The only available treatment for HDFN can itself be fatal, but a clinical trial led by an Austin researcher offers new hope to families.
The spike reversed two years of improvement.
Several puppies in a litter transported from Texas to Colorado had rabies, which has no cure and a massive fatality rate in humans.
A fixture in bull riding events around the country, Dallas surgeon Tandy Freeman tends to much more than just concussions and broken bones.
A firearm-owning ER doctor who treats shooting victims in Houston argues, in a new book, for targeted reforms to help relieve our epidemic of weapon-related deaths.
In separate complaints, two women say Texas hospitals violated EMTALA, a federal statute that requires them to provide stabilizing care.
After local taxpayers declined to support St. Mark’s Medical Center and federal help couldn't save it, the rural Texas health-care crisis came home to residents of Fayette County.
Hannah Grace, Lucy Marie, Rebecca Claire, and Petra Anne Sandhu are finally home after nearly three months in Texas Children’s Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
BetterWay, launched by Austin start-up Babson Diagnostics, aims to deliver a service that the Silicon Valley con artists at Theranos only promised.
The chronic disease runs up hundreds of billions in health-care costs each year, yet only a fraction of patients have access to the highly effective new generation of drugs.
For more than fifty years it has been one of the holy grails of medicine. A team at the Texas Heart Institute recently implanted a promising new model.
The noted ob-gyn has the attention of millions on social media, where she loves “taking on the haters.”
The Texas ob-gyn offers her top tips for navigating menopause.
In this adapted excerpt from her new book, ‘This Is Going To Hurt,’ Bekah McNeel explores the intersection of theology and abortion rights.
Testing of smokable hemp at eight dispensaries around the state found that all were selling cannabis with potent levels of the psychoactive compound THC.
The guidance lays out what the board will consider when investigating allegations of illegal abortions.
In 2004, a Texas nonprofit launched a yellow wristband. It became a must-have accessory and talisman of hope that changed the fight against cancer forever.
"We cannot put back what God put there in the first place, but we can help make them feel whole again."
Community health centers contend with revenue shortfalls as their patients lose coverage, many without ever being deemed ineligible.
Many folks may be firing up the grill or smoker for the holiday weekend, but there are some basic food-safety precautions you need to know first.
Our state belongs to the bloodsuckers. Humans just live here.
This former Austin firefighter found his calling delivering hangover cures and vitamin infusions in the Texas capital.
After her children were diagnosed with a rare metabolic disorder, Alice McConnell founded a company to find a treatment. Despite the many setbacks, she persists in her mission.
Cases of the once rare disease are on the rise, crippling and killing infants. A new program hopes to prevent and treat the condition among those who are most vulnerable.
A new book by a UNT historian argues that American medicine overlooks how the ailments of many Black Americans are influenced by the diets of their African forebears.
The risk of the avian influenza sparking a pandemic remains low, but viruses evolve, and experts urge vigilance.
A nonprofit forges one-on-one relationships with vulnerable first-time mothers to combat a maternal mortality crisis.
A UT–El Paso study demonstrates that a by-product of your morning cup of joe could prove useful in fighting neurodegenerative disease.
A procedural backlog is costing many eligible Texans the medical coverage they’re entitled to.
Medicaid covers half of all births in Texas.
They just don’t apply, according to a new report that says many uninsured residents aren’t taking advantage of Affordable Care Act plans.
UT Southwestern researchers rigorously tested a traditional herbal medication, yielding surprising results—and inviting plentiful skepticism.
Echoing a statewide trend, the team aims to prevent the tragedies that often result when armed police answer calls involving psychological emergencies.
Mathematical epidemiologist Lauren Ancel Meyers knows you're sick of thinking about infectious disease threats. But that's her job.
The city's University Medical Center is among the trauma centers dealing with many more migrants severely hurt in falls from the thirty-foot fence.
Republicans need a win after a summer of infighting. But party leaders are ignoring several potential consequences in moving hastily on this issue.
Over the past five years, eighteen independent clinics in Texas shuttered or stopped abortion services. Today only two are still standing.
A New York financier’s scheme “rolled up” anesthesiology practices across the state, according to a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission.
Researchers in San Antonio found that boys whose mothers drank diet soda were more likely to be on the spectrum, but critics point out the data’s shortcomings.
Karen Ramirez traverses vast Brewster County—a territory bigger than Connecticut—so her patients can finish their days at home.
In his new book, the Houston infectious disease expert raises the alarm about those who tout debunked claims about vaccines.
At UTHealth’s McGovern Center, Keisha Ray works to combat the biases that lead to worse outcomes for Black patients.
When my son joined a middle school team, I researched heat safety. What I found was troubling.
Recent research out of Dallas and Houston highlights the “science-fictionlike” power of your body’s microbiome—and a high-fiber diet.
More than one in six Texans lack health insurance, the highest rate in the country. Behind the statistics are countless human beings experiencing unnecessary suffering.
Texas Biomedical Research Institute helped subdue the coronavirus and has big plans for combating future disease threats—with controversial help from its thousands of research primates.
Extreme temperatures are hazardous to our health, so projects in San Antonio and Dallas are seeking new ways to cool down our cities.
In his new book, ‘The Heat Will Kill You First,’ Austin-based journalist Jeff Goodell examines climate change in its most essential form: temperature rise.
Texans have never been afraid of summer temperatures. This year’s record-breaking heat wave should make us think twice.
Recent tragedies in Big Bend and Palo Duro Canyon are a reminder to “respect the desert,” says one ranger.