Health
June 6, 2018
Here’s a Horrifying Reminder That Severed Rattlesnake Heads Can Still Bite You
A nightmarish tale. Er, head.
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Health
May 9, 2018
Anonymous: Recognize the Emotional Cost of Coming Forward
"I think a lot of nurses—ICU, emergency room, operating room nurses in particular—have to emotionally shut down to do their jobs. It’s like we learn to develop an aperture in our lens, of what you can let in and what you can’t. If you let yourself feel everything that happens
Health
April 18, 2018
Mothers in Peril
A harrowing journey through Houston’s health care system offers an inside look at why so many women are dying after giving birth.
Health
February 6, 2018
A Texas Televangelist Says You Don’t Need a Flu Shot if You’ve Got Jesus
Gloria Copeland's anti-vaccination rhetoric comes a just few years after her family's Fort Worth megachurch experienced a major measles outbreak.
Health
December 21, 2017
Central Texans, Beware of Cedar Fever This Year
This cedar season looks brutal. Prepare to sniffle.
Politics & Policy
December 20, 2017
Enjoy Your Eight-year, Temporary Federal Tax Cuts
Millions of Texans will feel the impact of changes to individual tax breaks, health care penalties, and property tax deductions.
Criminal Justice
November 30, 2017
Shell-shocked
When Alberto Mendiola returned to El Paso from the war in Afghanistan, he was suffering from severe, untreated PTSD. But is that a viable defense for murder?
Border & Immigration
October 25, 2017
Undocumented Teenager Gets Abortion in Texas After Month-Long Court Battle
The federal government argued that an undocumented minor did not have the right to abortion while in federal custody.
Health
October 9, 2017
Displaced by the Storm: Texas Evacuees Without Options
The storm left hundreds of thousands of households without homes. Many are still looking.
Health
September 26, 2017
Donations Fund No-Cost Abortions for Hurricane Harvey Survivors
Whole Woman’s Health and the Lilith Fund are working to clear the path for hurricane survivors to safely access abortions at low cost.
Health
September 12, 2017
How to Clean Up Flooded Homes Without Getting Sick
Despite health risks, volunteers have stepped up to help in Harvey’s aftermath. Here’s a guide to safe mucking.
Health
September 4, 2017
Houston Braces for a Mosquito Swarm
Are mosquito-borne illnesses Hurricane Harvey's next threat?
Sports
August 23, 2017
Munro Cullum’s Concussion Count
A chat with the Dallas doctor in charge of the country’s most ambitious study of traumatic brain injuries among student athletes.
Uncategorized
May 8, 2017
Will Texas Republicans Suffer for Their Obamacare Vote?
Nearly 700,000 Texans have ACA insurance in districts represented by Republicans who voted to eliminate it.
Health
March 13, 2017
Cecile Richards Talks Tech, Politics, And Planned Parenthood
The executive director of Planned Parenthood and daughter of former governor Ann Richards talks with 'Texas Monthly' at SXSW.
Uncategorized
March 9, 2017
Doctors, Patients Need to Talk About Care Costs
In a time of high deductibles, medical debt is rising.
Health
February 23, 2017
Texas Might Be Heading For A Major Measles Outbreak
Professionals point fingers at anti-vaxxers, but the movement remains strong.
Health
February 14, 2017
The Faces of Obamacare
For many Americans, the controversial health law is government run amok. But for these people in San Antonio, it’s been a lifesaver.
Health
December 21, 2016
This Year in Abortion Access in Texas
Much has happened this year—and there may be more to come.
Health
November 23, 2016
Out of Africa
Winning the MacArthur “genius grant” was a career highlight for Rice professor Rebecca Richards-Kortum. But it was a visit to Malawi that changed her life.
Health
November 23, 2016
The Department of Public Safety Wants to Impose New Rules Regarding CBD Oil
This could make the marijuana-derived drug, which the legislature legalized for patients with intractable epilepsy, hard to get.
Health
October 4, 2016
How a Lawsuit Could Impact the Future of Health Care in Texas
In many ways, telemedicine represents the future of health care—yet some fear new rules in Texas could stunt its growth here.
Health
September 14, 2016
Northeast Texans Are Dying At A Way Higher Rate Than Everyone Else
What’s putting so many northeastern Texans in the grave?
Health
September 8, 2016
What We Can Learn About The Stigma Of Mental Illness From Susan Hawk
The embattled Dallas County DA resigned this week.
Health
September 1, 2016
The Anti-Vaccination Movement Is Gaining Ground In Texas
More parents are opting out of getting their children vaccinated, and there’s no sign the trend will slow down.
