Marin Wolf
The Dallas Morning News
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Prosper solidifies health hub status with Children’s Health center grand opening
The booming North Texas town of Prosper is well on its way to becoming a pediatric health care hub, with the grand opening of the Children’s Health Specialty... → Read More
How to administer Narcan if someone is overdosing on opioids
As use of opioids like fentanyl continues to spread throughout North Texas and the U.S., naloxone, branded as Narcan, has been hailed as a miracle drug that... → Read More
HHS secretary pushes for expanded drug affordability during Dallas visit
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra’s visit to Dallas on Wednesday was as much about the people who fall through the cracks of a new... → Read More
Plans for new pediatric campus are advancing, UT Southwestern president says
UT Southwestern is planning to construct a new pediatric hospital campus where the Bass Center buildings are currently located on the medical center’s campus,... → Read More
COVID-19 emergency protections are ending. What does that mean for Texans?
More than one million Texans could be scrambling to find health insurance in the coming months as the protections afforded by the COVID-19 public health... → Read More
A snapshot look at the state of people’s health in Dallas County
While some specifics have changed, the decades-long pattern remains: Well being in Dallas looks vastly different depending on where people live. → Read More
“It’s part of my job description”: Pharmacists brave winter storm for patients
Sean Gatz lives only a few blocks from Oak Lawn Pharmacy, where he has served as pharmacist-in-charge since April. The roads were so slick Wednesday morning... → Read More
The story of two separated twins, from four of the doctors who made it happen
Doctors have no map for how to separate conjoined twins. The complex surgery is so rare and unique to each individual pair of babies that medical teams often... → Read More
Meet AmieLynn and JamieLynn, the conjoined twins separated in Fort Worth
Twins AmiLynn and JamieLynn Finley have had more specialized medical attention in their first 16 weeks than some people have in their entire lives. ... → Read More
Conjoined twins successfully separated at Cook Children’s in Fort Worth
Cook Children’s Medical Center will hold a press conference later today to announce the successful separation of conjoined twins at the Fort Worth hospital.... → Read More
Children’s, UT Southwestern explore possible new hospital campus
Children’s Health and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are exploring the possibility of building a new pediatric hospital campus, although... → Read More
Flu season has peaked in Dallas County, top health official says
Cases of the flu have peaked in Dallas County after months marked by a severe and unpredictable spike in the respiratory illness, the county’s top health... → Read More
FWISD and Alcon open on-campus vision center for low-income students
One in five students in the Fort Worth Independent School District failed a vision screening in 2021. Nearly half of those students in pre-K through fifth... → Read More
HCA’s Medical City Healthcare in talks to acquire Wise Health System
Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare, a division of HCA Healthcare, is in exclusive talks to acquire Wise Health System, the Decatur, Texas-based hospital... → Read More
North Texas COVID-19 and flu hospitalizations on the rise
North Texas COVID-19 and flu hospitalizations are climbing as the region endures an early and unpredictable respiratory virus season. No one knows whether the... → Read More
Getting vaccinated this holiday season? Here’s how to stay up-to-date on your COVID shots
Staying on schedule with the COVID-19 vaccine can feel like chasing a moving target. Rules and recommendations for the shot series changed over the last two... → Read More
Hospitals will have to confront systemic problems to undo COVID-19 financial damage
As the country nears its third year with COVID-19, the health care industry is taking stock of its pandemic damage. The reality isn’t pretty — almost 1 out of... → Read More
Antibiotics, cold and flu drugs in short supply as viruses wreak havoc across country
Unseasonably high spikes in cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, increased demand for certain medications, leading large pharmacy retailers... → Read More
Community health programs are expanding access to care, but there’s still a ways to go
Initiatives spearheaded by Parkland Health and a coalition of local partners are chipping away at the health disparities in Dallas County, but there’s still a... → Read More
COVID-19 variant XBB is picking up speed in North Texas, but experts say not to panic
Yet another omicron subvariant is gaining ground in North Texas as coronavirus cases slowly climb alongside other respiratory illnesses like the flu and RSV.... → Read More