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Jay Kleberg and Sandragrace Martinez’s platforms are polar opposites — one focuses on climate change mitigation and the other addresses mental health challenges in the state. Whoever wins the May 24 runoff will appear on the ballot in November.
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The Turnaway Study followed nearly 1,000 women who sought abortions, interviewing them regularly for years to understand the impact on their mental and financial wellbeing.
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The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health, about a new survey on teen mental health.
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Children's mental health experts have advice for how to help kids deal with masking uncertainty – and deal with peer pressure if their mask choice isn't popular at school.
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Demonstrators gather at the Texas Capitol to protest Paxton's opinion on health care for trans youthThe attorney general said certain gender-affirming procedures should be considered child abuse. One demonstrator said supporters of this stance don't understand what this type of care is.
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In many places in Texas, staffing shortages are forcing already burnt out teachers to cover for sick coworkers. The workload is pushing educators to leave the profession, and forcing school districts to do what they can to retain them.
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For many Texans, last week’s ice storm brought back difficult memories of 2021's devastating freeze and blackout.
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A new poll from the nation's largest teachers union finds burnout is widespread, and more educators say they're thinking about leaving.
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This wave is hitting as the nursing workforce in Texas is burnt out and shrinking