A 1-year-old child died in Corpus Christi, Texas, after being left in a hot car, marking the 24th heatstroke-related child death in the U.S. this year and the second in Texas.

For the first time in two decades, the infant mortality rate in the United States has risen, new government data shows.

T wo people in South Texas are facing charges in connection with the deaths of two children who were left in unattended ...

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated.

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Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it in and around Kerr County, Texas, ...

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it in and around Kerr County, Texas, ...

A study published in JAMA pediatrics showed Johns Hopkins University Researchers found in June that the Texas abortion ban was linked with increases in infant and neonatal mortality.

DALLAS — In the wake of Texas' abortion ban, the state's infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows. The analysis out of Johns Hopkins University ...

Texas, for example, had an average increase of 5.29%. Georgia. Meanwhile nearly double the national average with *** 5.44% rise in infant mortality rate.

Texas, for example, had an average increase of 5.29%. Georgia. Meanwhile nearly double the national average with *** 5.44% rise in infant mortality rate.

The number of infant deaths per 1000 live births rose by 5.6. That's *** three percent on average increase in one year alone. While the mortality rate for newborns showed *** congruent 3% rise.