In Galveston, a New First Response to Mental Health Crises
Echoing a statewide trend, the team aims to prevent the tragedies that often result when armed police answer calls involving psychological emergencies.
Medicine
There’s a shortage of a few insulin products, but alternatives are available
Three insulin products are currently in shortage, but all other insulin products are in good supply, including alternatives for the limited products.
Viral posts falsely claim the Mayo Clinic recently updated its website to say hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat COVID-19. Here’s what we can...
At UTHealth’s McGovern Center, Keisha Ray works to combat the biases that lead to worse outcomes for Black patients.
Healthy Eating May Turn Your Gut Bacteria Into Cancer-Fighting Heroes
Recent research out of Dallas and Houston highlights the “science-fictionlike” power of your body’s microbiome—and a high-fiber diet.
New drug classification proposal could make marijuana federally legal with a prescription
Marijuana is illegal for medicinal and recreational uses under federal law, but a new Biden administration proposal could change that.
The Monkeys Who Died to Fight COVID
Texas Biomedical Research Institute helped subdue the coronavirus and has big plans for combating future disease threats—with controversial help from its thousands of research...
No, you should not use rubbing alcohol to clean your wound
Rubbing alcohol can break down healthy skin cells, slowing down the healing process.
When Vertigo Melted My Brain
Can medical science truly explain the mystical, mysterious experience triggered by a simple malfunction in my inner ear?
Plasma Donation Is a Bloody Business at the Border
Thousands of Mexicans routinely cross into Texas to sell their vital bodily fluids for cash. Is that arrangement symbiotic—or exploitative?
US and Mexico submit joint bid to host 2027 Women’s World Cup 
Newly released body cam video shows deadly shootout on Houston highway 
Israel presses ahead with bombarding Gaza, including areas it told Palestinians to evacuate to