A Baker Institute brief finds individual health-plan premiums at Texas universities vary from about $8,095 to $15,742 and family plans from $23,037 to $48,636, with market structure cited as a driver.

The Terry Family Foundation gave $5.5M to Wolfson Children’s Hospital, matched by Baptist Health to about $10M, to fund pediatric heart upgrades and a new children’s emergency center. The money will support equipment and the Children’s Emergency Center inside the McGehee Family Tower.

About 60 MetroHealth behavioral health nurses ratified their first union contract, winning safety protections, pay increases and limits on insurance-cost spikes. The vote follows months of public safety complaints.

Dignity Health’s Sacramento pilot places community health workers inside OB clinics to screen pregnant and postpartum patients; early data show many at risk and improved follow‑up.

A new VA outpatient clinic broke ground in Rosenberg on May 28, promising expanded primary and specialty care and capacity for thousands of Fort Bend veterans.

Court minutes propose an Aug. 13 auction sale hearing in Sacramento for Oroville Hospital, which filed Chapter 11 in Dec. 2025. The filings map bidding dates and deadlines.

Spectrum and Vinfen have opened a 60‑bed treatment and restoration campus in Lowell that pairs walk‑in crisis diversion with short‑term detox and stabilization. Officials say the site will scale up after permitting and credentialing are finished.

SLPS shut its central office after Legionella was detected in the building’s cooling and water systems; water was turned off and staff were told to stay away.

A Metairie veteran says he nearly died from flea‑borne typhus as Louisiana reports 17 cases and two deaths since early 2025.

Moffitt and BayCare will open proton therapy centers in Tampa Bay in 2026, allowing local patients to avoid long trips for high-precision radiation.

New York’s state lab detected Borrelia mayonii in Herkimer County ticks and a federal report ties a locally acquired case to the finding. Officials urge vigilance this tick season.

UC Davis Health warns a contract impasse with Cigna could make its clinics and hospitals out-of-network for many Cigna members starting July 1. Here’s how continuity‑of‑care and next steps work for local patients.

State water regulators set manganese notification at 0.05 mg/L and response at 0.20 mg/L, citing infant health concerns. Public water systems must report exceedances and may need to act quickly.