Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Medical Board proposed a broad definition for what constitutes an emergency medical exception under the state’s otherwise strict abortion ban at its meeting Friday, disappointing some abortion rights advocates who were seeking a specific list of conditions that would qualify.
Under the proposed rule, doctors would have to use their judgment and document to the Texas Medical Board why they believe an abortion is necessary. But some say the TMB could give clearer guidelines to the Texas medical community.
The bill seeking to legalize medical marijuana in the Philippines has reached the Senate plenary, the first time in the history of the upper chamber, according to a cannabis lawyer.
Two outspoken marijuana advocates who fought a recreational marijuana proposal in 2022 are lending their support to a 2024 amendment. What’s different this time? “They gave me everything I asked for,” Fults said.
Medical students in Fort Worth anxiously waited to rip open the envelopes
Elon Musk confirms that xAI's Grok chatbot will be available to X premium subscribers.
Texas, which has multiple abortion bans in place, is one of 14 states that have ceased nearly
The Texas Medical Board publicly released guidance regarding the exceptions to the state's multiple abortion bans.
A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state
The state agency will collect public comment on the proposed rule for at least 30 days before it can be considered for final approval.
Ronica Farrar from the Texas Panhandle Poison Center joined Today in Amarillo on Wednesday morning and provided information on the TPPC’s upcoming 87th Medication Cleanout on Saturday.
Fifty years after the Federal Drug Administration approved a prescription birth control pill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill has become available to the public without a prescription at most pharmacies, convenience stores and grocery outlets, as well as online. The availability of Opill, starting Monday, comes two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion under Roe vs. Wade and put a spotlight on the heated debate over birth control and a...