The latest health care news from The Texas Tribune.
Three weeks before Texas officials plan to slash funding for a program that pays for speech, physical and occupational therapy for children with disabilities, Democrats in the Texas House are asking the Obama administration to intervene. Full Story
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The process of compiling much-anticipated Texas abortion statistics for 2014 — expected to reflect the impact of House Bill 2 abortion restrictions — followed its normal course up until February of this year, a health agency insider says. Then things stalled. Full Story
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Texas abortion providers say the percentage of women at their clinics opting for drug-induced abortions to terminate early pregnancies has climbed significantly since March — when the FDA updated its rules for the medication. Full Story
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Uncertainty over where and when Zika might spread has left Texas women and doctors with questions about how best to prepare for an outbreak — questions as personal as whether women should delay pregnancy. Full Story
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Every year, more than 100 new OB-GYNs graduate from a Texas residency program. But the closure of abortion clinics across Texas — more than 20 since 2013 — has made their training increasingly difficult. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: The American Medical Association calls gun violence a health risk, Walgreen Co. severs ties to blood-testing firm Theranos and an interview with Elmer Bernstam of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Full Story
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Numbers can give you a full accounting of something without telling you what’s really going on, like when lawmakers talk about trimming budgets and saving money while diverting attention from whatever fell on the cutting room floor. Full Story
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The state’s Medicaid program has quit covering an expensive autism therapy called applied behavioral analysis, leaving some families scrambling to afford the treatment. Full Story
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The ACLU of Texas is demanding that the Department of State Health Services “stop concealing” abortion statistics for 2014 and make the information public. Full Story
As Texas braces for a possible Zika virus outbreak via local mosquito populations, Gov. Greg Abbott asked federal health officials Wednesday to review the state’s plan to combat the disease. Full Story
A Harris County judge has dropped one of the criminal charges against an anti-abortion activist who was indicted after making undercover recordings of a Houston Planned Parenthood facility. Full Story
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Texas is finally poised to move forward with budget cuts to a pediatric therapy program for children with disabilities, but opponents of the cuts have vowed to continue putting up a fight. Full Story
In the Roundup: State leaders push Congress to fund Zika virus prevention and fast. Plus, a pair of Texas congressmen – from both sides of the aisle – have strong words for Donald Trump, but at least one says he'll still vote for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee come November. Full Story
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A three-judge panel ruled earlier this year that the state's definition of "psychologist" violates the First Amendment. Now, officials are working to come up with a new definition that they hope will still prove valuable to potential patients. Full Story
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Lobbyists for doctors' groups and the telemedicine industry hope to hammer out a compromise over the state's rules governing long-distance health care by the end of the summer. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: Zika's spread has cost implications for care for years to come, a big rate hike request by a major insurer in the state and an interview with Kristi Henderson of Seton Healthcare Family in Austin. Full Story
Texas' top Senate Republicans on Monday upped the urgency on federal policymakers to do something about the Zika virus. Full Story
State health officials are urging Texans to protect themselves from mosquito bites — but they aren't helping counties coordinate or pay for those protective measures. Full Story
Throughout May, the Tribune partnered with the Mental Health Channel and KLRU on a series looking at mental health policy issues and some of Texas’ biggest challenges in providing care. Use this page to catch up on our coverage. Full Story
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Public health experts are looking more closely at the issue of suicides in small towns. Full Story
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