Texas’ Other Death Penalty
A Galveston medical student comes to grips with a healthcare system in which her patients die from treatable conditions. The post Texas’ Other Death Penalty appeared first on The Texas Observer.
View ArticleDisease Threat From Immigrant Children Wildly Overstated
With thousands of children from Central America arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, an old plague is once again sweeping the country—the fear of the diseased immigrant. “Our schools cannot handle...
View ArticleHealth Officials: Risk of Disease from Immigrant Children Low
While fears of immigrant children carrying disease persist, public health experts on the front lines offer reasons for calm. The Dallas Morning News reported over the weekend that “the likelihood of...
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Quarantining Compassion
Texas has quietly joined the list of states implementing quarantines for health-care providers returning from Ebola-affected countries. Last week, Gov. Rick Perry’s office directed the Department of...
View Article‘Baby Body Parts’ Video is a Misleading Distraction
In response to a video released Tuesday by anti-abortion activist group the Center for Medical Progress, Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to investigate what...
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We Were the Safety Net
We Were the Safety Net As a medical student in Galveston, Rachel Pearson learned as much in her work at St. Vincent’s, a student-run charity clinic, as in any of her classes. In this excerpt from her...
View ArticleAs a Doctor, I’m Sick of All The Health Care Freeloaders
I used to believe that everyone deserved health care. Now, I work in a clinic where the vast majority of my patients are on government-funded health care. I have learned that the stereotypes about...
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Women’s Work
Women’s Work Lessons from my great-aunt, an East Texas original. I was a child in a magical place, in a house my father built in the piney woods of East Texas, and I wanted for nothing. There were the...
View ArticleAs a Pediatrician, I Know There’s No Way to Jail Migrant Families Without...
In my daily life as a pediatrician, I sometimes care for kids who have been removed from their homes — just the day before, or even that same day — by Child Protective Services. These kids arrive in my...
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Yes, I am a Sorceress
Last week, Baylor pediatrician-scientist and vaccine advocate Dr. Peter Hotez pointed out on Twitter that vaccination rates in some Texas schools have fallen below a level that is safe for kids. In...
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