Vol 1, Issue 1

An open letter from Daniel K. Podolsky, the president of the UT Southwestern Medical Center, on the launch of the Trib+Health newsletter.

Texas's tendency to privatize state services has led to contracting scandals erupting regularly. But a history of cost overruns or bad performance hardly bars a company from winning future jobs.

Four years after a legislative effort to keep Planned Parenthood from receiving state dollars for health care for low-income women, the Texas Senate is back at it — this time over funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings.

Texas can rebel against Obamacare and Medicaid expansion all it wants, but enrollment in the state's insurance program for the poor is growing, and the federal government will be paying for less of it. An additional $1.3 billion might be needed just to maintain the status quo.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Greg Fitz, dean of the UT Southwestern Medical School.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Patient Will See You Now.

Enrollment in the federal health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act is boosted by mapping users in states like Florida to coordinate urban outreach, despite a Republican stronghold of the state.

In a rare special session, the World Health Organization met in late January to create a global emergency workforce to be deployed in crises such as the Ebola epidemic.

It’s flu season, but influenza is not the only threat that should worry parents of infants and young children. RSV, short for respiratory syncytial virus, can get into the lungs and lead to a lower respiratory tract infection.

Two researchers have found a way to extend the life expectancy of a subset of Stage Four lung cancer patients who previously didn’t respond to chemotherapy alone.

Placing stents in the neck arteries of patients to prevent strokes may not be as valuable as previously thought for older and sicker patients.

UT Southwestern’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital sets a “new standard’’ with an art collection devoted to promoting healing and representing innovation, according to a recent review.

Jim Ely, 83, became the oldest kidney transplant patient at St. Paul University Hospital in December — and was in charge of the play clock at the first College Football Playoff National Championship just weeks later.