A $100,000 donation from Las Vegas Sands is helping a Texas nonprofit train therapists and launch a hotline in a state with no dedicated treatment funding.

Bexar County has stepped up fogging, traps and specimen testing after heavy rain bumped mosquito counts. Officials urge residents to drain standing water and use repellent.

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.

University Health launched South Texas' first Women's Heart Center to diagnose and treat pregnancy‑related and female‑specific cardiac conditions. The clinic pairs cardio‑obstetrics care with women‑focused cardiology.

University Health has broken ground on South Texas’s first milk bank at its San Antonio campus, a donor‑milk hub aimed at supplying pasteurized breast milk to NICU infants. Philanthropic donors and new equipment are already backing the project.

A CDC analysis of the 2025 West Texas measles outbreak found nearly one in five confirmed cases needed hospital care, and most hospitalized patients were unvaccinated children.

Methodist’s ECMO program has added ambulances, a 24/7 mobile team and expanding capacity — the system says it’s on pace for roughly 300 ECMO cases this year. The growth has extended critical care reach across South Texas and into Mexico.

A fox that attacked a cat in Wimberley was later confirmed rabid, prompting county warnings and reminders to update pet vaccinations.

Metro Health and H‑E‑B relaunched a diabetes insulin assistance program to cover up to $100 per prescription for eligible San Antonio and Bexar County residents. No proof of income or citizenship is required.

A global analysis links DEHP and similar phthalates to nearly 2 million premature births and roughly 74,000 newborn deaths in 2018, and U.S. studies point to tens of thousands of domestic cases.

The Dallas Foundation is directing $2 million to local groups to expand postpartum visits, contraception access and a regional birthing platform across Dallas County.

St. Luke’s is opening an 11,000‑sq‑ft emergency department next week with 10 rooms and improved ambulance access to speed stroke care.

State regulators want to ban at‑home injections of ketamine and require clinics to register and meet safety standards, prompting industry pushback over access and cost.