Health & Science

March 14, 2025

Retired NASA astronaut shows readers the power of ‘Embracing Infinite Possibilities’

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March 14, 2025

Father of a child who died from measles would prefer the spotlight were less bright

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March 13, 2025

Will lawmakers let Texas’ maternal mortality committee review abortion deaths?

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March 12, 2025

With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles

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March 10, 2025

How a South Texas community college embraced apprenticeships to ease a growing nursing shortage

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March 4, 2025

Families, providers say $12 an hour for workers isn’t enough to keep Texas disability services afloat

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March 4, 2025

Texas officials still don’t know how West Texas measles outbreak started

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February 27, 2025

Texas has the highest rate of uninsured children, and it’s getting worse

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February 27, 2025

A new federal rule would help Texans with medical debt. But it’s in limbo

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February 26, 2025

‘We’re worried about the pace of this outbreak’: State health official urges measles vaccination

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February 26, 2025

Boosters, symptoms, herd immunity: Everything to know about the measles outbreak in Texas

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February 24, 2025

Measles alerts issued in San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos as Texas outbreak spreads

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February 24, 2025

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared.

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An extremely close-up image of a flea on a bright white background.
February 21, 2025

The concerning resurgence of another infectious disease in Texas: flea-borne typhus

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February 20, 2025

Federal cuts can impact the lives of those looking for health care options through the Affordable Care Act

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February 20, 2025

Lithium-ion batteries are a major fire threat — here’s why and what consumers can do

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February 18, 2025

At the epicenter of the West Texas measles outbreak, one hospital in Gaines County works towards containment

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February 17, 2025

Hays County is growing fast. So is the need for access to fresh food.

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February 14, 2025

The ancestor of modern ducks and geese may have waddled alongside the dinosaurs

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February 10, 2025

Texas reports new measles outbreak in West Texas

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A closeup of the front of a yellow school bus
January 31, 2025

Flu outbreak in North Texas shutters several school districts as the virus spreads through the state

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A person holds a sign that reads "Young people deserve access to safe abortions"
January 28, 2025

Dozens of minors – including children under 11 – left Texas for abortions in 2023

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January 22, 2025

Peer support could fill gaps in rural mental health coverage, but low pay challenges sustainability

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November 12, 2024

Studying ‘mini hearts’ in space helps scientists understand how microgravity affects astronauts

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January 14, 2025

County gave murder victim’s body to UNT for-profit program – without family’s knowledge

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January 13, 2025

Advocates for Texans with disabilities seek changes in education and attendant care

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January 13, 2025

Texas’ war on drug users

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January 9, 2025

With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills

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January 8, 2025

Will 2025 be the year Texas expands Medicaid? Not likely, advocates say

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December 19, 2024

For homeless Austinites, affordable health care is hard to find. UT med students want to help.

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December 13, 2024

Ken Paxton sues New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to Texas woman

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December 11, 2024

Texas woman’s death highlights difficulties in holding medical providers accountable

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December 10, 2024

If Trump makes cuts to Medicaid, Texas officials could seize the opportunity to further slash the program

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December 9, 2024

After Texas banned puberty blockers and hormones for trans kids, adults lost care, too

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December 5, 2024

Texas abortion laws leading to OB/GYN ‘exodus’

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December 5, 2024

Supreme Court seems ready to uphold ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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December 4, 2024

Rural providers, advocates push Texas Legislature to ‘rescue’ maternal health care system

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December 3, 2024

Texas public health experts brace for RFK Jr.’s impact on vaccine policy

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July 29, 2024

This Austin yoga instructor teaches locals how to embrace the week ahead

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November 26, 2024

Politicians push raw milk despite its dangers

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November 25, 2024

Texas hospitals are now required to ask for patients’ citizenship. Here’s what you should know.

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November 20, 2024

Could Texas be a hub of dementia research? The Legislature could decide this session

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November 11, 2024

Book explores high hopes for psychedelics as mental health treatments

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November 8, 2024

Former Dallas County chief medical examiner looks back on nearly four decades of service

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November 1, 2024

‘The Fall of Roe’ chronicles the last decade of Roe v. Wade

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October 31, 2024

‘I just want us to be left alone.’ LGBTQ voters list abortion, trans issues among top concerns

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A close-up photo of a hairy yellowish brown and black striped fly.
October 31, 2024

Yes, insects can lay eggs in your body. Here’s how.

