The Biden administration had challenged a Republican-led redistricting plan that diluted the political power of minorities.

The cancer screening initiative comes weeks after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its first round of soil ...

A new early cancer detection program, the Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative (C-SSI), has been launched in Houston's Fifth Ward to combat rising cancer rates in historically underserved communities.

Council Member Letitia Plummer is taking a big step in the fight against cancer in Fifth Ward. On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, she will be the first patient to enroll in the Cancer ...

Cancer clusters haunt a creosote-contaminated rail yard in Houston's Fifth Ward. But if there's no ongoing harm, will the ...