Health care

Problems arose with the scoring tool used to decide which company should win a contract to administer the Children’s Health Insurance Program in rural parts of the state.

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Ahead of a Texas House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday to discuss Medicaid therapy rate cuts and the state’s Early Childhood Intervention program, some providers are considering ending services due to financial struggles.

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The number of Texas children dying from abuse and neglect decreased by 22.5 percent in fiscal year 2017, according to a state report, but drug and alcohol use among caregivers is still leading to deaths from trauma, accidental smothering while sleeping and auto accidents, among other causes.

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Local officials across Texas are hearing from lawyers who want to help them sue pharmaceutical companies over the nation's deadly opioid crisis. 

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say the detention center where the bites occurred is being inspected.

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The Texas Tribune asked Texas community leaders, politicians and advocates how policy shapes women’s experiences in the workplace, at the doctor's office and at the polls. Here’s what they said.

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Texas is suing the federal government over President Barack Obama's landmark health care law — again.

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More than 4,000 Texans have died from flu-related illnesses this season, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. 

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A Texas couple says they were turned down as foster parents because they are gay. Now, the pair is suing the federal government. 

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Twenty-three million people — including 1.3 million Texans — may lose access to community health centers in the next several weeks if the federal government doesn’t renew funding for them.

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The state has approved three dispensaries to provide cannabis oil to seizure patients. But with only 18 doctors able to prescribe it, the oils still can be tough to secure. 

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Texas Health and Human Services executive commissioner Charles Smith said during a speech Thursday that his agency is working to improve how it handles contracts.

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A young Texan on Thursday became the first person in the state to receive a legal delivery of medical cannabis — more than two years after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law legalizing the sale of a specific kind of cannabis oil to Texans with intractable epilepsy.

 

 

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When anti-abortion activists march outside the state Capitol on Saturday, they'll do so celebrating a year of multiple successes at the state and federal level. 

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One of the first Texas-licensed medical cannabis cultivators and dispensaries has harvested its first crop of medical cannabis.

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While Texas' infant mortality rate is lower than the national average, a new study shows wide variations in rates across different areas of the state and among different racial groups.

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Across Texas, rural hospitals are facing a difficult decision: Whether to continue delivering babies as the number of births falls and the cost of providing the service rises.

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After a months-long investigation, the Tribune found that the state's data on maternal mortality is a moving target, that the number of women dying during or after pregnancy is still rising and that the state has missed opportunities to improve women's health programs.

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As part of our ongoing examination of maternal health care in Texas, we’ve compiled resources for expectant mothers and mothers who recently gave birth.

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Widespread flu activity has left hospitals overwhelmed with patients. But high emergency room volumes and filled hospital beds are "not uncommon" for this point during flu season, state officials said.

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