Access to affordable health care can mean the difference between managing diabetes well or suffering its most debilitating outcomes. The risks rise where diabetes and uninsured rates are high.
Fine Particles Kill Thousands of Texans a Year. It’s Likely to Get Worse.
A Public Health Watch analysis conducted by two researchers shows that Texans need the extra protection.
A Public Health Watch analysis conducted by two researchers shows that Texans need the extra protection.
Black Water: How Industry Fights Controls of Little-Known Drinking Water Contaminant
High levels of manganese in drinking water could harm infants and children, research shows. But industries that use or produce the metal are downplaying the risks in a fight against tighter controls by the EPA, including hiring consulting firms whose studies often conflict with independent research.
High levels of manganese in drinking water could harm infants and children, research shows. But industries that use or produce the metal are downplaying the risks in a fight against tighter controls by the EPA, including hiring consulting firms whose studies often conflict with independent research.
What Would Life Be Like With MS and No Insurance or Help?
One morning in November 2009, I woke up dizzy – a cloudy feeling I couldn’t explain.
One morning in November 2009, I woke up dizzy – a cloudy feeling I couldn’t explain.
State Laws Favor Workers’ Comp Benefits for Firefighters With Cancer. Cities and Counties Keep Denying Them.
The denials are happening even though all 50 states have laws or programs that presume at least some cancers in firefighters are work-related, in theory making it easier for them to qualify for benefits.
The denials are happening even though all 50 states have laws or programs that presume at least some cancers in firefighters are work-related, in theory making it easier for them to qualify for benefits.
Houston-Area Residents Take Pollution Monitoring Into Their Own Hands. The Results Are Worse Than Feared.
New data from Houston-area air monitors show communities are being flooded with chemicals.
New data from Houston-area air monitors show communities are being flooded with chemicals.
Poverty Puts Older Texans at Risk
About 12% of older Texans live in poverty, and the numbers are even higher for Hispanic and Black populations.
About 12% of older Texans live in poverty, and the numbers are even higher for Hispanic and Black populations.
‘Moral Distress’ Is Taking a Heavy Toll on America’s Physicians
The young man was in his mid-20s when he came to see me for severe abdominal pain at my small community clinic.
The young man was in his mid-20s when he came to see me for severe abdominal pain at my small community clinic.
Mental Health Crisis Line 988 Fields Significantly More Calls, 12 Times as Many Texts in First Year
When 24-year-old Marie texted 988 last December, she was in the middle of a dissociative episode that left her unable to speak.
When 24-year-old Marie texted 988 last December, she was in the middle of a dissociative episode that left her unable to speak.
Teenage Girls Are Struggling
It’s a lot to juggle. One of my priorities is to maintain a balance between school and the things I like doing, like playing music and seeing friends, but it’s hard when most of my time is taken up by homework and studying.
It’s a lot to juggle. One of my priorities is to maintain a balance between school and the things I like doing, like playing music and seeing friends, but it’s hard when most of my time is taken up by homework and studying.
Texas Legislators Boosted Alzheimer’s Program Funding. It’s Not Enough.
Texas lawmakers have agreed to boost spending on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, which afflict some 400,000 of the state’s residents and have exacted an especially heavy toll on Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley.
Texas lawmakers have agreed to boost spending on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, which afflict some 400,000 of the state’s residents and have exacted an especially heavy toll on Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley.