Healthcare

An illustration combining a sonogram of a womb with the image of a balancing scale, as if the scales of justice are inside the reproductive organ.

Abortion Laws Stand Between Pregnant Texans and the Care They Need

Doctors are left to guess at whether helping their patients will land them in prison.

by Sara Hutchinson

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‘We Won’t Be Bullied’: Abortion Pill Website Fights Texas Censorship

by Sara Hutchinson

Abortion Training in Texas Is Vanishing

by Calli McMurray

Millions of Texans Are About to Lose Their Health Insurance

by Sara Hutchinson

A closeup of a needle loaded with a vaccine, held in the hand of a medical professional wearing blue gloves. In the background, they are applying an alcohol swab to a grey-haired person who will receive the vaccine in their shoulder. There's increasing hesitancy where once there was widespread acceptance of vaccines in Texas.

The Shot Boosters

Vaccines are under attack in Texas, and public health experts warn we'll pay a price in more outbreaks and deaths from preventable diseases.

by Lise Olsen

The Uncounted: People of Color Are Dying at Much Higher Rates Than COVID Data Suggest

by Betsy Ladyzhets, Rachel Monahan Monahan, and Shaena Montanari

Texas’ Constitution Could Be Key to Resecuring Abortion Rights

Our founding state document enshrines the right to privacy. Come November, we must elect judicial representatives who will interpret it faithfully.

by Barbara Radnofsky, Matthew Kita, and Charles Foster

An artistic illustration of a doctor with his back turned removing part of a human spine from an X-ray

The Tale of Eric the Red

A rogue surgeon’s long Texas career left behind damaged and dead people—and a cautionary tale of how far a wealthy physician can go before anyone stops him.

by Kait Gallagher