Christine Ayala

In a rare special session, the World Health Organization met in late January to create a global emergency workforce to be deployed in crises such as the Ebola epidemic.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Patient Will See You Now.

UT Southwestern’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital sets a “new standard’’ with an art collection devoted to promoting healing and representing innovation, according to a recent review.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Greg Fitz, dean of the UT Southwestern Medical School.

Enrollment in the federal health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act is boosted by mapping users in states like Florida to coordinate urban outreach, despite a Republican stronghold of the state.

Placing stents in the neck arteries of patients to prevent strokes may not be as valuable as previously thought for older and sicker patients.

Two researchers have found a way to extend the life expectancy of a subset of Stage Four lung cancer patients who previously didn’t respond to chemotherapy alone.

Jim Ely, 83, became the oldest kidney transplant patient at St. Paul University Hospital in December — and was in charge of the play clock at the first College Football Playoff National Championship just weeks later.

An open letter from Daniel K. Podolsky, the president of the UT Southwestern Medical Center, on the launch of the Trib+Health newsletter.

It’s flu season, but influenza is not the only threat that should worry parents of infants and young children. RSV, short for respiratory syncytial virus, can get into the lungs and lead to a lower respiratory tract infection.