Records obtained by the Austin American-Statesman show just how far North Texas school districts were willing to go to assuage parents’ Ebola fears last fall. Seven DFW districts — Burleson, Grapevine-Cooley, Garland, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw, Highland Park, Hurst-Euless-Bedford and Royse City — spent money on various levels of “deep cleaning” for…
The final pre-Supreme Court skirmish over Texas’ restrictive abortion legislation known as HB2 kicked off today in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The state, as it has throughout the fight over the law, stuck to the same bullshit. “Texas adopted HB2 for the purpose of raising the standard…
The first time any of us in the office considered that Dallas might become the Ebola epidemic’s American focal point was Tuesday, September 30. We watched Dallas County Health and Human Services director Zach Thompson brief the Dallas County Commissioners Court about the status of a then unidentified man we…
It was over four years ago when agents from the Food and Drug Administration began hearing disturbing complaints about USPLabs, the corporation headquartered in Dallas that sells “nutrition” powder, dietary supplements and other products to bros trying to beef up their builds. Customers complaining of bad reactions included a 16-year-old…
Oak Cliff’s University General Hospital, touted as one of Mayor Mike Rawlings’ GrowSouth success stories, is on life support — or maybe in an induced coma — while its owners try to sell the 111-bed facility. Houston-based University General Health Systems Inc., which purchased the former South Hampton Community Hospital…
When Texas Health Presbyterian was still in the middle of its Ebola public relations fallout, hospital officials had an ever-shifting series of explanations for why Thomas Eric Duncan was initially misdiagnosed and sent home. The hospital had at first made a subtle suggestion that the misdiagnosis was a nurse’s fault…
It was something that was inevitable once Thomas Eric Duncan was sent home from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital with antibiotics on September 26. There would be legal action against the hospital for its treatment of Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States. Wednesday morning,…
Jerry Jones, who’s served as the Dallas Cowboys’ team physician since 1989, told KRLD 105.3 Wednesday morning that the team’s quarterback, Tony Romo, will be medically able to play Sunday against the 6-1 Arizona Cardinals. Romo, who had two back surgeries in 2013 — one before the season to remove…
Amber Vinson, the second Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to contract Ebola during treatment of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, is being released from Emory University Hospital near Atlanta. “I’m so grateful to be well,” she said. “While this is a day of…
A little-known perk of being a Texas hospital is that if a broke accident victim visits you for emergency treatment, you get to lay claim to any money the victim wins through the courts later. It’s officially called a “hospital lien,” legal through a state statute that’s been on the…
Nina Pham is Ebola free. The National Institutes of Health announced Friday morning that Pham, the first of Thomas Eric Duncan’s treatment team to be diagnosed with Ebola, has successfully fought off the disease and will able to return to Dallas later Friday. “She has no virus in her, she…
Counting down the days (15) until our fair city is, officially, Ebola-free. Here’s what’s happening: The condition of the patients Late yesterday afternoon, Amber Vinson’s family announced that she was Ebola-free, meaning that the there was no detectable viral load in her blood. She remains at Emory University Hospital near…
As hysteria fades, people’s lives are still being affected. Here’s what’s happening: The conditions of the patients Late Tuesday afternoon, Nina Pham was upgraded from fair to good condition by her treatment team at the National Institutes of Health. Amber Vinson is still stable at Emory University Hospital near Atlanta…
On Monday, Governor Rick Perry announced that UT Southwestern Medical Center, Methodist Health System and Parkland Hospital System would be partnering to open a dedicated Ebola treatment center at the Methodist Campus for Continuing Care in Richardson. With Wednesday’s opening, we spoke to residents and workers near the center to…
With 17 days until the last person in direct contact with one of Dallas’ three Ebola patients finishes monitoring, here’s the latest: The condition of the patients: Amber Vinson’s mother, Debra Berry, discussed her daughter’s condition on Good Morning America early Tuesday. Mom says Vinson remains weak, but is doing…
Here’s a roundup of the (mostly good) Ebola news from over the weekend: The condition of the patients: Amber Vinson is still being treated at Emory University hospital in Atlanta. She remains in stable condition. Over the weekend, her family issued a statement asking for privacy and disputing claims that…
On Monday afternoon, dozens of nurses, doctors and other healthcare employees convened at the front entrance of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to discuss the recent controversy about how the hospital handled the Ebola outbreak. Despite definitive comments in support of the hospital, Presby’s nurses remained tight-lipped on what actually happened…
If you want any real Ebola news, check out the Friday afternoon update. If you want to see something we barely believe isn’t from The Onion, keep reading. In a move that makes Highland Park ISD’s response to Ebola seem thoughtful and measured, Maine School Administrative District 58 has placed…
Heading into a much needed weekend, here’s the latest Ebola news of note: The condition of the patients. Nina Pham is now being treated at a National Institutes of Health facility in Maryland. She is listed as being in fair condition. While she was listed in good condition at Presbyterian,…
On Tuesday, nurses at Presbyterian Hospital voiced their complaints for the first time — in so many words. Fearful of ramifications in the workplace, nurses anonymously sent their allegations to National Nurses United, where their comments were read aloud by spokesperson Deborah Burger. The nurses silently listened in on the…
Update 12:15 p.m.:Amber Joy Vinson, the second Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse diagnosed with Ebola after helping treat Thomas Eric Duncan, is being moved to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced at a news conference late this morning. The first Presbyterian nurse diagnosed…
As Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital becomes the epicenter of the American Ebola scare, Texas Woman’s University announced yesterday that all “non-essential personnel” had been suspended until further notice from the East Dallas hospital. The university referred specifically to the 90 TWU students this decision would effect, but the announcement of…
