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Friday, Jun 21

22

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban

The board modified some of the most controversial reporting requirements for doctors

Thursday, Jun 20

18

Your Mental Health: Barbers and hairstylists serve as mental health advocates

The Confess Project of America is the first barbershop mental health advocacy program in the U.S.

Tuesday, Jun 18

20

Texas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care

Federal prosecutors said Dr. Eithan Haim snatched the information and shared it with a conservative activist with “intent to cause malicious harm.”

Saturday, Jun 8

21

Soil sampling underway in Houston as Fifth Ward residents hope to unearth answers

Residents in a northeast Houston neighborhood have been living in what the city has designated a “cancer cluster."

Monday, Jun 3

14

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, says she has pancreatic cancer

Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announced that she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment.

Thursday, May 30

20

Your Mental Health: Healing through humor

David Granirer created Stand Up for Mental Health, a program teaching stand-up comedy to people with mental illness.

17

Infant formula sold in Texas recalled after not meeting FDA regulations

Crecelac and Farmalac brands of infant formula were listed in the recall. The products failed to meet FDA regulations.

Monday, May 27

06

Disability rights organizations ADAPT and PACT demand an audience with Gov. Abbott

ADAPT and PACT held a two-day vigil outside the Governor’s Mansion in Austin.

Saturday, May 25

22

ALS advocacy takes center stage in Texas

There are nearly 3,000 Texans living with ALS

Friday, May 24

19

Tips to avoid heat-related illness this Memorial Day weekend

Heat-related illnesses include heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, sunburn and heat rash.

17

Children’s Bereavement Center working on the mental health of those affected in Uvalde

Children, parents and first responders are treated at the bereavement center to heal from the tragedy that struck Uvalde two years ago.

Thursday, May 23

04

Wednesday, May 22

18

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the U.S., a new study says

Research shows that high-frequency users are more likely to become addicted to marijuana and more likely to develop cannabis-associated psychosis.

Monday, May 20

14

U.S. pediatricians group reverses decades-old ban on breastfeeding for those with HIV

The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations it had in place since the start of the HIV epidemic in the 1980s.

Monday, May 13

19

Texas again ranked the worst state for mental health care

This is the second consecutive year Forbes Advisor has ranked Texas dead last.

Thursday, May 9

20

Your Mental Health: Recent pattern of violence against women casts light on toxic masculinity

One out of four women will be the victim of a violent crime, according to the CDC.

Wednesday, May 1

22

This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows

On farms with sick animals, Petersen says she saw sick people, too.

Friday, Apr 26

04

New reporting requirements for life-saving abortions worry some Texas doctors

Texas’ laws allow abortions to save a patient’s life but doctors have struggled to apply that exception in practice

Thursday, Apr 25

02

Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers

Earlier this month, the hospital halted its liver and kidney programs.

Tuesday, Apr 23

20

Gov. Greg Abbott announces behavioral health campus to be built in Uvalde

Construction will begin this summer and the facility is expected to open in 2025.

14

Seattle hospital won't turn over gender transition records in lawsuit settlement with Texas

The hospital filed the lawsuit in response to Paxton appearing to go beyond state borders to investigate gender transition.

Friday, Apr 19

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Tuesday, Apr 16

17

Friday, Apr 12

Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is aware of the allegations, and an investigation is underway.

Thursday, Apr 11

18

Ag commissioner says chickens destroyed to prevent bird flu spread being replaced

The disease struck about 40% of dairy cows in the Panhandle.

Wednesday, Apr 10

20

Study ranks Texas among worst states for quality of children’s health care

Texas ranked 49th, following Wyoming and Mississippi, for the quality of children’s health in all 50 states.

Tuesday, Apr 9

14

Advocates request emergency funding from lawmakers to raise caregiver wages

Experts explain that an increase in wages for caregivers would mean an expansion of Medicaid.

Thursday, Apr 4

15

What to know about the latest bird flu outbreak in the U.S.

Although health officials say the risk to the public remains low, there is rising concern.

Wednesday, Apr 3

14

The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant

Approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at the facility.

Monday, Apr 1

20

2nd U.S. human case of bird flu confirmed in Texas

Case is linked to exposure to infected cattle.