Previous studies say coffee has health benefits. New results suggest it may help people who suffer from two cardiac risk factors at a time.

The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking levels; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide, or gun violence. Fentanyl—the cheap synthetic opioid—remains poorly understood by policymakers and the public. We separate the facts from the fiction surrounding fentanyl.

Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable.

The degenerative brain disease can only be diagnosed after death. But hundreds of retired players reported symptoms linked to CTE, like depression, mood swings and suicidal thoughts.

A coalition of legislators asked two government agencies to warn consumers when corn masa products — like corn tortillas — are not fortified with folic acid, a B vitamin that can help prevent birth defects.

Events were held in San Antonio and around the world to remind people to try to make their communities a little greener and healthier.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and experts said firearms are used in more than half of all suicides in Texas.

A majority of Texans said they skipped or put off some form of medical treatment in 2023 because they couldn’t afford it, according to a survey published this week by the Houston-based Episcopal Health Foundation.

Many anexos operate outside regulations, resorting to brute force, confinement and isolation to keep people there. Their methods are often far from therapeutic, relying heavily on religious indoctrination, shaming tactics, and even physical punishment.

The new website — UTSanAntonioTogether.org — was announced Friday by UTSA President Taylor Eighmy and UT Health San Antonio Acting President Robert Hromas.