The health reform law known as "Obamacare" goes fully into effect at the end of this year. At that time, almost 2.6 million Texans will start receiving assistance from the law — in the form of help paying for health insurance.
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Governor Rick Perry has made it clear that he doesn't want Texas to join other states in expanding Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health plan for the poor. But he's being pressured by some county judges, hospitals, and public health advocates to change his mind...
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The bills favor policies that would impose more regulations on abortion clinics.
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Political fights over abortion are heating up in the Texas Legislature. Pro-life lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen bills that would restrict abortion access or clinic operations.
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Top elected officials in Texas joined in Austin today to reinforce their stance against Medicaid expansion. The governor and lieutenant governor, along with senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz spoke at the state capitol about their concerns over the Medicaid program.
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GlaxoSmithKline will build a major biopharmaceutical plant at Texas A&M in Bryan-College Station...
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It's estimated that more than a million athletes experience a concussion each year in the unted states. The American Academy of Neurology has released new guidelines for treating athletes with a concussion.
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The Texas Medical Center has been generating a lot of buzz on Facebook lately. And a new study, published in the American Journal of Hospital Quality, suggests they're right on track.
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NASA is hoping to send humans to Mars within twenty years. In the private sector, companies are working on plans to mine asteroids and launch tourists into orbit. This all means humans will soon be spending longer and longer amounts of time in space, and potentially getting sick or injured up there...
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UTMB in Galveston recently became the new medical contractor for U.S. scientists working in Antarctica. UTMB has hired doctors and assistants for three polar research bases and also provides drugs and supplies...
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