Lawmakers have filed two competing bills about who should have the authority to decide whether to terminate a brain-dead pregnant woman's life — a preview of what promises to be a fiery legislative battle over end-of-life medical care in Texas.

State Rep. Sarah Davis on Tuesday warned that proposed changes to a women's health program — intended to gut funding for Planned Parenthood clinics — would put women's lives in danger.

In theory, clean, safe water should be flowing to all of Rio Grande City's 14,000 residents, but a long-standing arrangement with a handful of locally owned corporations keeps it from some parts of town. This is part of our five-story Undrinkable series.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Belinda Reininger, a professor of health promotion and behavioral science at the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Less Medicine More Health.

Hospitals in states that did not expand Medicaid have not been hit with the financial burden expected in 2014, despite less funding under the Affordable Care Act, according to our content partner Kaiser Health News.

A landmark study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that allergy-prone children might benefit from early exposure to peanut protein – a reversal of long-standing practice.

Studies show that exercise, sleep, food choices and decision-making influence brain chemistry in ways that can bolster or replace pharmacological treatments.

An important milestone was reached when the last person known to have Ebola in Liberia was discharged from medical care earlier this month, just months after the disease caused bodies to pile up in the streets.

Most people know that soda is loaded with calories but provides no nutritional benefit. Now researchers have found that soft drinks can also be linked to tooth decay and bone thinning.

A report published in the journal Circulation found that the combination of high stress and serious depression increased the risk of heart attacks and even death in patients during an early onset period.

Nearly 11.7 million people either signed up or re-enrolled for insurance coverage under the U.S. health care reform law by mid-March, which is considerably more than the 9.1 million predicted by the Obama administration.