Hospitals

A New Wave of Shortages Plagues Texas Hospitals

The latest pandemic-related supply chain disruption prevents patients from getting critical imaging scans.

How More Efficient Health Care Has Worsened COVID Surges in Texas

A drive toward optimization and hospital consolidation has left the state with less capacity per capita.

What Pandemic? Houstonians Party, Shop, and Ice-skate as COVID-19 Surges.

As public health experts warn that ICUs in the city might soon be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients, shops and restaurants remain packed.

For Those Who Have Recovered From COVID-19, Immunity Is Not Guaranteed

Reintegration into day-to-day life has proved tougher than expected for the 7,000-plus Texans who have beaten the coronavirus.

Greg Abbott Promised to Get Masks for Texas. Many Doctors Say They Are Still Facing Shortages.

Family care physicians say they still don’t have enough personal protective equipment. So they’re seeking other solutions.

U.S. Hospitals Have a Ventilator Shortage. A Team of Rice Engineers Say They Have a Solution.

The device they've designed has piqued the interest of government officials and large manufacturers hoping to address the coronavirus crisis.

“We Can’t Stop the Birth”: Texas Doctors and Pregnant Women Prepare for Delivery During COVID-19

Texas hospitals are limiting the number of people in maternity wards, while some women are exploring home birth amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Texas Business Report: Medicare Fraud Arrests at Riverside General Hospital

The feds arrested the CEO of Houston’s Riverside General Hospital and six other hospital employees Thursday, accusing them of bilking $158 million from the Medicare program over the past seven years.

ABC News Runs McAllen Medicare Fraud Sting

The healthy 82-year-old grandmother of an ABC News producer goes undercover and reveals Medicare fraud in McAllen, "the town Medicare dollars built." 

The Long, Lonesome Road

Fred Thomas was young, poor, and black. Not only was he afflicted with the terror of schizophrenia, he was also faced with the chaos of the Texas mental health system.

State of the Heart

Bypass surgery with almost no pain, and you get to go home three days later? Don’t have a coronary: It’s happening right now, in Texas.

Angel of Death

What was it, exactly, that caused Vickie Dawn Jackson, a sweet, soft-spoken nurse at Nocona General Hospital, to become one of the most prolific serial killers in Texas history?

By Skip Hollandsworth

Skip Hollandsworth

Skip Hollandsworth specializes in long-form narratives.

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The Fund’s Over

Budget cuts are coming. Are teaching hositals DOA? Plus: Are white Democrats MIA?

Playing Doctor

Rescue Mission

The politics of trauma.

Flight for Your Life

When a few minutes matter, an EMS helicopter can make the difference between life and death.

The Death Shift

The three-to-eleven evening shift, Bexar County Hospital, San Antonio: nurse Genene Jones was on duty in the pediatric intensive care unit, and for months babies kept having mysterious—sometimes fatal—emergencies. Why?

Little Boy Lost

Being autistic nearly ruined Michael Shipley’s life, but his parents sent him to a state mental hospital. Then Michael’s life was ruined for good.

The Baby Factory

At Houston’s Jefferson Davis Hospital, the wonders of modern medicine collide with the raw realities of birth, poverty, neglect and hope.

A Season in Hell

A few years ago guards ran the Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane. Now sociopathic criminals rule the wards.

The Lifesavers

Every night at Ben Taub Hospital’­s emergency room is a night of the living dead.

A Matter of Life and Death

If you have to be critically injured in Texas, be sure to pick the right place.

Sirens in the Night

Great ambulance drivers are made, not born.