healthcare

By Marfa Public RadioQuorum Health Corp. — which owns Alpine's Big Bend Regional Medical Center, including 22 other hospitals across the country —…

Diana Nguyen speaks to Marfa Public Radio’s Sally Beauvais and Christopher Collins, a reporter for the Texas Observer. They discuss the healthcare crisis in rural Texas. Later on the show, Rachel Monroe speaks with poet Martha Collins. They discuss Collins’ works in which she examines parts of her family history as a lens into racism in America.

After a decade of decline in the rate of uninsured children in Texas, a new study shows that rate is increasing again. Research from the Center for…

Many Texans are struggling to afford health care, according to a new survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Episcopal Health Foundation.…

When it comes to rural health care, Texas gets a grade of “D-.” That’s according to Rural Health Quarterly's (RHQ) 2017 Rural Health Report Card,…

President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to dismantle the Affordable Care Act has women across the country seeking out long term birth control before they…

Today on West Texas Talk, we're bringing you an episode of Food Sleuth Radio. Host Melinda Hemmelgarn chats with Connie Evers about her new book, "How to…

While the Supreme Court handed Texas abortion providers a major victory Monday by overturning two key restrictions from the state’s 2013 abortion law,…

Getting your prescription filled in Marfa, Texas, was never easy. For years there’s been no pharmacy in town. Then there was an on-again / off-again…

Update Wednesday 9:45 AM: City of Midland Spokesperson Sara Higgins has confirmed the sickened airline passenger transported to Midland Memorial Hospital…