Health
April 23, 2024
Fighting a Syphilis Surge in Houston
Cases of the once rare disease are on the rise, crippling and killing infants. A new program hopes to prevent and treat the condition among those who are most vulnerable.
Disease
Health
April 10, 2024
No, Texans Don’t Need to Panic About Bird Flu—Yet
The risk of the avian influenza sparking a pandemic remains low, but viruses evolve, and experts urge vigilance.
Health
February 1, 2024
How Used Coffee Grounds May Fend Off Parkinson’s
A UT–El Paso study demonstrates that a by-product of your morning cup of joe could prove useful in fighting neurodegenerative disease.
Critters
December 7, 2021
Texas Intensifies Its Fight Against “Zombie Deer Disease”
But many breeders say the new regulations go too far.
Health
July 23, 2019
UT Southwestern’s Cutting-Edge Battle Against Rare, Fatal Childhood Diseases
With a new gene therapy center almost completed, the medical center is providing hope for families who previously had little.
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
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
March 1, 1997
Making Headway
At the Texas Woman’s University Aphasia Center in Dallas, a promising new treatment is helping stroke victims learn to read, write, and speak again.
Health
March 1, 1996
Pale by Comparison
“Michael Jackson’s disease” sounds like a punch line, but the pigment-robbing skin disorder is no joke. Just ask Dallas County commissioner John Wiley Price.
Health
February 1, 1994
Love and Death on the Third Floor
She was the princess who wore Tiffany perfume. He was the middle-class guy who raced cars. But when they met on the cystic fibrosis wing of a Dallas hospital, romance bloomed.
Critters
March 1, 1993
Running Rabid
Five years ago, rabies was rare in South Texas. Now nearly three hundred animals have died and the epidemic is not abating.
Health
September 1, 1986
The Faulty Cure
Houston is famous for medical cures. But when British rock star Ronnie Lane came to town with a crippling disease and $1 million for research, all he got was crippling legal problems.