Texas taxpayers wanted to help the poor get health care. Instead, they're funding a medical school at a wealthy university

Eleven years ago, local officials promised voters in the most liberal county in Texas that if they supported tens of millions of dollars in new taxes, they'd deliver a win-win scenario: Austin would get a new medical school, and poor people navigating the health care system in a state with the country's worst uninsured rate would get more health care services. The reality has fallen short of all that was promised. Read more.

By Rachel Cohrs

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How opioid overdoses in public restrooms led an electrician to invent 'safe bathrooms'

Alarmed by the opioid overdose deaths in their restrooms, a Boston clinic called in an electrician to create a warning system. It's working. Read more.

By Lev Facher

Olivia Falcigno for STAT

Cardiac psychologists are pushing to protect heart patients' often-overlooked mental health

Margery Quackenbush (above), an 85-year-old psychoanalyst living in New York City, credits her health in part to the psychological and behavioral support she's received while navigating heart disease — an area that's all too often neglected in the U.S. health care system. Read more.

By Gina Ryder

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