Health

The $1.3 million renovation expands and modernizes the hospital’s cardiac rehabilitation program, creating a more comfortable and supportive environment.

This settlement is the latest in a series of agreements Attorney General Paxton has negotiated to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for worsening the national trend of overdoses and deaths from prescription opioids.

Prior to the program’s launch, about 30 patients per month were transferred to facilities in other cities.

The proposed elimination of the program, aimed at serving lower-income families, comes as Texas leadership has called on agencies to reduce budgets by 3%.

BCBSTX allegedly delayed granting approval for medically urgent treatment.

The decision clears the way for the 1-month-old’s biological parents to relocate him from Dallas to Los Angeles, where the couple lives, to seek treatment there. Their surrogate wants him in Texas.

Texas moms and surrogates say lawmakers can sharpen protections for both parties in contracts and regulate surrogacy agencies, but caution against severely limiting the practice.

The facility increases access to intensive behavioral health treatment for foster care youth with the highest levels of need, providing care in a safe, structured setting. 

The order ensured that baby Gabriel received life-sustaining medical care and prevented anyone from withholding treatment or removing him from the state while the case was pending.

A surrogate’s fight for custody over the baby she birthed last week could lead to more restrictions on the rights of biological parents and on abortion clauses in surrogacy agreements.

The biological parents won a temporary restraining order against the surrogate, who tried to claim parental rights, and are with their baby, their attorneys say.

While the surrogate mother of baby Gabriel has traveled to Texas for protection and care for Gabriel, the intended parents have refused to agree that they will consent to the life-saving surgery for Gabriel after he is born.

Public health officials said some parents are confused about what vaccines are required to attend Texas schools amid efforts to change recommendations.

Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the American Academy of Pediatrics over concerns that the organization may be promoting and recommending childhood vaccines for financial gain.

Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is observing National Breastfeeding Month in August by promoting resources for moms.

The academy is designed for leaders responsible for the financial stability of rural hospitals or rural health care systems in Texas.

Cyclospora is generally transmitted when infected feces contaminates food or water.

At this time, no common source for the outbreak has been identified, and the reported cases do not indicate a widespread community outbreak.