Cook Children’s sues state of Texas over Medicaid contracts

Texas Health and Human Services decided to not extend a Medicaid contract to Cook Children’s Health Plan and other local plans. The decision would affect nearly 125,000 North Texans.

Texas Medical Board clarifies abortion exceptions

The Texas Medical Board unanimously approved guidelines for how doctors should interpret exceptions to the state's abortion ban.

Best-selling author Dr. Sharon Malone encourages North Texas women to be their own healthcare advocates

Dr. Sharon Malone’s career as an OB/GYN has spanned more than 30 years in the private sector. She is now primarily focused on educating women over 40. She says her own personal experiences are motivators.

CDC: Adderall shortage may worsen after health execs charged with fraud

Done Global executives are accused of continuing to improperly prescribe Adderall and other stimulants despite social media posts claiming patients had overdosed and died.

Healthcare company execs arrested for running $100M online Adderall scheme

The founder-CEO and clinical president of a digital health company have been arrested and charged for their part in a multi-million-dollar scheme to give people easy access to Adderall and other restricted drugs, among other crimes.

Doctors, women seek more clarity from Texas Medical Board on state abortion laws

In a public hearing Monday, a group of doctors, women and their lawyers urged the board to clarify when a doctor can legally perform an abortion under the state's near-total ban.

1st person to receive pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later

Pig kidney transplant recipient Richard Slayman has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure. Here’s what’s known about xenotransplantation.

Children's Health recognizes 'superhero' patients on Cape Day

FOX 4 first introduced you to Olivia Solis in 2018. Shortly after she was born, doctors determined she would need a heart transplant. Today, she is a picture of strength. “I had a heart transplant. My heart is strong now!"

Teen speaks after doctor who injected IV bag with dangerous drugs is found guilty

Jack Adlerstein was 18 years old when he went into Baylor Scott and White Surgicare in North Dallas for a simple nose surgery. The young man nearly died when Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz injected his IV bag with dangerous drugs.

No link between Ozempic and suicide, EU drug regulators say

It's the latest group to conclude there's no known tie between obesity drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy and suicide.

Dallas doctor found guilty of poisoning IV bags

Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz has been found guilty of injecting dangerous drugs into IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in North Dallas.

Jury deliberating in Dallas doctor's IV tampering trial

The fate of a doctor accused of secretly putting poison into IV bags is now in the hands of a jury.

Defense rests in Dallas doctor's IV tampering trial

Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz is accused of tampering with IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in North Dallas, leading to 11 patients suffering cardiac emergencies and the death of a fellow doctor. The defense's expert witness attempted to cast doubt on the prosecution's story.

Dallas doctor IV bag tampering trial: Expert testimony suggests pattern of emergencies among patients

A prosecution expert worked to tie the pieces together that patients Tammy Young, Kelly Pifer, John Eller and Jack Adlerstein all experienced the same reactions after receiving IV bags during what should have been simple procedures.

Anesthesiologist who realized IV bags were behind patient emergencies testifies in Dallas doctor's trial

In the fourth day of testimony in the trial of Dallas doctor Raynaldo Ortiz, jurors heard from the doctor who first realized that IV bags were the cause of several unexplained medical emergencies. Jurors also heard from the final patient set to testify.