New research shows that the gum disease bacterium P. gingivalis can slip into the bloodstream and infiltrate the heart. There, it quietly drives scar tissue buildup -- distorting the heart's ...

Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much they can do to tackle costs.

But at the state level, Assembly Bill 986 could offer some relief. AB 986 would “make it explicit in the law that landslides, as well as pre-existing conditions exacerbated by climate change, be ...