North Texas’ supply of O- and B- blood is critically low

Carter BloodCare is urging people to donate blood, adding that some blood types are in very short supply right now.

UnitedHealthcare lawsuit: Physicians allege delay, deny, underpay practices

UnitedHealthcare is accused of owing more than $900,000 in independent dispute resolution awards after using a federal law to deny, delay and underpay out-of-network providers.

UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect shouts as he appears in court: video

Luigi Mangione, the man suspected in the targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shouted to a crowd of media members as he entered court in Pennsylvania on Tuesday for an extradition hearing.

WIC program aims to provide young families with access to healthy food

It’s the 50th year of a federally funded food program that helps low-income families with children eat better. Still, the Women, Infants, and Children or WIC program wants to help more families put healthy groceries in their baskets.

Rockwall woman survives brain tumor, returns to same hospital as nurse

42-year-old Erica Cash went from a patient at Texas Health Rockwall to one of its news licensed vocational nurse. But she says the journey was not easy.

ChatGPT outperformed doctors in diagnostic accuracy, study reveals

A study reveals ChatGPT-4 outperformed doctors in diagnosing medical conditions, but skepticism and underutilization of AI tools hinder its integration into healthcare.

Is it flu or COVID? At-home tests can now tell you

While symptoms of the flu and COVID are similar, the viruses that cause each illness are different. New tests this winter season can tell you at home what you’re sick with.

Denton VA Clinic holds grand opening for new, expanded facility

VA leaders say it's a significant expansion from the old clinic, both in size and ability to treat matters like mental health.

Fort Worth research lab's multimillion-dollar robot could help diagnose Alzheimer's disease earlier

Without a patient having to wait to see a specialist, the robot can run approximately 3.9 million tests per year on a specific blood sample versus manually running about 486,000 per year.

Medicare premiums increasing in 2025

Medicare’s premium increase for Part B in 2025 outpaces both inflation and the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).

FDA wants to pull decongestant found in many cold, allergy medicines

The FDA is proposing the removal of phenylephrine, a popular nasal decongestant, in oral form from over-the-counter use. Here’s why.