Health

The union and hospital management have been negotiating for months, but reached a stalemate over key provisions including guaranteed nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.

Successful bills this session focused on the shortage of nurses in Texas and on eliminating the tax on feminine hygiene products.

Dr. Ximena Lopez, a pediatric endocrinologist in Dallas, has been at the forefront of gender-affirming medical care for trans youth in Texas for the past 10 years. Now, as the state prepares to ban this care for minors, Lopez announced she’s closing her practice and moving to California.

Researchers from UT Austin and the University of California San Francisco found doctors were scared and confused and offered worse care to patients in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

More women who say they were put in danger by Texas' abortion bans are joining a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to clarify medical exceptions in the laws.

After the hospital announced the departure of doctors in its adolescent medicine clinic, patients and their families are looking for new care providers — in Texas and beyond.

The measure now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for his signature. The ACLU of Texas has already vowed to sue.

The city is paying millions of dollars in overtime to its firefighters because it's short staffed. The extra hours exacerbate an already stressful job.

With so many variables — like whether an overdose occurs on campus or after school — there's no way to know if Hays CISD is a hot spot or if other districts are just tracking differently and aren’t aware of a problem.

Bills like SB 14 would ban care for minors in the state and penalize doctors offering this care. Texans share how it’s felt to live in the state during this moment of uncertainty.