GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is a challenge for homebound patients, but UTMB Health is making that easier. Doctors and nurses are volunteering their time to make sure those ...

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Even before Dallas reported the nation's first confirmed case of Ebola, doctors in Galveston has been working on a vaccine and treatment for the deadly virus that has killed ...

GALVESTON - After doctors at the University of Texas Medical Branch forced undocumented patient Maria Sanchez out of John Sealy Hospital last year, Sanchez and her husband found new hope for treatment ...

HOUSTON – 10 million Americans, mostly women, are suffering from fibromyalgia. Patients often endure years of surgeries and medications like opioids without much relief to their full-body pain ...

Two doctors who work for the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston are making significant strides in the field of bio-engineered organs and they talked to Houston Matters about their ...

More than a half-century after World War II fighter pilot Herman A. Barnett became the first black person to graduate from a Texas medical school, a recent national report shows minorities remain ...

GALVESTON, Texas — As the coronavirus continues to spread so does growing concern among health workers about a looming shortage in ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients. "Everyone is extremely ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- The ax fell Thursday for 1,250 employees at Galveston's UTMB. Most of those who got pink slips were doctors and nurses. "I was hoping I wasn't one of those people, but weren't we ...

Gabe Pecha looked down at the ground as he quickly rappelled down from the highest point on the wall at a rock climbing gym. Pecha and his class partner for the day, Omar Abdelaziz, took turns racing ...

GALVESTON - The reports of despair amid the Ebola outbreak came across Dr. Thomas Ksiazek's desk all day during his recent job at the World Health Organization offices in Freetown, Sierra Leone. They ...