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Also, a new app using trained AI aims to predict risks during pregnancy. Both the report and the app highlight consistent concerns over equitable access to health care.
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A new national study ranks Texas among the lowest-performing states for women’s health outcomes. Only Mississippi ranked worse.
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Attendees can get a full STI screening free of charge provided by Dallas County Health and Human Services.
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A Denton divorce case raised questions whether frozen embryos are people or property. Legal experts say Texas lawmakers may provide clarity when they reconvene in 2025.
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The Texas Supreme Court says Grissel Velasco can't recover damages the birth of a healthy child. She alleged the pregnancy was caused by her doctor's negligence.
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The First Unitarian Church of Dallas is starting The Truth Pregnancy Resource Center to counter anti-abortion messages from crisis pregnancy centers.
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Parkland Health expands testing and outreach to address the maternal syphilis crisis in North Texas.
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A new Medicaid extension goes into effect today that gives pregnant Texans twelve months of postpartum coverage.
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State Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who is undergoing fertility treatment, wants Gov. Greg Abbott to enshrine IVF protections after a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling.
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HHS Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine visited Parkland Health in Dallas on Thursday to discuss high rates of syphilis in Texas.
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It’s been two years since Texas implemented new health education standards for students, but advocates say the opt-in instruction still isn’t comprehensive.
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There was a substantial increase in requests by people who were not pregnant after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision was leaked.