Past Contributions

• Johnson & Johnson Creates Trial Drug Bioethics Panel

  by Christine Ayala May 11, 2015

  Johnson & Johnson has appointed a leading bioethicist to head a panel to determine how to handle requests from people who are critically ill and want access to promising drugs before they are approved. Full Story 

• The Bookshelf: May 12, 2015

  by Christine Ayala May 11, 2015

  In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Epic Measures. Full Story 

• Unnecessary Care Hurts Patients and Wallets

  by Christine Ayala May 11, 2015

  Six years after he explored the high cost of medical care in McAllen in “The Cost Conundrum,” The New Yorker's Atul Gawande returns and finds improvement has been made in cutting Medicare costs in the city. Full Story 

• Fort Worth Gets Access to New Cancer Care Services

  by Christine Ayala May 11, 2015

  Patients at Fort Worth’s Moncrief Cancer Institute now have access to comprehensive cancer care through the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in North Texas. Full Story 

• IBM Partners With Genetics Experts for Cancer Research

  by Christine Ayala May 11, 2015

  Fourteen U.S. cancer centers are partnering with IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence system to try to speed up the process of formulating treatment options for cancer patients based on volumes of data. Full Story 

• U.S. Teacher of the Year Got "Master Class in Culture" From Refugees

  by Christine Ayala May 8, 2015

  Texan Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year, is an English teacher at Palo Duro High School in Amarillo, which has seen an influx of refugees from countries like Myanmar in recent years. Full Story 

• The Bookshelf: May 6, 2015

  by Christine Ayala May 5, 2015

  In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Next Wave. Full Story 

• The Q&A: Antonietta Quigg

  by Christine Ayala May 5, 2015

  In this week's Q&A, we interview Antonietta Quigg, an oceanography professor and associate vice president for research and graduate studies at Texas A&M University at Galveston. Full Story 

• The Bookshelf: April 30, 2015

  by Christine Ayala April 29, 2015

  In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights In Defense of a Liberal Education. Full Story 

• The Q&A: Colleen Reutebuch

  by Christine Ayala April 29, 2015

  In this week's Q&A, we interview Colleen Reutebuch, director of the Reading Institute in the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story