution of $1.8 million from Nueces County for the fiscal year 2026.

After hearing Texas' AG concerns, Colgate agreed to roll out new packaging and marketing.

Nicotine pouches can be dangerous to children if they use, touch, chew on, or eat them.

High priority bills that propose banning THC have not moved through the Texas House, as the current overtime session could conclude in the coming days.

Seven of the companies are prohibited from promoting or marketing opioid products.

Shofner filed an identical bill during the regular session but the House didn’t vote on it, despite 58 pages of online testimony filed by residents who want to be able to access it without a prescription.

As part of the investigation, Attorney General Paxton has issued Civil Investigative Demands to Gerber and Plum Organics.

Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.

As a part of a broader national takedown, law enforcement agencies targeted criminals who exploited taxpayer-funded health care programs for personal profit, leading to communities being flooded with dangerous prescription opioids.

The company later chose not to remove the toxic dyes from products sold in the U.S. but did remove artificial colors from its products distributed in Europe.

Medical program leaders want a ban on synthetic delta-8 THC, which makes up the bulk of consumable hemp products.

A North Texas man charged with capital murder after slipping mifepristone into his girlfriend’s food signals another attempt to rein in abortion pills.

Hemp industry leaders say they agree with regulations similar to how the state regulates alcohol.

With the state’s regular biennial legislative session ending less than two weeks ago, the Texas Department of State Health Services has lost its opportunity to ask the state for more money.

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP program.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent General Mills, Inc. a Civil Investigative Demand as part of a new investigation into the food company for illegal misrepresentations of its food products as “healthy.”