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UTMB Scientists Develop Inhalable Ebola Vaccine
Posted on · Clinical trials with human volunteers are set to start in a few months.
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Houston Congressman Green Backs More Federal Money For NIH And FDA
Posted on · With Medicaid expansion stalled in Texas, Green looks to 21st Century Cures Act
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UTMB Scientist: Flea-Borne Typhus Is Back In Galveston County
Posted on · An infectious disease once thought to have been eradicated from this area may be making a comeback. Murine typhus has been confirmed in about 20 patients from Galveston County. The illness is transmitted by fleas living on opossums, rats or feral cats.
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Supreme Court Reprieve Lets 10 Texas Abortion Clinics Stay Open For Now
Posted on · It temporarily puts on hold a ruling that would have closed half of the state's abortion facilities.
Affordable Care Act
U.S. Supreme Court Rules More Than 800,000 Texans Can Keep Subsidized Health Insurance
Posted on · In the greater Houston region, more than 300,000 people have coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Many of them breathed a sigh of relief Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tax credit subsidies for those plans are legal, and can continue.
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Houston Baptist University And Others Lose Court Case Over Birth Control
Posted on · Houston Baptist University, East Texas Baptist University and other religious organizations in Texas objected to the legal mandate to provide insurance coverage of contraception under the Affordable Care Act.
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Texas Finds Elevated Cancer Rates In Parts of Eastern Harris County
Posted on · The report found a greater than expected incidence of five childhood cancers in certain parts of eastern Harris County and more cases of brain and cervical cancers.
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UTMB Galveston Wins National Ebola Designation
Posted on · Gavelston hospital will accept future Ebola patients from Texas and four surrounding states
Affordable Care Act
What’s At Stake When The Supreme Court Rules On Health Plan Subsidies
Posted on · Later this month, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on King v. Burwell, a case challenging the validity of federal tax subsidies helping millions of Americans buy health insurance if they don't get it through an employer.
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Houston Scientists Work On Study Describing Heart Attack Risk From Some Heartburn Drugs
Posted on · Scientists at Houston Methodist and Stanford University have published a study describing how some heartburn drugs are associated with increased risk of heart attack. The class of drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors, include Nexium, Prilosec and other popular pills for acid reflux.
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Abortion Clinics Could Close After Court Rules Texas Restrictions Are Constitutional
Posted on · Tough new restrictions on abortion providers in Texas can now go into effect following a long-awaited court ruling. About nine clinics - including at least one in Houston - may have to shut their doors at the end of June, unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes.
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Houston Doctors Perform World’s First Skull-Scalp Transplant
Posted on · Surgeons from Houston Methodist and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center operated together on a man who needed a new pancreas and kidney. He also had a severe chronic wound on his head, so they also transplanted part of the skull and scalp from the same deceased donor.
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Texas Legislature Again Says No To Medicaid Reform But Agrees To Spend More On Other Health Problems
Posted on · For the second time in two years, Texas lawmakers decided against expanding Medicaid to low-income uninsured adults. But the legislature did approve additional spending on some other critical health issues, including mental health programs, rural and safety-net hospitals, and medical residency programs that train future doctors.
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New Texas Abortion Law Will Affect Most Vulnerable Teen Girls
Posted on · Abortion wasn't front and center during the 2015 legislative session, but Republicans did pass a set of regulations affecting teenage girls who want permission from a judge to obtain an abortion.
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Abortion Bill Affecting Girls Under 18 On Verge of Becoming Texas Law
Posted on · Abortion hasn't been as prominent for the Texas Legislature this year, compared to past sessions. But the issue hasn't gone away: lawmakers are on the verge of passing a bill that would add more regulations for minors who want a judge's help in getting an abortion.