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October 31, 2024

A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a crime to intervene in her miscarriage

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October 28, 2024

Federal response to bird flu in cattle sheds little light on virus’ spread

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October 24, 2024

IV fluid shortage caused by hurricane to last for months

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October 17, 2024

AG Ken Paxton sues North Texas doctor accused of providing gender-affirming care

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October 2, 2024

Addressing widespread mistrust, ‘Blind Spots’ tackles modern medicine’s mistakes

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September 24, 2024

New study finds maternal mortality in Texas rose faster than national rate

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September 24, 2024

Even as state mental health spending rises, private psychiatric hospitals struggle to stay open

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September 18, 2024

New poll shows majority of Texans have skipped or postponed some form of medical care due to costs

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September 18, 2024

Waco teen named finalist in international science communication competition

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September 12, 2024

Medical examiner shortage stretches Webb County’s resources

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September 9, 2024

At local barber shops, clients leave with a haircut and health screenings

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August 28, 2024

Few people know about heart valve disease – even those who may have it

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August 16, 2024

Texas likely undercounting heat-related deaths

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August 16, 2024

Methodist Mansfield Hospital uses AI tools for brain mapping

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August 14, 2024

Texas congressman ‘reborn’ after psychedelic therapy reacts to FDA rejection of MDMA for PTSD treatment

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August 13, 2024

In new complaint, Texas women say delayed care due to abortion laws endangered their fertility

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August 9, 2024

As a new school year looms, how can parents tackle vaping among minors?

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August 6, 2024

‘Now is the time to take action’: Carbon monoxide poisonings after Hurricane Beryl are the highest since Texas winter storm

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July 31, 2024

Seniors died at higher rates after Beryl. Many went days without power in the aftermath

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July 23, 2024

Texas researchers discover fossil chromosomes of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth

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July 23, 2024

FDA weighs approval of psychedelics treatments for PTSD

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July 22, 2024

Has 2024 been a cooler Texas summer? Yes, sort of.

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July 22, 2024

COVID spikes in wastewater testing nationwide as kids prepare to head back to school

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July 19, 2024

A study found toxic metals in popular tampon brands. Here’s what experts advise

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Four people wearing black NASA work suits smile and hold up medallions outside of a 3D printed enclosure in which they spent more than a year.
July 12, 2024

Back on ‘Earth’: NASA investigates impacts of first-ever human Mars simulation

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July 10, 2024

Texas sends millions to crisis pregnancy centers. It’s meant to help needy families, but no one knows if it works.

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July 10, 2024

Compact mobile clinics present new opportunities for rural healthcare in Abilene and beyond

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July 1, 2024

Rural paramedics are making routine house calls to avoid costly emergency room visits

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July 1, 2024

‘We don’t know where we stand’: IVF in Texas is on shaky ground

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June 27, 2024

Supreme Court allows Idaho to offer emergency medical abortions

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June 21, 2024

Texas Medical Board adopts rule for doctors offering emergency abortions

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June 21, 2024

Proposed abortion ban exceptions in Texas still confuse doctors

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June 19, 2024

With too few mental health providers, more patients turn to primary care

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A close-up of a hand wearing a blue medical glove drawing a vaccine from its bottle using syringe
June 17, 2024

There’s a new subvariant of COVID circulating. Here’s what you need to know.

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June 13, 2024

Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA’s approval of mifepristone

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June 10, 2024

State rejects health insurers’ pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans

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June 6, 2024

‘Grateful to be alive’: Clubhouse programs take pressure off overwhelmed Texas mental health hospitals

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May 30, 2024

Central Health has a big plan to expand care for Austinites. Here’s how it works.

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May 24, 2024

How much would Sen. Cruz’s IVF bill protect the procedure?

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May 23, 2024

Amid ongoing cybersecurity crisis, workflows remain disrupted at Ascension hospitals

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May 23, 2024

Social media makes it sound like women are quitting the pill en masse. But the numbers tell a different story.

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May 17, 2024

Texas has the most uninsured kids in the U.S. A small Austin clinic wants to serve them.

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May 15, 2024

If your home floods, here are steps you can take to address mold

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May 14, 2024

How a Denton divorce could imperil IVF access in Texas

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A women's health waiting room at the CommUnity Care Health Center in East Austin.
May 9, 2024

Why advocate says it’s a big deal 100K ‘Dreamers’ could soon buy ACA health insurance for 1st time

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May 3, 2024

Bird flu continues spread through cattle, but experts say risk to people is low

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May 2, 2024

Nine dead, more than 75 affected as Austin overdose surge begins to slow

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May 2, 2024

A new VA policy covers fertility treatments for more vets, but some are still excluded

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May 1, 2024

Austin EMS reports a surge of overdose calls likely tied to a new ‘batch’ of drugs

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April 16, 2024

Racism in the health care system is killing Black pregnant Texans

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April 15, 2024

Houston hospital investigating whether doctor manipulated data to deny organ transplants

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April 15, 2024

The worlds of two Texas women collide after failed abortion attempts lead to adoption

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April 15, 2024

Texas psychologists’ board pushes back on costly new national licensing exam, considers crafting a cheaper state test

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