Some experts describe the drop in teen births in almost all states including Texas as startling.

A new report says schools need to provide more physical activity for children.

A major Texas hospital would pay $1.4 million in a proposed agreement to settle allegations it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid.

A woman accused of contaminating her infant daughter’s IV tubes is on trial for attempted murder and child abuse.

A faith-healing couple who were on probation for the death of a son in 2009 have been charged with murder in the death of their infant son.

Two people have died of a mysterious respiratory illness in Alabama.

Doctors in Poland have performed a life-saving face transplant just weeks after the recipient was badly injured in an accident.

The use of electronic records by doctors and hospitals is rising.

The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system.

An E. coli outbreak described as isolated has been traced to meat served at a Central Texas restaurant, health officials said Tuesday.