Vol 2, Issue 13

As Texas braces for a possible Zika virus outbreak via local mosquito populations, Gov. Greg Abbott asked federal health officials Wednesday to review the state’s plan to combat the disease.

Texas is finally poised to move forward with budget cuts to a pediatric therapy program for children with disabilities, but opponents of the cuts have vowed to continue putting up a fight.

Lobbyists for doctors' groups and the telemedicine industry hope to hammer out a compromise over the state's rules governing long-distance health care by the end of the summer. 

In this week's Q&A, we interview Elmer Bernstam, a professor at the School of Biomedical Informatics and McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Ghost in the Ranks.

Today’s college graduates enter a world where people still respect science, but question the authority of the scientific community, Atul Gawande argues in The New Yorker.

In a finding that may aid research on the growing threat from the Zika virus, a new study shows that Zika directly infected brain cells and did not prompt much reaction from the immune system.

Walgreen Co. severed ties to blood-testing firm Theranos as federal regulators prepare to announce possible sanctions stemming from problems with tens of thousands of blood tests.

Regular exercise to stay fit in midlife can significantly reduce the chances of a stroke in old age, according to a new study.

In the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, the American Medical Association adopted its first policy statement calling gun violence a health risk and vowed to lobby Congress for restrictions on sales.

Although mass shootings still have the power to shock and horrify, they do not come as a complete surprise anymore, say doctors who have studied people’s emotional reactions.