Parkland Hospital warns staffing, not space, is current COVID-19 challenge
COVID-19 cases at Parkland Hospital went from about 70 in mid-October to 140 a just a couple of weeks later.
Cook Children’s reinstates rules limiting visitors as COVID-19 cases spike
Only one caregiver will be allowed per patient inside Cook Children's because of the rise in COVID-19 cases in Tarrant County and North Texas.
Discussion held to see how COVID-19 has changed health care for North Texas veterans
Veterans were honored Wednesday across the U.S., but their health problems are being magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supreme Court seems likely to leave bulk of Affordable Care Act in place
Republican elected officials and the Trump administration are advancing their latest arguments to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, a long-held GOP goal that has repeatedly failed in Congress and the courts.
Battling Pandemic Fatigue
Many people thought it would take a few weeks for the novel coronavirus to go away, but we will be wearing masks and keeping social-distance into the near year.
Some El Paso COVID-19 patients transferred to North Texas due to overcrowded hospitals
The hospitals in El Paso are so overcrowded due to a massive surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations that some patients are being sent to North Texas.
Traveling healthcare worker helping COVID-19 patients in ICU battling the virus
A traveling healthcare worker from helping on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic is fighting to survive after contracting the virus himself.
Baylor Scott & White breaks ground with inhaled Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment
The hope is that this new treatment will prevent the disease from progressing and keep people from needing to be hospitalized.
North Texas officials still dealing with backlogged reporting of COVID-19 cases
County health officials in North Texas continue to get old COVID-19 case data weeks or even months after the fact due to ongoing issues with the state's antiquated public health systems.
Cook Children's Hospital describes baby Tinslee Lewis' worsening condition
Affidavits filed Tuesday with the Texas Supreme Court contain perhaps the hospital’s most graphic description of what it calls the 1-year old’s “worsening condition.”
McKinney 2-year-old receives lifesaving liver transplant
It’s a success story the family didn’t expect, but they’re grateful if not a little nervous moving forward with recovery in a pandemic.
Families eager to visit loved ones as new Texas nursing home guidelines begin
With the new guidelines in place, there are a number of requirements family members need to meet in order to be allowed visits. It will still be some time before some can start scheduling visits.
Trump promises executive order requiring medical care for babies born alive after abortions
President Donald Trump says he'll be signing an executive order that would require health care providers to provide medical care to all babies born alive as he makes an election-year push to energize voters opposed to abortion.
Dallas man is first in North Texas to have his lung cancer cured by new robotic procedure
A Dallas man’s lung cancer is gone after he was the first in North Texas to undergo a new robotic procedure.
Pfizer Phase 3 trial expands to younger participants
There is progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine.
'A blessing in disguise': Car accident helps doctors discover Little Elm man's tumor
A Little Elm man is back at home after undergoing major spine surgery.
Parkland Hospital closes COVID-19 unit as hospitalizations ease in North Texas
Hospital officials said Thursday its 3rd floor Tactical Care Unit was empty and all of its coronavirus patients had been moved to “traditional” wards.
Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond COVID-19 pandemic
During the coronavirus pandemic the use of telehealth visits has taken off after Medicare temporarily relaxed restrictions that predated the smartphone era.
The home front: Stories from nurses in the fight against COVID-19
For the nurses across the globe, home is fraught with uncertainty. Are they exposing their partners and children? Should they quit their jobs to keep their families safe?
Texas A&M to help lead production of potential coronavirus vaccine
Texas A&M University has been selected to help lead the effort producing mass quantities of a potential coronavirus vaccine.