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Michael Minasi/KUT"The idea that Miss Cox wants desperately to be a parent and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice," Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said after an emergency hearing Thursday. -
Michael Minasi/KUTThe nurses' union said hundreds participated in the strike Wednesday to protest staffing levels and equipment shortages at the hospital.
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Mission Plasticos, which recently expanded into Austin, helps provide free reconstructive surgery for uninsured and underinsured women. -
The nurses union will engage in its second strike this year as contract negotiations with the hospital inch past the one-year mark.
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Texas has the highest rate of uninsured kids in the nation. And advocates say it’s only going to get worse as the state continues to check whether people are still eligible for Medicaid.
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Twenty women are challenging the state’s abortion laws, saying they were unable to get the health care they needed for their medically complex pregnancies.
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Appeals court considers whether Texas teens should be allowed contraception without parental consentLast year, Judge Matthew Kacmsaryk closed off one of the only avenues for Texas teens to get confidential contraception. The 5th Circuit on Monday considered arguments in the case.
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Nearly 1 in 6 Texas households are food insecure, significantly higher than the national average. That’s 1.7 million households in Texas, about 300,000 more than the year before.
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Texas has the second-highest rate of new HIV infections in the United States. Medicines like PrEP can prevent HIV, but without insurance, it's hard to find, and afford.
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At 27, Alma Ramos thought she could get by without health insurance. Then, she found a lump.
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Cities and counties are trying to prevent drugs from ending up in local waterways, where the chemicals can affect the drinking water supply and aquatic life.
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The bill now goes back to the Texas Senate since the version passed by the House makes some minor changes to the version passed by the upper chamber two weeks ago.
