Health
September 2, 2020
In Port Arthur, Creating COVID-19 Medical Equipment Puts Residents’ Health at Risk
Local petrochemical facilities pump out essential plastic goods—for gloves, masks, gowns, and more—as well as harmful pollutants.
Health
Health
June 18, 2020
How the Pandemic Revealed an Unexpected Benefit of Telehealth
Heart failure nurse Suzanne Ohlmann finds intimacy in challenging circumstances.
News & Politics
November 6, 2019
How Unproven Stem Cell Therapies Are Costing Desperate Patients
Many researchers believe in the potential of stem cells to treat a host of diseases. But for some patients, lack of oversight of the multibillion-dollar industry has had disastrous consequences.
Books
November 5, 2019
Houston Expert Explores How to Feed Kids in a Highly Processed World
In "Kid Food," writer Bettina Elias Siegel discusses the challenges of ensuring that today’s children are eating nutritious diets.
Health
December 21, 2017
Central Texans, Beware of Cedar Fever This Year
This cedar season looks brutal. Prepare to sniffle.
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
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.
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.
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
March 3, 2015
Saginaw ISD Placed an Assistant Principal on Leave for Experiencing Uterine Bleeding
The school district claimed in a letter that they believed that the bleeding incidents were caused by “severe anxiety;” the woman and her doctor have documentation showing that it was an emergency stemming from a problem with her IUD. But should it even matter what exactly caused her medical emergency? …
Health
October 7, 2014
Dallas Is Considering Prosecuting the Ebola Patient Who Came into the Country from Liberia
The law of the land meets the law of unintended consequences.
The Culture
January 27, 2014
How Marshall’s Mayor Turned the Town Vegan
Ed Smith, the five-term mayor of a small city in east Texas, successfully treated his prostate cancer with an aggressive diet of plant-based, whole foods. Then he and his wife spread the word to the rest of town.
Politics & Policy
August 27, 2013
In Defense of Ted Cruz
The senator's campaign to defund Obamacare is frustrating people on both sides of the aisle. That doesn't mean it's wrong.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
America’s Flamin’ Cheetos Crisis: Five Things You Need to Know
The Frito-Lay snack has been targeted for banning by some school districts, even in home-packed lunches. Also, it's not just your fingers that the stuff turns red.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Nearly A Quarter of Texas Dogs Are Obese
Does this collar make me look fat? A new study suggests that one in four dogs in Texas is obese.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Cecile Richards on the ‘Daily Show’
The Planned Parenthood president (and daughter of former Governor Ann Richards) talks contraception, sonograms, preventive health care, and sex education with Jon Stewart.
January 21, 2013
Houston Hospital Tweets an Open-heart Surgery
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital tweeted videos and photos as medical director of cardiovascular surgery, Dr. Michael Macris, performed a double coronary artery bypass.
Business
December 12, 2012
The Widening Scandal Surrounding Texas’s Cancer-Fighting Agency
Five things to know. …
August 20, 2012
Getting Closer to Developing a Birth Control Pill For Men
Baylor College of Medicine's Martin M. Matzuk and his collaborators may have discovered the key to a male birth control pill: cripple the sperm's capacity to swim.
March 21, 2012
Achoo! Two of the Nation’s Top Ten Spring Allergy Capitals are in Texas
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation just released its "Spring Allergy Capitals" survey, which put McAllen at number two and San Antonio at number nine. …
February 28, 2012
How Many Medical Schools Should the Valley Get?
Senator Eddie Lucio Jr., said that building two medical schools in the Valley is "totally unrealistic" and the focus should be kept on the plan to build a University of Texas system medical school in Harlingen.
Food & Drink
February 24, 2012
Win the Weekend: Cars Will Soon Be Driving Us and Other News to Know
A UT study on the traffic intersections of the future, the Perry gravy train is back on the track, and the Spurs lose a game on purpose.
Food & Drink
February 21, 2012
Middle Schoolers Protest Unhealthy School Lunches
More than thirty Tivoli students brought their own lunches to school last week as part of a grassroots protest for healthier meal options.
Web Exclusive
August 31, 2010
Menopause, Moms, and Medical Marijuana
A roundup of the latest and greatest scientific research from Texas universities.
News & Politics
March 31, 1974
And Father Makes Three
Daddies can’t have babies, but they can sure help their wives. This is a guide to where and how.