The legislation would require voters to approve the $3 billion start-up cost, and then the fund would be maintained at no ...

The center would "accelerate research into dementia, attracting top talent to our state and creating high quality jobs," Sen.

Read more Texas Senators will convene in the high chamber on Wednesday morning to debate and vote on the creation of the ...

Health officials in Maryland have confirmed the state's first measles case for the year amid expanding outbreaks in Texas and ...

Approved 30-1, legislation creating a dementia research institute funded with $3 billion in state money next goes to the Texas House.

Texas Senators will convene in the high chamber on Wednesday morning to debate and vote on the creation of the Dementia ...

DPRIT vs Dementia – A vote in the Texas Senate aims to boost efforts to find a cure for dementia. We look closer at the new approach from Texas lawmakers to fund research, and why it could ask voters ...

The Texas Senate overwhelmingly backed a proposal Wednesday to create a multibillion-dollar dementia research center, aiming to better understand and treat the debilitating cognitive diseases that ...

Senate Bill 5, by Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, would create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Senate Joint Resolution 3, which would require voter approval if passed by the ...

The idea was initially presented by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick back in November. He said he wants Texas to become a world leader in dementia research.

AUSTIN — The Texas Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved devoting $3 billion to dementia research, paving the way for Texas to become a leader on finding a cure for a devastating brain ...