Health & Medicine
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Corporal Punishment in Schools is Used Disproportionately on African-American Children and Children with Disabilities
Corporal punishment in schools is used up to 50 percent more frequently on children who are African American or have disabilities, according to a new analysis.
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Access to Specialty Care Grows for Low-Income and Uninsured Patients through Pilot Project
A pilot project has increased access to specialty care among low-income and uninsured Travis County patients and trimmed a waiting list of referrals for musculoskeletal care.
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Marking Another Major Milestone, Dell Medical School Welcomes Its First Class
Less than four years after Travis County voted to establish a new medical school at UT Austin, the Dell Medical School is welcoming its first class of 50 students this week.
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Leading Health Care Transformer Joining Dell Med
Elizabeth Teisberg, co-creator of the idea of value-based health care strategy and an internationally recognized author and professor, is joining the Dell Medical School.
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Abortion Demand Increases in Latin American Countries Issuing Zika Virus Advisories, Research Shows
Requests for abortions increased significantly in Latin American countries that issued warnings to pregnant women about complications associated with Zika virus infection.
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Lessons on Personalities Help Teens Cope With Social Stressors, UT Study Says
Teaching teens that personality traits can change helps mitigate stress from social challenges and improve academic performance, according to a new study.
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Rare Evolutionary Event Detected in University of Texas Lab
After nearly a half trillion tries, a rare event was seen that might solve an evolutionary puzzle about DNA in genomes and the cause of diseases like cancer.
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Study Points to Challenges, Hopes of Helping Vulnerable Patients Avoid Stroke
A new study did not find that the drug ticagrelor was better than aspirin in reducing the risk of stroke, heart attack or death in certain patients.
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Risks of Harm from Spanking Confirmed by Analysis of Five Decades of Research
The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and experience increased anti-social behavior and other difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of research.
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School of Nursing and Austin-Area Community Groups to Improve Local Health Disparities
The School of Nursing and community partners will collaborate on projects to address health care inequalities.
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Global Spread of Zika Linked to Types of Mosquitos that Transmit It
More cities than previously assumed could soon grapple with the Zika virus if two species of mosquitos are found to be equally effective carriers of the disease.
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Media Advisory: The Path to Prevention: A Dialogue with the Surgeon General of the United States
EVENT: “The Path to Prevention: A Dialogue with the Surgeon General of the United States” featuring Dr. Vivek H. Murthy.
