Posted on · At least five local residents were charged after the United States Department of Justice conducted an enforcement plan to crack down on healthcare fraud schemes. 193 people, including 76 doctors and nurse practitioners were arrested and charged across the country, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
Posted on · Now hundreds of victims of the company are scrambling to scrounge up the money to pay off costly medical expenses. A Facebook group with SEAM clients was formed June 13, and already gathered nearly 800 members.
Posted on · A Denton divorce case raised questions whether frozen embryos are people or property. Legal experts say Texas lawmakers may provide clarity when they reconvene in 2025.
Posted on · Medical ethicist Valerie Gutmann Koch explains some of the ethical considerations doctors often face and discusses some of the issues raised by recent stories from Houston-area hospitals.
Posted on · Harris County officials say 235 mosquito pools have tested positive for West Nile compared to 45 positive mosquito pools just two weeks ago.
Posted on · The study tracked infant deaths that occurred in the year following Senate Bill 8's passage.
Posted on · The next boosters from Moderna and Pfizer will target FLiRT variant KP.2, which is a subvariant of JN.1. JN.1 is an Omicron subvariant, as was the XBB.1.5 strain, which was the target of last fall’s booster.
Posted on · Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine and medical practice group Surgical Associates of Texas P.A. have agreed to pay a record $15 million settlement.
Posted on · As residents of the San Antonio region waited in line to get the vaccine, each participant was asked if they would support a vaccine mandate.
Posted on · Jackson Lee joins a long line of U.S. lawmakers who have sought reelection while faced with a life-threatening illness.
Posted on · The board's guidance is aimed at providing some clarity to physicians working within the narrow emergency medical exception to Texas' abortion ban.
Posted on · The Houston Zoo staff will monitor Tess, the 40-year-old Asian elephant, to study the effects of the vaccine against elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, which has been the leading cause of death in Asian elephants born in North America since 1980.
Posted on · The committee’s chair also raised concerns about the state’s possible departure from a federal system to share data about maternal deaths.
Posted on · The indictment alleges Haim obtained personal information including patients names, treatment codes and the attending physician's name through an electronic system without authorization, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release Monday.
Posted on · Behavioral health has historically been structured, researched, financed, and regulated differently than general health care, and mental health and substance use disorders are typically treated as a specialty.
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