Texas companies contest with conflicting state, federal vaccine orders

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/14 11:30A Kathryn Hardison

The fight over vaccine mandates is putting businesses in a tough situation. For now, the path forward for employers is very unclear. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Oct. 11 an executive order that bans private employers from mandating vaccines....

Verily, part of Google parent, to open operations hub in DFW, could hire 115 in little more than...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/14 7:58A Brian Womack

Verily expects to hire as many as 115 employees by the end of 2022 -- with the capacity to expand.

Judge bars United from putting unvaccinated workers on leave

Spectrum Local News Health 10/14 12:26A Associated Press

The restraining order expires Oct. 26.

It’s open enrollment season: Steps to protect your health

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/13 7:55A Dr. Mark Chassay

Open enrollment is here. This is the time for many Texans to decide what health insurance plan is best for themselves and their families. But it’s also a time to protect your health and that of your family. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is an...

Parents and students sue multiple North Texas school districts

Spectrum Local News Health 10/13 7:04A Ashley Claster

Families living in four different North Texas school districts are suing their schools on a federal level due to COVID safety.

Survivors try to pull breast cancer screening rates out of pandemic slump

Spectrum Local News Health 10/13 12:19A Brian Scott

Annual mammogram rates fell by nearly 90% during the pandemic, experts fear, putting countless patients at risk of not catching problems early.

State COVID-19 hospitalizations hit lowest mark since late July

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/12 1:50P Jay Wallis (WFAA)

This story is available as part of a content partnership with WFAA-TV. For more local news, visit WFAA.com. On Monday, state health officials reported there are currently 6,211 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas. This is down from 6,462 the...

Situation improving but Texas approaching 70,000 COVID-19 deaths

Spectrum Local News Health 10/12 6:33A Craig Huber

California passed 70,000 deaths on Monday.

Dallas-based medical staffing company welcomes new leadership, shifts headquarters within North...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/11 5:47P Plamedie Ifasso

Curative Talent, a Dallas-based health care staffing company welcomed new leadership to its Clinical Search unit and announced plans to relocate its headquarters.

Breast cancer not limited to women: Dallas man details his battle

Spectrum Local News Health 10/11 7:00A Bria Bell

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it's a disease that's not limited to women.

ClearSky Health announces plans to build rehabilitation hospital in Waxahachie

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/11 3:27A Plamedie Ifasso

Rehabilitative healthcare provider ClearSky Health announced Friday it plans to build a 30-bed medical rehabilitation hospital in Waxahachie, Texas.  ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Waxahachie will offer rehabilitative and specialized care to...

Merck asks U.S. FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill

Spectrum Local News Health 10/11 1:27A Associated Press

Would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19.

DMN: Wisconsin investor buys huge Stemmons office high-rise

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/8 9:39A DBJ Staff

According to a story in The Dallas Morning News, a Wisconsin medical real estate firm has purchased the largest office building in Dallas’ Stemmons Freeway corridor. Milwaukee-based Hammes Partners purchased Trinity Towers, a Class A, 20-story...

Parents sue in boy’s death from brain-eating amoeba in Texas

Spectrum Local News Health 10/6 12:19A Associated Press

All of the city’s four splash pads have been closed for the rest of the year.

Pharos Capital Group acquires new health care portfolio company, begins deploying fourth fund

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/5 9:26P Catherine Leffert

The Dallas- and Nashville-based private equity firm announced it bought a cataract surgical service provider.