Texas is suing three physicians over claims that they violated the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, calling the doctors “scofflaws” in lawsuits filed last fall that threaten to impose steep fines and revoke their medical licenses.

Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald emphasized measles’ severe risks, including immune system suppression, and encouraged unvaccinated individuals to get the MMR vaccine. The advisory also cited a surge in Canadian cases, with 44 reported this year.

A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test “shield laws” in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.

It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.

At least 124 cases have been reported since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown.

New York regulators are talking about a closer look at their lottery practices after some Texas-sized trouble kicked up in the Lone Star State.

New York passed a law in late December called the Climate Change Superfund Act, which seeks to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel energy providers who emitted greenhouse gas in New York from 2000 to 2018.

The New York State Department of Health has issued a Health Advisory as the number of measles cases and hospitalizations rise in certain parts of the United States, particularly highlighting