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While Harris County officials are in the middle of discussions about expanding Ben Taub Hospital by acquiring Houston city park land through eminent domain, it could be longer than a decade before the existing hospital gets replaced.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2025/08/12/528452/as-harris-health-weighs-park-land-seizure-ben-taub-hospital-replacement-could-take-a-decade-ceo-says/

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A former nurse at the veterans affairs medical center in Houston was arrested over allegations that she filed false records in a government database about a patient who died during her shift. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/05/13/521153/former-houston-nurse-indicted-over-false-records-allegation-following-patient-death/

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Two of the Houston area’s largest hospitals have announced they will soon be entering a joint venture to combat childhood cancer.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2025/02/21/514516/houstons-md-anderson-texas-childrens-hospital-announce-collaboration-to-end-childhood-cancer/

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Federal prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a Texas doctor accused of illegally obtaining and sharing patients' health information from Texas Children's Hospital.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/27/511960/federal-prosecutors-dismiss-criminal-charges-against-former-texas-childrens-hospital-doctor/

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Federal prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a Texas doctor accused of illegally obtaining and sharing patients' health information from Texas Children's Hospital.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/27/511960/federal-prosecutors-dismiss-criminal-charges-against-former-texas-childrens-hospital-doctor/

#HealthScience #News #HoustonHospitals #TexasChildrensHospital #TexasHealth #USAttorneySOffice

Federal prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a Texas doctor accused of illegally obtaining and sharing patients' health information from Texas Children's Hospital.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/27/511960/federal-prosecutors-dismiss-criminal-charges-against-former-texas-childrens-hospital-doctor/

#HealthScience #News #HoustonHospitals #TexasChildrensHospital #TexasHealth #USAttorneySOffice

Federal prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a Texas doctor accused of illegally obtaining and sharing patients' health information from Texas Children's Hospital.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/27/511960/federal-prosecutors-dismiss-criminal-charges-against-former-texas-childrens-hospital-doctor/

#HealthScience #News #HoustonHospitals #TexasChildrensHospital #TexasHealth #USAttorneySOffice

Federal prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a Texas doctor accused of illegally obtaining and sharing patients' health information from Texas Children's Hospital.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/27/511960/federal-prosecutors-dismiss-criminal-charges-against-former-texas-childrens-hospital-doctor/

#HealthScience #News #HoustonHospitals #TexasChildrensHospital #TexasHealth #USAttorneySOffice

School districts across the Houston region, including HISD, along with airports, government offices and medical facilities, already announced closures as the area braces for freezing temps and potential snow.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/01/19/511330/houston-closings-list-schools-winter-weather-snow/

#EducationNews #FortBend #HarrisCounty #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Weather #HoustonHospitals #HoustonISD #HoustonWeather #HoustonAreaSchoolClosures #SchoolClosures #WinterWeather

Donald Glover has canceled the remainder of his U.S. and European Childish Gambino tour after disclosing that he will be having surgery in Houston. Currently, Glover has not disclosed his illness and has asked for privacy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2024/10/07/502131/childish-gambino-tour-canceled-illness-houston-surgery/

#ArtsCulture #Music #News #ChildishGambino #ChildishGambinoTourCanceled #DonaldGlover #HoustonHospitals

Weeks after Texas Children's Hospital confirmed a 5 percent slash in its workforce citing financial woes, the system announced CEO Mark Wallace will retire his position.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/09/12/499770/texas-childrens-hospital-ceo-mark-wallace-to-retire-on-35th-anniversary/

#HealthScience #Healthcare #News #HoustonHospitals #MarkWallace #TexasChildrenS #TexasChildrensHospital

Officials are investigating allegations that a liver transplant surgeon from the Memorial Hermann Medical Center manipulated a government database to prevent patients from receiving new livers, the New York Times reported.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/04/12/483440/uthealth-defends-doctor-accused-of-manipulating-liver-transplant-patients-information-in-government-database/

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