A new study coming out of the Baylor College of Medicine suggests that the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy has led to real improvements in the way that the state’s middle school students eat. The findings, published in this month’s American Journal of Public Health, analyzed lunch records in south Texas middle schools before and after both district- and state-wide changes took place. The research team found that school lunches after the 2004 policy was......

Looks like Gov. Rick Perry's order that all Texan pre-teen girls be vaccinated against HPV could be on its way out: Yesterday, members of the House Public Health Committee approved a measure to rescind the executive order, meaning the bill will move on for consideration in the full House, where it reportedly has the support of more than 90 of the House's 150 members. Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) filed the bill Feb. 5, three days......