TheAustin.org posed as a local newsroom with a fictional writer and an address that doesn't check out. Its Texas-based owner runs dozens more like it.

Valedyn Inc. is leasing lab space at VelocityTX to develop a sepsis and burn therapy tied to San Antonio's trauma-care network.

A UT Health San Antonio–led analysis finds frontotemporal dementia shows up differently in Hispanic patients — with more movement symptoms and longer diagnostic delays. The authors call for larger, culturally informed studies.

A split 5th Circuit panel halted Texas’ monitoring-and-filtering mandate in the SCOPE Act while leaving age‑verification rules intact.

UT Health San Antonio found higher blood p‑tau181 in older adults who regularly sleep 8.5–10+ hours; researchers call it an association, not proof of cause.

Methodist’s Sarah Cannon program is expanding CAR‑T trials into autoimmune diseases while UTSA and SwRI prototype sensors to speed and cut the therapy’s costs.

Texas Biomed signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Defense Department to accelerate vaccines, antivirals, diagnostics and other countermeasures.

USGS finds modest oil and gas in the Buda Limestone beneath parts of Austin; the totals are small compared with major shale plays but reshape the subsurface map.

XenoStart, START's preclinical arm in San Antonio, is ending operations after a contamination incident. The closure could disrupt access to PDX models and ongoing translational studies.

TPWD says a vendor‑related breach may have exposed driver’s license and passport details for more than 3 million hunting and fishing license customers. The agency is offering one year of free credit monitoring.

A Dallas Fed survey finds two-thirds of Texas companies use AI; a small share say it lowered their need for workers.

San Antonio's Darkhive won a nearly $50 million Pentagon APFIT award to scale drone production and battlefield communications, with company leaders citing factory and hiring plans.

Texas Biomed is opening an $83M center to triple its BSL‑4 capacity and expand a multi‑hundred‑million campus overhaul. The move aims to speed contract work and draw global projects.