Kailey Broussard
Health ReporterKailey Broussard covers health for KERA News. Previously, they covered the city of Arlington for four years across multiple news organizations and helped start the Arlington Report, a collaboration between KERA News and the Fort Worth Report to restore reporting in one of the country's largest cities without a dedicated news organization.
A Louisiana native, Kailey earned their master's in journalism from Arizona State University and their bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Kailey has covered a little bit of everything, from local politics to urban redevelopment to breaking news. Send story ideas to Kailey at kbroussard@kera.org.
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The teen said they have felt frustrated and helpless since learning their anonymized medical records may be used in Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against their doctor. -
The Rockwall County Commissioners Court said on social media the person, who has since recovered, may have traveled to West Texas recently. -
The North Texas hospital system joins over 400 other entities and a dozen state attorneys general suing over alleged collusion to hike insulin prices. -
After briefly being dropped from the network, Southwestern Health Resources, which includes UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health, reached a new agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas effective April 1, 2025. -
UT Arlington's Mobile Simulation Lab will provide training around Texas' rural counties, the majority of which have health care shortages. -
Unsuccessful contract negotiations between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Southwestern Health Resources will affect Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern facilities. -
A new study about potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP found that Texas could see its gross domestic product shrink by $7 billion. -
Public health departments relied on COVID funding to expand testing, lab and vaccination capabilities. Local health leaders say the federal government's clawback of $11.4 billion will undermine that growth. -
North Texans and public health officials said there's still a lot of work to do to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
The names and birthdates of patients at the center of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against Dr. M. Brett Cooper were mistakenly released in records provided to KERA News.
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Texas Senate Bill 5 would create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Voters would be asked this fall to approve $3 billion for a decade of funding. -
The measles case reported in Rockwall County is unrelated to the outbreak in West Texas, officials said, but they're monitoring and preparing in case the disease spreads in North Texas.
