Texas gov., lawmakers in vaccine dispute
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Gov. Rick Perry's office challenged lawmakers Wednesday to override his order that schoolgirls be inoculated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, acknowledging for the first time that the Legislature holds that power.
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Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn's reputation as a watchdog for the health and education of Texas children is summed up in a needlepoint decoration in her office: "One Ticked Off Grandma." Strayhorn may try to add another job to her resume &#151; governor.
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A flu vaccination shortage that  caused lines of anxious elderly people outside drug stores and  clinics across America prompted a fierce pre-election exchange  of accusations between Democrats and Republicans on Monday.
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Flu vaccine distributors are facing lawsuits for price gouging and &quot;unconscionable&quot; misleading acts of business. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed against two
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A leading doctor is questioning the government's approach over offering routine flu jabs for children under two.
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HOUSTON The Texas attorney general says it&#39;s &quot;simply unacceptable&quot; to charge exorbitant prices for flu shots at a time like this.
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A top Republican lawmaker raised  concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability  to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of  its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public  on Tuesday.
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Sep. 3--Gov. Rick Perry's lack of commitment to preserving Texas state  parks was underscored by documents the Fort Worth Star-Telegram recently  obtained.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit Thursday against flu vaccine suppliers ASAP Meds Inc., doing business as Meds-Stat, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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A shortage of flu vaccine has led to lines for injections while the authorities are battling to halt price gouging for the vaccines available.
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AUSTIN -- Against his doctor's advice, a stooped and feeble state Sen. Mario Gallegos Jr. (D) arrives at the Texas Capitol each day, just to make sure his chamber does not take up a bill that would require voters to produce identification at the polls.
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By John Moritz and Jan Jarvis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 3--AUSTIN -- Texas is poised to become the first state in the nation to require 11- and 12-year-old girls to be vaccinated for the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.   Gov.
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ST. PAUL - A group of doctors and hospital executives from throughout the state have asked the state Health Department to reconsider its proposal to deny flu shots to health care workers as a way of coping with the vaccine shortage.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit Thursday against two flu shot distributors, accusing them of offering the vaccine to hospitals in Houston, Dallas and Sherman at prices inflated up to 1,000 percent.
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The governor of Texas argues in a new book that attacks on the Boy Scouts are the latest front in a "culture war" and the moral struggle for the country's future
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Capitol physician John Eisold decided to send 3,000 doses of the vaccine to the District of Columbia Hospital Association and the District of Columbia Department of
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The case before the US federal court of claims in Washington will reignite the controversy over the triple vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella.