women's health

State data shows more than 40,000 pregnant Texans waited more than a month for the state to process their Medicaid applications — with more than half waiting more than 60 days. An advocacy group said delays in applications getting processed can combine with issues getting appointments and can lead to delayed prenatal care.

Full access to the abortion pill mifepristone, including through telemedicine and the mail, will continue for at least three more days, the high court said on Monday.

San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro inspected a federal shelter in San Benito on Tuesday and raised serious questions about how pregnant migrant minors are being cared for.

Alongside a plethora of services, Nurture & Thrive looks to give Black families a brave space to ask important questions, organizers said.

The philanthropic arm of a major pharmaceutical company gave several Dallas-based nonprofits hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding to expand HIV prevent and treatment.

Three years later, in a ballroom at Texas Christian University, she reiterated the importance of confronting an issue like maternal health head-on, quoting advice given to her by her friend and former U.S. Army Secretary Pete Geren.

A nonprofit advocacy and research organization launched a new research collaborative focused on addressing the high rate of preterm births. UT Southwestern in Dallas and UT Medical Branch in Galveston are part of the new Texas research collaborative. The Texas Collaborative marks the organization’s sixth Prematurity Research Center.

The FDA approved the first at-home cervical cancer screening in May. Texas is the eighth state to have access to the test as the company rolls the product out state-by-state.

Senate Bill 31 comes after reporting found that confusion surrounding Texas' abortion ban had resulted in the deaths of at least two women. The bill needs one more procedural vote before it heads to the governor's desk.

UT Arlington's Mobile Simulation Lab will provide training around Texas' rural counties, the majority of which have health care shortages.

A new poll from University of Houston researchers shows that 83% of Texans supported the exceptions to the state's abortion ban, along with an exception for lethal fetal diagnoses.

“Now that we have this coverage, what do we do to make sure women can get it?,” one health advocate said.