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Texas A&M Poultry Judging Team wins fifth consecutive title

Texas A&M Poultry Judging Team wins fifth consecutive title

With a fifth straight team championship, the Texas A&M Collegiate Poultry Judging Team in the Department of Poultry Science continues to build a strong legacy. Transform Your Future Discover degrees from the largest poultry science program in the...

Ehtisham Named President and CEO at Atlantic Health

Ehtisham Named President and CEO at Atlantic Health

New Hire/Promotion On Jun 6, 2025 Atlantic Health System has named Saad Ehtisham, DHA, FACHE, as its new president and chief executive officer, effective July 30. Ehtisham more than two decades of expertise in not-for-profit and for-profit...

Atlantic Health names Ehtisham as next CEO and president

Atlantic Health names Ehtisham as next CEO and president

The basics: Saad Ehtisham named president and CEO of Atlantic Health System Brings 20+ years’ experience in health care leadership Succeeds Brian Gragnolati Atlantic Health serves over 7.5 million people in New Jersey Following his 10 years at the...

A Final Rule Bites the Dust, Part II: FDA Gives up on Regulating LDTs as Medical Devices

A Final Rule Bites the Dust, Part II: FDA Gives up on Regulating LDTs as Medical Devices

As the song goes, the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA’s”) 2024 Final Rule regulating laboratory-developed tests (“LDTs”) as medical devices (“Final Rule”), is not merely dead—it’s really most sincerely dead. Perhaps not for good, but for the...

Creepy Tow Truck Stalks Woman on Texas Road

Creepy Tow Truck Stalks Woman on Texas Road

The video below shows a recent altercation between a couple of ladies riding on their motorcycles and a creepy tow truck driver. Well, all tow truck drivers are creepy; they literally make their living stealing cars. Let's break down the footage....

Texas Rep. Jolanda Jones announces bid to succeed Sylvester Turner in Congress

Texas Rep. Jolanda Jones announces bid to succeed Sylvester Turner in Congress

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. State Rep. Jolanda Jones, D-Houston, on Monday jumped into the race for the congressional seat left open by the death of...

Texas law allowing in-state tuition for students without legal residency blocked

Texas law allowing in-state tuition for students without legal residency blocked

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Texas law that for decades has given college students without legal residency access to reduced in-state tuition, swiftly ruling in favor of the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on...

Measles outbreaks in Michigan and Pennsylvania end, while Texas logs just 4 new cases

Measles outbreaks in Michigan and Pennsylvania end, while Texas logs just 4 new cases

Another outbreak in Alberta, Canada, has sickened 761 as of Thursday. And the Mexican state of Chihuahua had 1,940 measles cases and four deaths as of Friday, according to data from the state health ministry. Other U.S. states with active...

Veterans hope health care bill will help aid treatment

Veterans hope health care bill will help aid treatment

TEXAS — Two years after a bill addressing veterans’ health care was introduced in Congress, some service members hope that this year the legislation will reach President Donald Trump’s desk. It’s called the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, and it...

Challenges pharma companies face in push into US manufacturing

Challenges pharma companies face in push into US manufacturing

00:00 Speaker A Well, the pharmaceutical industry has its eye on US-based manufacturing. What does that mean near term for the sector? Yahoo Finance's Anjali Comlani joins us now with more on obviously there's been a big push in many different...

Texas' Medical Marijuana Program Expanded Again. What To Know.

Texas' Medical Marijuana Program Expanded Again. What To Know.

Millions of Texans are more than likely going to lose access to hemp-derived THC products, but the state is also en route to greatly expanding its previously limited medical marijuana program. House Bill 46, which has been approved by both...

Texas Hospital Broke Law Denying Emergency Abortion Care

Texas Hospital Broke Law Denying Emergency Abortion Care

A Texas woman was sent home twice while suffering from a life-threatening pregnancy. Now, the hospital that turned her away has been found in violation of federal law. 36-year-old Kyleigh Thurman was bleeding and in pain when she first arrived at...

Health officials warn of potential measles exposure in southwestern Utah

Health officials warn of potential measles exposure in southwestern Utah

Courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Tatiana Lanzieri, MD, MPHFor years, Utah’s early childhood vaccination rates have been declining. After an unvaccinated out-of-state visitor traveled to southwestern Utah while infected with...

Texas woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after using tap water for nasal rinse

Texas woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after using tap water for nasal rinse

Federal health officials said a Texas woman died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba that she contracted after using tap water to rinse her sinuses. While the exact source of the infection remains unknown, the Centers for Disease Control...

Topo Chico Recalls Bottles in Texas and Louisiana

Topo Chico Recalls Bottles in Texas and Louisiana

Coca-Cola is issuing a voluntary recall for some Topo Chico bottles sold at Costco and if you’ve stocked up recently, it might affect you. The recall affects a limited number of 16.9 oz glass bottles of Topo Chico Mineral Water, specifically from...

Texas Braces for Saharan Dust: Hazy Skies and Health Risks

Texas Braces for Saharan Dust: Hazy Skies and Health Risks

A massive plume of Saharan dust has crossed the Atlantic and made its way into the United States and is tracking toward Texas. Dust Reaches Florida, Texas Next in Its Path According to Fox Weather, the plume arrived in Florida on Thursday (June 5)...

Houston Zoo's jaguar faces lengthy road to recovery

Houston Zoo's jaguar faces lengthy road to recovery

The Houston Zoo rallies behind jaguar, Tesoro, as he recovers from surgery following a serious leg injury. The Houston Zoo is rallying behind Tesoro, its 11-year-old male jaguar, as he begins his road to recovery following a serious leg injury....

CVS Pharmacist shares best tips for staying healthy and safe during peak travel season

CVS Pharmacist shares best tips for staying healthy and safe during peak travel season

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -This segment on The Three was paid for and sponsored by CVS Health. The summer months are one of the most popular times for travel, and it’s important to prioritize your health when getting ready for a getaway. Pharmacy...

Vividion and Bayer Advance Oncology Pipeline with Clinical-Stage WRN Inhibitor

Vividion and Bayer Advance Oncology Pipeline with Clinical-Stage WRN Inhibitor

Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. (Vividion), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced it has secured exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize the...

Texas dominates list of cities with heat index increases

Texas dominates list of cities with heat index increases

TEXAS — Texas summers are hot and getting hotter, according to a new report. According to analysis from USA Today, Texas dominates a list of cities that are stacking up days with a heat index of 90 degrees or higher, with Abilene and Amarillo...

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