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Since the 1960s, Texas has screened newborns for a variety of rare diseases — like sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. And that list of conditions continues to grow longer. But, even with a diagnosis, families still face obstacles when it comes to receiving care.

Fred Chapman arrived home Feb. 27 after visiting his son, Zachary Chapman, a long-term acute care patient, at LifeCare Hospital of Fort Worth.

More than 2,000 patients have had their personal medical information leaked in a UT Southwestern Medical Center data breach

Operating on the wrong patient or on the wrong limb, or giving the wrong medication – those are examples of medical errors. And those errors are the third…

Hospital stays can be stressful for anyone. Worse, though, for about seven million patients each year who suffer from delirium. It’s a sudden state of…

Long hospital stays and frequent checkups are a drag. And they’re especially hard on kids who often fall behind in school and miss spending time with…

The new $1.3 billion Parkland hospital is just the tip of the iceberg. Hospital construction has reached unprecedented levels in North Texas.The Dallas…

Ron Anderson, the doctor who ran Dallas County’s largest medical center for nearly 30 years, died Thursday night. The 68-year-old health-care pioneer left…

Patient-centered care. If you aren’t already familiar with this catchphrase, you will be soon.The Affordable Care Act created incentives for hospitals and…

People living in one South Dallas neighborhood used to be three times as likely to die from diabetes-related complications than those in Dallas County…

Parkland Hospital officials say they are making big changes after failing two critical safety inspections last year, and a new, independent audit found…

Parkland Hospital says it will not release an independent audit that found safety problems in 15 hospital departments. KERA’s BJ Austin says that’s not…