The Department of Labor ruled last Tuesday that Texas Children's Hospital has failed to protect its employees against aggressive and violent patients. The ruling was part of a review of Texas...
Major Drugstores Cutting Hours
Major drugstores are cutting their pharmacy hours due to an ongoing shortage of pharmacy staff. Walmart, as well as CVS, recently announced they will be cutting hours of operation at their...
Damar Hamlin Announces CPR Challenge
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has announced a CPR challenge to help the public learn more about the CPR process. On January 2, Hamlin collapsed during the first quarter of a game against the...
GoodRx Fined, Ordered to Stop Data Sharing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a first-of-its-kind enforcement action against a major healthcare company. The company, GoodRX, has agreed to a settlement with the FTC, resulting in...
CDC Links Dangerous Bacteria to Eye Drops
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has linked an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria to a particular brand of eye drops. Infections from multiple types of these bacteria were...
New Baylor Scott & White Hospital Coming
The city of Frisco is set to begin construction on a new Baylor Scott & White (BS&W) hospital in March. The 340,000-square-foot BS&W hospital will be located on the Northeast Corner of...
Banana Boat Recalls Sunscreen for Benzene
Traces of cancer-causing chemicals have led the parent company of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp sunscreen products to expand its recall to a fourth batch. Edgewell Personal Care Company announced on...
Research Shows Genetic Element to SIDS
A study published in JAMA Network Open on January 25 reveals a possibility that genetics may play a role in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS, also known as crib death, is described as the...
Biden to End COVID Emergency in May
President Joe Biden plans to end the nation's COVID-19 declarations of emergency in the spring. The president told Congress on Monday that he will end both the national emergency and the public...
Hospitals Charging for Patient Emails
Hospitals are now charging patients for electronic communications with medical professionals. The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a study detailing the methodology and...
USDA Recalls 53,000 Pounds of Sausage
Charcuterie meats and deli items produced by Daniele International LLC are being recalled due to possible bacterial infection. The USDA Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall...
FDA Seeks Regulatory Framework for CBD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to explore new pathways to regulate CBD products. The FDA made this announcement on January 26 in a statement from Janet Woodcock, MD, the...
26% of Rural TX Hospitals Risk Closing
Over a quarter of rural hospitals in Texas are in danger of closing. With the threat of pandemic relief money running dry, 26% of rural hospitals are at risk of closure, jumping from 10% in...
UNT Offers Performers Medical Treatment
Doctors are doing what they can to make sure the sound of music continues to be heard across the Lone Star State, starting with the health of those creating the melodies. Jose Saavedra, a double...
Limits Proposed on Lead in Baby Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed new limits on lead in processed baby food on Tuesday. Exposure to lead, which is particularly dangerous for young children, can damage the brain...
Conjoined TX Twins Separated in Rare Surgery
For the first time at Fort Worth's Cook Children's Medical Center, doctors successfully separated conjoined twins. The twin girls, JamieLynn and AmieLynn, were born on October 3, 2022, at Texas...
Caris Life Sciences Nears $2B in Funding
A cancer treatment research company has recently secured nearly $2 billion in funding. Caris Life Sciences announced that it had closed a "senior secured term loan providing up to $400 million in...
Are High-Fat Diets Triggering Pain?
Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas claim to have discovered a potential connection between the consumption of high-fat foods and the onset of pain. The study, published in Nature in...
FDA Seeks Changes to Vaccine Strategy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering changes to the nation's strategy on COVID vaccinations. The shift was revealed in a briefing document preceding the upcoming Vaccine and...
‘Avatar’ Tech Can Track Genetic Diseases
Motion capture suit technology used in CGI-heavy films like Avatar is being used by researchers to detect and track diseases that impair movement. The sooner these diseases can be detected, the...
Dallas County Flu Cases Subsiding
The flu season in Dallas County seems to be subsiding. After flu cases in December started to decline, dropping from 1,245 at the beginning of the month to less than 500 by the end, they started to...
