health care

Vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans doesn’t come from paranoia, but rather a long history of racism in medicine, experts say.

Laredo’s latest COVID-19 bind follows efforts to expand hospital capacity and to slow down rising hospitalizations, but officials have been unable to control the spread of the virus under Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders allowing bars and restaurants to remain open.

Many front-line health workers who have faced a perpetual lack of PPE and inconsistent safety measures believe the government and their employers have failed to protect them from COVID-19.

Texas remains one of the few states in the country that has not expanded its Medicaid program to more low-income adults. The pandemic might compel state lawmakers to at least consider changing that during the upcoming legislative session, though.

Global Response Management is a nonprofit that is attempting to go beyond mere crisis response and build a system to make it easier to track the health of migrants along their journey from Central America to the U.S. border.

Problems included a glitch with a sign-up app and some staff jumping to the front of the line ahead of medical workers with more exposure to the coronavirus.

Cyberattacks that scramble and lock up data until a ransom is paid are an example of a digital threat that could wreak havoc on hospitals around the country.

At a housing unit turned health clinic in rural Brown County, the director of a family planning clinic laughs at the idea of offering tele-health visits to limit the virus' spread: “Where we are, that is just not an option for us.”

The court ruled legal precedent disqualifies Medicaid beneficiaries from taking issue with how a state determines which providers are qualified to be in the health care program.

Republican incumbent Van Taylor tries to fend off Democrat Lulu Seikaly in one of the key matchups in the suburbs of North Texas.

Almost a million low-income Texans would likely enroll in Medicaid if the state were to expand the program under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.

Health policy researchers say Trump may not be able to pay for the cards, which fall short of lasting policy changes to curb high drug prices.