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With the donation for UT's highly anticipated hospital project, Michael and Susan Dell become the university's first billion-dollar donors.
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The flagship administrative and medical center for Central Health, the local public hospital district, opens in Hancock Center for limited services starting Friday.
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Candy and sweetened drinks are no longer eligible for purchases through the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Austin residents are navigating what that means at the checkout counter.
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The new COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 is being monitored by epidemiologists — but it doesn't account for a major surge of cases yet.
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A group of scientists with the University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that a potential chemotherapy drug was causing an immune response that usually occurs in response to viral infections.
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From Smithville to Taylor to Martindale, libraries are offering mental health resources in areas where health infrastructure is scarce.
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Providers report fewer visits, more telehealth use and growing legal demand as immigrant families avoid clinics, courts and police.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing more out-of-state providers for allegedly shipping abortion medication into Texas. Paxton's office announced the new lawsuit today Tuesday.
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The documentary, which will be screened Tuesday in Austin, tells the story of three women who helped spur an abortion rights movement in the late 1960s.
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Evidence shows that doulas can improve health outcomes for birthing women. Texas birth workers want their services to be accessible and understood.
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The medical complex, which will include an MD Anderson Cancer Center, is now set to be developed on a property near the Domain.
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Nine years into his marriage to Cassandra, Clyde developed dementia. He put down his guitar and quit his job. But music he had recorded still needed lyrics.