Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...that might save mankind, John Nosta sounds like one of Asimov's Eternals on a collect call from upwhen: fervent..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Pro-Lifer Appointed to Oversee Nation's Family-Planning Program

Bush announces that he has chosen pro-life doctor Eric Keroack as his new appointee to oversee family planning at Department of Health and Human Services

"...In a bold screw-you move, made either in ignorance of or in spite of the recent elections that saw..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

State Health Department Makes Fetal Tissue Rule Final

Anti-choice rule takes effect Dec. 19

"...Despite emotional public hearings, roughly 35,000 comments, and major pushback from pro-choice advocates, the Texas Health and..."

Nov. 28, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...The legislative dust hasn't settled yet, and even the authors are uncertain what's in the omnibus..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

GOP Targets Women's Health, LGBTQ Community in First Day of Lege Filing

Texas Dems vow to keep up the fight for LGBTQ residents, women

"...Wasting no time, Texas legislators filed three abortion-restrictive bills and the first anti-LGBTQ piece of legislation this filing period,..."

Nov. 14, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lawyers, Drugs, and Money: The Latest on Metabolife

"...Ephedra is in the headlines again, following the death of a Major League Baseball player during spring training in..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Soldier's Heart

Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system unready to help them

"...The first time Kristin Peterson's husband hit her, she was asleep in their bed...."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Dan Frosch

To Your Health

"...transit from New York to central Austin, Jamestown-based physician and author Dr. Rudy Mueller met a woman who "only..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Rodriguez Says "No" to Ab-Only Sex Ed

Austin Rep. Eddie Rodriguez wants to end ab-only sex ed in Texas

"...teach teens that abstinence is the only perfect method of birth control, ab-only sex education has had a dismal..."

Feb. 19, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Feds Table New Drug Testing Guidelines

"...A proposal by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services to expand drug..."

Nov. 21, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Van Boven vs. the Texas Medical Board … the Sequel

Despite exoneration, Medical Board fails to clear doctor’s name

"...Dec. 8 should have provided a moment of celebration for Dr. Robert Van Boven. After nearly three..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Web-Washing at the HHS

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services appears once again to be removing material from its Web site that doesn't agree with conservatives

"...awhile since the last reported incident, it appears the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has taken up..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas' Own 'Roe v. Wade'

The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether medically necessary abortions for the poor will be state-funded.

"...Court heard oral arguments on Bost v. Low-Income Women of Texas, widely considered the state's most significant abortion-related case..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Headlines

"...but work resumes in earnest next week, with a Tuesday work session and Thursday (Jan. 23) regular meeting, to..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature

Headlines

"...meeting Feb. 26. In the meantime, more policy workshops and possibly organizational decisions, including today (Feb. 19): On the..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature

Lakeway Hospital Investors Settle With DOJ, HUD

Fraud settlements backed by whistleblower complaint

"...On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced three financial settlements – totaling..."

Sept. 30, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Van Boven Still Trying to Clear His Name

Appeals to HHS clearinghouse to overrule TMB

"...he won in a contested hearing before the State Office of Admin­istrative Hearings ("Van Boven vs. the Texas Medical..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...When Marcus Turner awoke one morning in November of 2014, he noticed numbness in his arms and legs..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Reefer Roundup: 6/3/11

Your dose of drug war news

"...Eric Holder supports making new crack sentencing law retroactive, and a bunch of international honchos say the Drug War..."

June 3, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

State Sen. Jeff Wentworth and Rep. Rick Green are accused of improper lobbying for "legal speed" maker Metabolife.

"...last week's revelations that state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio-and-soon-to-be-South-Austin, is being investigated by Travis County Attorney Ken Oden...."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...a 66-Item agenda lacking in obvious contentiousness: initial authorization of Mobility Bond spending, executive session personnel reviews, and a..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature

A Med-Mari Challenge to HHS

Advocates petition the feds to change their tune on medical marijuana

"...Americans for Safe Access filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asking that the..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

No Sex, No Moms

Welfare Reform Funds Abstinence Ed to Curb Momhood

"...education is the best way to prevent the proliferation of welfare mothers. When President Clinton scrawled his signature on..."

May 30, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Big City Blues

Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.

"...For decades, the state of Texas had a very straightforward relationship with its cities:..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...Giving Iran, Oman, and Iraq yet another run for their money, Texas was..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Jobs to Go

The sunny side of the state's assault on social services

"...another new wrinkle in the state's plan to privatize and mechanize the eligibility review system for health and human..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle: Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing

The state budget proposals are walking on moonshine.

"...Of the various budget proposals floating around the Capitol, my..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

After years of controversy, the feds finally crack down on "herbal speed."

"...With all deliberate speed -- that is, after years of bad publicity, scores of deaths, and thousands of adverse..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Double Jeopardy

A long-ago marijuana conviction gets a library staffer fired and raises questions about city employment policies and the war on drugs

"...fired from his job at the St. John's Library and Community Center -- because he rolled a joint in..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...Edited by Andrea Barnett, with contributions this week by Alex de Marban,..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature

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