Health Care

The Texas Legislature votes no to expand Medicaid in the state. With the recent loss of the 1115 Waiver this could mean a health care crisis for poor and rural Texas. And during the pandemic access to public information in Texas was sometimes on mute. What’s happening at the legislature to fix that?

San Antonio hospitals are filling up, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the city is within a week of reaching full capacity.The hospital system has been under…

This post was updated on Tuesday, July 7, at 3:45 p.m.One in four adults in the U.S. is living with a disability. That's 61 million Americans for whom…

In the course of just a week, Americans swiveled from one crisis—the pandemic—to a seemingly very different one, the killing of black Americans by police.…

Texas already had the nation's highest uninsured rate pre-pandemic and the gap is expected to widen much further in its wake. The outbreak leveled the…

In past viral outbreaks, pregnant women have been at heightened risk of severe symptoms, sometimes leading to birth defects and complications during…

If you’re diagnosed with COVID-19, one of your first conversations will likely be with a nurse. And during your journey to recovery, nurses will be…

Almost overnight, "flatten the curve" became a national motto. This week on Petrie Dish, TPR's weekly podcast about the coronavirus, we unpack the origins…

On March 23, Texas Governor Abbott issued an order postponing all elective operations and procedures that are not “immediately medically necessary,"…

The U.S. health care system could become overwhelmed by the influx of people infected with the coronavirus and its disease COVID-19 as soon as April 15,…