Health & Science

November 4, 2025

Texas voters will decide whether to fund $3 billion in dementia and Alzheimer’s research

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November 3, 2025

Don’t kick your bucket list, UT Arlington study says

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October 29, 2025

‘Pain can be a healer’: Artists and survivors team up for breast cancer project

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Tylenol pills are seen next to an open medicine bottle
October 28, 2025

Texas attorney general sues Tylenol company over autism claims

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October 22, 2025

Your motor skills milestones might not be enough

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October 20, 2025

How hard could it be to move a space shuttle? The federal government may soon find out

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October 20, 2025

Ballot proposition would fund Alzheimer’s research institute in Texas

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October 15, 2025

A closer look at what’s driving the rising rate of uninsured children

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October 13, 2025

This state program collects money from the deceased. Families pay the price.

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October 8, 2025

8 people allegedly affiliated with Houston woman in illegal abortion case indicted, Paxton says

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October 6, 2025

Huntington’s disease community balances ‘hope and hype’ as new gene therapy report shows promise

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September 30, 2025

‘Gas station heroin’: Drug found in convenience stores raising concerns

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September 30, 2025

Former CDC director’s new book aims to put forth strategy to defend against the next pandemic

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September 23, 2025

Whistleblower claims Dallas hospitals kept kidneys from poorer patients

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September 23, 2025

Can you get the new COVID booster?

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September 23, 2025

Billionaires in space: ‘Rocket Dreams’ details new era in race to the stars

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September 17, 2025

Scientists celebrate learning more about how black holes merge – and about the structure of the universe

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September 17, 2025

The health penalty

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September 15, 2025

Texas secured billions in opioid settlement. Here’s how Bexar County is spending that money.

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September 12, 2025

New musical ‘cleaVage’ is a deep cut into Texas plastic surgery history

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September 10, 2025

Around 9 million people lose Medicaid each year because of paperwork mistakes. Is that preventable?

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September 9, 2025

Flea-borne typhus is making a comeback in Texas

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September 9, 2025

Having epilepsy and no health insurance can exact a heavy toll. The plight is likely more common in Texas.

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September 4, 2025

Texas bill cracking down on abortion pills heads to governor’s desk

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August 29, 2025

RFK Jr. says ‘Make Texas Healthy Again’ bills could bring the state more federal funding

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August 25, 2025

New Texas law aims to curb anxieties around medical results delivered electronically

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August 22, 2025

New law aimed at getting Texans healthy requires food labels, nutrition education and exercise

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August 18, 2025

State health officials: The West Texas measles outbreak has ended

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August 18, 2025

Texas team finds oldest confirmed black hole

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August 18, 2025

This Texas-based company may have found a solution for space junk

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August 18, 2025

Kratom poisoning calls climb in Texas as the state fails to enforce ban on synthetic version

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August 14, 2025

A restorative narrative: New book ‘Slip’ explores the messiness of eating disorder recovery

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A side by side image shows what looks like a "slice" of what is labeled a normal brain on the left and a brain labeled advanced CTE on the right. The brain with CTE is yellowed, much smaller and less symmetric than the other brain.
August 11, 2025

Why researchers warn against prematurely diagnosing CTE

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August 8, 2025

How watching nature livestreams fosters human connections

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August 5, 2025

National anti-vaccination movement has roots in Texas

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July 29, 2025

‘Awareness isn’t enough’: Student organization tackles stigma around eating disorders

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July 25, 2025

What kind of cannabis can you buy in Texas? How to understand what’s in the products for sale

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July 22, 2025

The future of pharma? Look to space!

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July 18, 2025

Rio Grande Valley’s biggest free health clinic event of the year is canceled due to federal cuts

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July 15, 2025

The kids are not alright: Why America’s young people are doing so poorly

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July 10, 2025

A ‘striking’ trend: After Texas banned abortion, more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage

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July 2, 2025

Remembering the legacy of Cass Wheeler, former American Heart Association leader

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July 1, 2025

Waco’s mammoth monument marks major milestone

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July 1, 2025

Baylor University teams up with Harvard to research wellbeing

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June 30, 2025

What will be one of the world’s most powerful telescopes enters final design phase

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June 23, 2025

Houston group homes close, citing insufficient resources from the state

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June 18, 2025

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for minors

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June 17, 2025

What would passage of Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for health coverage in Austin?

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June 9, 2025

Here’s what happened with abortion at the Texas Legislature this year

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June 9, 2025

Texas group homes for intellectually disabled are in systemic crisis, say advocates

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A closeup of a medical vial with a label that reads "Measles, Mumps, and Rubella virus vaccine"
June 6, 2025

The West Texas measles outbreak has started to slow for the first time since January

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June 5, 2025

A Texas doctor is suing to limit PrEP access. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide its fate.

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May 21, 2025

‘Life of the Mother Act’ heads to governor, aiming to clarify when Texas allows emergency abortions

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May 16, 2025

‘We tried to save those kids’: Texas doctor watched children die of measles. Now it’s back in Texas

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May 1, 2025

Bill allowing Texans to sue abortion pill distributors for $100,000 passes Texas Senate

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May 1, 2025

Rethinking medications in a time of change

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April 28, 2025

Officials mull solutions as doctor shortage in Corpus Christi leads to long wait times

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April 23, 2025

Amended bill clarifying Texas abortion laws receives Senate panel approval

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April 23, 2025

New Jersey targets Texas abortion providers in new recruitment campaign

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April 21, 2025

String of law enforcement suicides rattles first responders and exposes gaps in state support

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April 16, 2025

The cost of the measles outbreak in Texas

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April 14, 2025

Maternity care is inaccessible in most of rural Texas

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April 11, 2025

Five years after COVID disrupted schools, what has changed in high school sports?

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April 9, 2025

Study shows link between oil and gas development, leukemia in children

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April 9, 2025

Texas’ measles outbreak isn’t slowing down. How can that change?

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April 8, 2025

They’re back: Bioengineered dire wolf-like pups walk the earth 10,000 years after extinction

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April 7, 2025

Lessons from the 1989 measles outbreak: San Antonio became a national model for vaccine programs

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April 7, 2025

RFK Jr. visits West Texas after second child dies of measles

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April 4, 2025

Study: 40% of Texas youth with depression or suicidal thoughts have ‘problematic’ social media use

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April 1, 2025

West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak

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A sign outside a hospital advises patients to stop if they have had exposure to measles or if they have measles symptoms.
March 28, 2025

Trump administration cuts health services funding in Texas amid measles outbreak

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March 27, 2025

Five years after COVID, Texans continue to navigate toll of the pandemic

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March 25, 2025

Vaccinations are injected with politics as measles spreads in West Texas

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March 24, 2025

The woolly mouse: A fluffy new species created from mammoth DNA

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March 20, 2025

‘For youth, by youth’: Austin teens look to tackle issues with ‘Our Generation’ podcast

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March 20, 2025

Five years into COVID, more Texans are avoiding vaccines – for everything

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March 18, 2025

Texas midwife and 2 others arrested in connection to illegal abortion investigation, state AG says

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March 17, 2025

Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk on West Texas ranch

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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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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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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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