Health & Science

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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A white infant crib with a colorful mobile hanging over it
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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April 10, 2024

How sleeping separately improves some relationships

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April 3, 2024

The Big Bend does not have enough mental health care for residents. Texas is trying to help.

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April 2, 2024

Texas reports case of bird flu passed from sick cattle, but risk to the public is still low

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March 29, 2024

Making life-or-death decisions for $10.60 an hour: Texas group homes suffer from staffing crisis

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March 26, 2024

Justices seem skeptical of challenge to restrict access to abortion pill

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March 26, 2024

A Supreme Court abortion pill case with potential consequences for every other drug

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March 25, 2024

Texas Medical Board proposes emergency abortion guidance for doctors

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March 22, 2024

Four years after COVID’s arrival, Austin’s ‘long haulers’ still search for answers

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March 12, 2024

The pandemic altered our perception of time. Here’s how.

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March 11, 2024

Uninsured country: Affordable health care eludes many family farmers and ranchers

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March 5, 2024

San Antonio doctor says he’ll pay for Alabama IVF patients to travel to his clinic

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February 26, 2024

As more students seek mental health services, college counseling centers struggle to hire staff

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A portrait photo of Dennis Borel.
February 23, 2024

Dennis Borel looks back on 24 years advocating for Texans with disabilities

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February 16, 2024

A Black-led organization offers support for people facing reproductive health issues in a post-Roe Texas

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February 12, 2024

Almost 60 dairy products pulled from shelves at H-E-B, Trader Joe’s over listeria outbreak

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February 2, 2024

Advocates file FTC complaint against Deloitte over Medicaid eligibility software errors

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January 31, 2024

Texas Supreme Court hears challenge to gender-affirming care ban

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January 30, 2024

Study: Regulations failed frontline workers during pandemic, leading to thousands of deaths

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An empty patient's table, with paper sheets over it, is seen in an abortion clinic.
January 26, 2024

Texas fights Biden over saving the life of mothers during crisis pregnancies

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A clinic room with a patient table and ultrasound machine
January 24, 2024

Teen births in Texas have risen after years of decline

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A photo of the Space Shuttle Atlantis seen in orbit around a cloudy blue Earth, below.
January 16, 2024

New book tracks NASA’s Space Shuttle program – perhaps its ‘most important’ era thus far

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January 15, 2024

Congress tries to expand access to mental hospitals, reversing decades-long policy

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January 12, 2024

How to stock your fridge and pantry for a possible power outage

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