Health

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1723+ words) by Jess Huff and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune September 10, 2026 Vanessa Melendez had been going back and forth with the state over her family’s Medicaid and food assistance applications for months when the Houston mom learned she was pregnant with…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (630+ words) Texas is statistically among the most deadly places for pregnant women in the wealthy world. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country, and Texas ranks poorly within the U.S., per CDC data and a cross-country…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (368+ words) Texas Border Business Texas Releases Its First-Ever Official Nutrition Guidelines Listen to article (english) Translate text to Spanish or other 102 languages! The Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee today published the first nutritional guidelines created by Texans for Texans. The guidelines are…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (264+ words) Texas has delayed the release of its latest maternal mortality report from Sept. 1 until Dec. 1, raising concerns that critical information about pregnancy-related deaths will not be available when it is most needed to inform policy, clinical care and prevention efforts....

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1463+ words) Of course. Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. The report was expected on September 1st, but state officials now say the analysis won’t be complete until December. Not only does this mean…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (380+ words) Texas health officials set a schedule, then realized when the election was. The state's maternal mortality committee documented that its next biennial report would be published by September 1, 2026. They've moved that date, without giving a reason, to December. The new…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (550+ words) Normally, the report on the number of Texas women who died while pregnant or giving birth is released Sept. 1. This year it'll be after the midterm elections. Every death of a woman who dies during pregnancy or childbirth demands answers....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (647+ words) State Rep. Jay Dean said he'll propose a bill in the next legislative session that could help more Texans get health insurance by letting small businesses purchase lower-cost healthcare plans. House Bill 139 would allow private health insurance companies to offer…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (965+ words) The Health Sciences Academic Building on the University of Iowa campus is shown Wednesday, the day the $250 million building was dedicated in Iowa City. The six-story, 263,000-square-foot building will connect academic and research work with the clinical operation that serves…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (516+ words) Students, faculty, and community members gathered on the first floor of the building to dedicate the University of Iowa’s new Health Sciences Academic Building Wednesday. The event featured five speakers from the University, who all highlighted aspects of the new…...