Texas House Public Health Committee to Examine Social Media, Infant Mortality, AI and Disease Threats
The Texas House Committee on Public Health will gavel in at 9 a.
The Texas House Committee on Public Health will gavel in at 9 a.
State Representative Katrina Pierson has laid out a 12-part legislative package under the banner of the Texas Women's Health Initiative, pairing six women's health proposals with six broader medical measures aimed at prevention, early detection, treatment access and protecting the physician-patient relationship, according to an Aug.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will host a public forum Aug.
The Texas Funeral Service Commission votes Friday on a wholesale rewrite of the rules governing donated human bodies — a signed chain-of-custody form at every handoff, permission required before a body leaves the state, and a flat ban on selling tickets to watch remains dissected.
The Texas Medical Board meets Friday with a rule on its desk that would regulate ketamine clinics for the first time.
The five-member council that employs every staff member working for the state's physical therapy and occupational therapy boards meets Friday in Austin.
The largest infusion of federal health money rural Texas has ever received is moving from applications to contracts this month.
Governor Greg Abbott announced more than $5.
Health insurers selling individual coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace are asking for a median premium increase of 15% for 2027, according to a Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker analysis updated August 3 that now covers proposed filings from 276 insurers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Attorney General Ken Paxton's office announced that its settlement agreement with Texas Children's Hospital has been fully executed, finalizing a $10 million payment and requiring the hospital to open what the office describes as the country's first detransition clinic, according to an Aug.