Sara Willa Ernst

A new study calculates just how much racial health disparities cost Texans in terms of human life and the economy.

Texas hospitals are getting 225,000 doses of the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine this week. But with such limited supply, health care workers in some parts of the state are nervous they might be left behind.

Some public health officials had expressed hope of a vaccine for the general public by April, while stressing to the public not to let its guard down in the meantime.

COVID-19 patients are reporting long-term symptoms more than 6 months after their initial infection. These have included neurological symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, PTSD and more.

Texas clinics offering transgender health care are starting to see more patients from hundreds of miles away due to the expansion of telehealth during the pandemic.

Many women have delayed their breast cancer screenings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Clinics are now working through a backlog, and the new set of challenges the pandemic has presented.

The program will focus on Houston neighborhoods identified as food deserts.

Amy Coney Barrett could cast a deciding vote on the law known as Obamacare if the conservative judge gets a fast-tracked confirmation.

One in four Houston households are unable to get medical care or received delayed care during the coronavirus pandemic, and more than half of all households surveyed have someone whose employment has been impacted.

Half or more of U.S. households say the financial impact of the pandemic has been serious. An NPR and Harvard survey found Houston households were affected the most, especially Blacks and Latinos.

Many of the populations most impacted by the pandemic are still reeling from Hurricane Harvey.

Even before the pandemic, lacking health insurance blocked millions from easy access to healthcare. Now, it’s affecting access to the most crucial tool of controlling the coronavirus: testing.