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Pennsylvania vending machine has Plan B

Students at one Pennsylvania college can now buy Plan B contraceptive pills in a vending machine.

Catholics fight contraception mandate

Catholic churches and affiliated organizations in Texas say they won't stand for a new federal law that would require many employers to provide contraception

Dog credited with saving master's life

Ray McCoy, who has a rare condition called Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, said his dog Excalibur saved his life.

Allergies still bothering Central Texans

Doctors are spending a great deal of time treating allergy symptoms.

Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mixup

Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the

Austin Beauty Week, womens heart health

Austin Beauty Week is coming up, so Dr. Elissa Thompson from Heart Hospital of Austin and Glen Huschka from the American Heart Association joined Brian

Central Texas is coughing!

Central Texas doctors are treating a growing number of patients who are coughing due to several illnesses.

Green vaccines could stop a 'Contagion'

The staff of a federally funded program at Texas A&M is looking inside of plants to find better, faster vaccines to prevent possible "Contagion"-like

Choice group appeals sonogram ruling

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction preventing Texas from requiring doctors to conduct a sonogram.

Research shows meth use on the increase

Use of methamphetamine has joined heroin and cocaine as a drug of chronic abuse in some communities, no matter what steps are taken to curtail its supply and

New medical clinic opens in Leander

Monday marked the opening of a new 12,000-square-foot Scott & White Healthcare facility in Leander. The site houses primary care physicians, specialty

Seton's 21st Annual Mock Surgery & More

Have you ever wonder what happens behind the closed doors of an operating room?

RSV in Round Rock

Doctors are seeing more RSV.

Man's leg amputated after taking 'DOB'

Karen Scott did not know what to think when she got a phone call last week to say her nephew Eric had been admitted into St. David’s Hospital with vascular

J&J settles Texas lawsuit for $158M

A lawsuit in which Texas accused Johnson & Johnson of plundering the state Medicaid program by overstating the safety of an expensive anti-psychotic drug and

Gold medalist promotes healthy eating

Garrett Weber-Gale made his name in the swimming pool.  But now, he's working on a second career - in the kitchen.

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Police open youth sports investigation

The new president of the Northwest Austin Pop Warner Association told KXAN that…

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Photos: The face of war

After three deployments embedded with U.S. soldiers and Marines in Afghanistan, Austin photojournalist Erin…

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