Vol 1, Issue 21

The committee will review and make recommendations on substance abuse, care for veterans, identifying illnesses early and improving delivery of mental health care.

John Hellerstedt will be the next commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, officials said Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether religious nonprofits should be required to provide birth control benefits to female employees even if the employers object to certain contraceptives on religious grounds.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Pedro Piedra, a virology and microbiology professor at the Baylor College of Medicine.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Death of Cancer.

The Tribune presents a discussion of how the new economics of health care, the politics of reform, the technology revolution and other modern-world realities are transforming Texas hospitals.

As the open enrollment period for federally-subsidized health insurance began for the third time, the Affordable Care Act is still politically unpopular in Texas.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center professor Helen Hobbs on Sunday was named one of the winners of the $3 million Breakthrough Prize, the richest award handed out in the life sciences.

Bruce Beutler, whose work is credited with sparking the “second revolution’’ in immunology, said much more remains to be discovered in regard to research on immunity.

Four papers in the journal Cell and Molecular Cell are considered a “tour de force’’ which may lead researchers to a better understanding of how to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.

Failure of more than half of the nonprofit health insurers launched under the Affordable Care Act is fueling new concerns on Capitol Hill.

New research shows that doctors who ordered more tests on hospitalized patients faced lower risk of being sued.

Antioxidants, which have been said to protect cells from damage, may also cause cancerous cells to grow and thrive, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.