Sports
August 24, 2016
Big Men on Campus
Are all those three-hundred-pound high school football players a health crisis waiting to happen?
Health
August 24, 2016
The ‘Biased Ideology’ Argument Against An Anti-Abortion Group’s Grant Sounds Familiar
How Planned Parenthood was edged out as the state's women's health provider and replaced by the anti-abortion Heidi Group.
Health
August 12, 2016
Proposed Fetal Tissue Disposal Rules Would Be Yet Another Hurdle For Abortion Providers
The rule changes aren’t based on any real health or safety concerns.
Health
August 9, 2016
A Baby In Harris County Died From Zika-Related Symptoms
It’s the second such death in the United States.
Health
July 25, 2016
The Risk Of Exposure To Brain-Eating Amoeba Spikes In The Summer Months
For the third time in less than a year, a Texas youth has died from a brain-eating amoeba.
Health
July 15, 2016
Longest-Serving Female Legislator Tells All
Senfronia Thompson has a few things to say about Hillary Clinton, Dan Patrick, and the foster care system.
Health
July 6, 2016
A Better Pill to Swallow
The dean of Dell Medical School wants to reinvent health care for the twenty-first century.
Politics & Policy
June 27, 2016
The Long Tale Of HB2 Comes to a Close
Three years after Wendy Davis’s filibuster, Texas’s anti-abortion law is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Music
May 23, 2016
Music Monday: Florence + The Machine Performed A Private Concert For A Teenage Fan At Hospice Austin
The British rock band made an extra-special stop on their trip through Texas.
Health
April 7, 2016
Couple Says Texas’s Laws Forced A Woman To Deliver A Stillborn Baby
A Reddit post turned viral news story reminds Texans of the consequences to the state’s abortion laws.
Law
March 28, 2016
The Effects Of The Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Reach The U.S. House
The long tail of the Planned Parenthood videos continues to get longer as a House subcommittee prepares to subpoena Parkinson's researchers.
Politics & Policy
March 3, 2016
Whatever Happened To The ‘Unruly Mob’?
As HB2 lands at the Supreme Court, the activists on both sides that gathered at the Capitol in 2013 are still fighting their battles.
Health
March 2, 2016
What The Supreme Court Oral Arguments On Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Told Us About The Future Of Texas’s Abortion Laws
Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Kagan, and Breyer do not like it. Alito and Roberts seem to like it a lot, Thomas stayed quiet, and Kennedy remains a wild card.
Health
March 1, 2016
Uterus Transplants Are Coming To Baylor, But Ethical Considerations Also Loom
Baylor University Medical Center will be one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to begin this groundbreaking clinical trial.
Health
February 26, 2016
Texas A&M And The Gates Foundation May Have Created A Supercondom
It fights AIDS even when it breaks, helps a fella out, and claims to feel better than not using a condom at all.
Health
February 2, 2016
What You Should Know About Zika In Texas
With confirmed cases of Zika throughout the state, here’s what you need to be aware of.
Health
February 2, 2016
Sandbranch Is Yet Another Poor, Black Community Without Clean Water
They've been without clean water for decades. How is this still the case in 2016?
Health
January 27, 2016
Put to the Test
For children with debilitating epilepsy, an unprecedented medical trial in Fort Worth offers a glimmer of hope. But if it works, is the state ready to embrace medical marijuana?
Health
January 26, 2016
Everything You Need To Know About The Planned Parenthood Videographer Indictments
That’s definitely not how anyone saw that investigation going.
The Daily Post
December 22, 2015
What You Should Know About H3N2, The Dog Flu Strain That Hit Texas
H3N2 is ”highly contagious,” according to veterinarians, but with a low mortality rate—so be aware, but don’t panic.
Health
October 27, 2015
The FDA Confiscated A Supply Of Execution Drugs Texas Is Thought To Have Imported Illegally
With the increased difficulty of maintaining a pentobarbital supply, Texas and Arizona are accused of importing an unapproved drug.
News & Politics
October 21, 2015
The Unkindest Cut
The fight to keep thousands of Medicaid-dependent kids from losing treatment.
The Daily Post
October 19, 2015
Can Texas Really Cut Funding To Planned Parenthood?
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has declared that it’ll no longer process reimbursements to the non-profit.
The Daily Post
September 16, 2015
An Undocumented Harris County Woman Faced Deportation After Being Arrested At Her OB-GYN
According to Blanca Borrego's family, she was taken into an exam room where sheriff's deputies were waiting for her.
Health
August 25, 2015
The First Anti-HERO Radio Ad Is Pretty Ugly
The ad, paid for by Houston Unites, relies on the bathroom panic surrounding transgender women.