In May, the family of 2-year-old Annelise Camp sued Texas Children’s Hospital to prevent brain death testing after she drowned in a hotel pool.
Health care
In-depth reporting on public health, healthcare policy, hospitals, and wellness issues shaping communities across Texas, from The Texas Tribune.
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Health care
Lack of broadband service, funding gives rise to telehealth services in rural clinics
Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.
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Health care
Texas has banned several THC products. Find out what is still legal.
Although several synthetically derived cannabis products were banned starting July 31, delta-9 THC products will still remain legal.
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Screwworm in Texas
U.S. will begin limited imports of Mexican cattle as screwworm outbreak continues
The limited resumption will allow a southern port of entry in Arizona to reopen in phases. The move comes after 41 of 42 cases of screwworm have been reported in Texas.
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Courts
Appeals court overturns order closing Texas midwife clinics accused of illegal abortions
The ruling says Attorney General Ken Paxton didn’t prove his allegations that the Houston-area clinics performed abortions when a lower court’s injunction forced them to close.
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Health care
Texas foster care agency cancels troubled provider’s contract
The Department of Family and Protective Service’s action comes four months after it placed EMPOWER into receivership in the wake of the deaths of two children under its care and staffing problems.
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Higher Education
Texas invested billions to fight cancer. Abbott’s H-1B visas restrictions may stall research, some warn
MD Anderson is a global leader in cancer research, tapping hundreds of foreign-born scientists. Now Gov. Greg Abbott’s restrictions on H-1B visas may limit the talent pool.
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Texas measles outbreak
Officials confirm three measles cases in Montgomery County
The residents are members of the same family. Public health officials say they were in close contact with an infected person who had traveled from out-of-state.
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Environment
Where to find flooding resources and how to help impacted Texans
From addressing storm damage to mental health needs, here’s how to help or find resources.
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Health care
Abortion not a focus in Texas race for U.S. Senate as neither candidates emphasizes the issue
Abortion isn’t polling as high as other issues that matter to women voters, and Democrats have also retreated on the topic.
