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The Key to Mending the Economy

WEBOur state has the highest uninsured rate in the country. According to the latest census data, nearly 18 percent of Texans lack health insurance. In the oil refinery …

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Here’s the Story of One of the Millions of Texans Who …

WEBAccording to the latest data, from 2021, Texas has the country’s largest medically uninsured rate; more than five million Texans lack insurance, a number that …

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What the New Climate Change Report Means for Texas

WEBWe get hurricanes here in Texas; that’s a normal part of life. But we know that climate change is a threat multiplier. It’s taking naturally occurring events and …

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This ER Doctor and Brownsville Native Is Advising Biden’s …

WEBThat segment includes the uninsured, and Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the nation, 18.4 percent last year, double the national average.In Cameron …

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1.4 Million More Texans Could Have Free Health …

WEBMost of these costs get passed on to other Texans via higher taxes, and some may result in higher health care bills for the privately insured. Yet according to a …

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Building a Healthier Tomorrow for Houston – Texas Monthly

WEBRecently, the Houston march raised $1.5 million (over $315,000 of that total came from HCA Houston Healthcare). Bamburg is acutely aware of the effect of burnout …

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In Galveston, a New First Response to Mental Health Crises

WEBMany 911 dispatchers are being trained to ask whether a caller is dealing with a mental health crisis. Among these efforts, a new program in Galveston is betting that its …

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Texas’s Best Wellness Retreats – Texas Monthly

WEBDeer Lake Lodge / Montgomery. This eco-rustic compound is nestled in the Piney Woods and committed to cleansing you from all the junk in your mind, spirit, and, …

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A Skate Park, Health Center, and Library Will Open Under …

WEBA Skate Park, Health Center, and Library Will Open Under One Innovative Roof in Houston. With a goal of fostering intergenerational connection, the Alief …

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Texas's Last Independent Reproductive Health Clinics Struggle To …

WEBThe clinic’s potential closure underscores the demise of the state’s reproductive health network following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and …

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Racism Persists in Health Care. This Houston Bioethicist Aims to …

WEBIn Black Health, Ray aims to dispel any notion that Black people are biologically predisposed to worse health than those of other races.According to one …

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A Lifeline for Rural Texas Hospitals Comes With Strings Attached

WEBA recent study from the Chartis Group, a Chicago-based health care consulting firm, determined that more than 50 percent of Texas’s rural hospitals are …

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As Texas Throws 1.8 Million Off Medicaid, Children Pay the Price

WEBHarper is among 1.8 million Texans who have been removed from the health insurance program since April 2023, and one of more than 15 million nationwide, …

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What's Driving the Largest Nurse Strike in Texas History

WEBThe 64-year-old, who’s been a nurse for more than half her life, was among hundreds of RNs who withstood a record-breaking heat wave to participate in the largest …

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Opinion: Gun Violence Is Making Texas's Mental Health Crisis Worse

WEBThe impacts of firearm violence on mental health are complex. Exposure to it is associated with elevated rates of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, …

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Fighting a Syphilis Surge in Houston – Texas Monthly

WEBHealth Fighting a Syphilis Surge in Houston Cases of the once rare disease are on the rise, crippling and killing infants. A new program hopes to prevent and treat …

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When Does a Pregnant Texan’s Life Count Under the State …

WEBLast year, in anticipation of the Supreme Court revisiting Roe with a 6–3 majority of Republican-appointed justices, the Texas GOP passed a so-called “trigger” …

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Where We Rank – Texas Monthly

WEBFeature Where We Rank First in executions, last in the percentage of low-income children with health insurance— that much we knew. But how Texas compares with the rest of …

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West Texas Is a Dangerous Place to Be Pregnant. It’s Getting Worse.

WEBBig Bend is the only hospital in a 12,000-square-mile area that delivers babies. If Billings’s patient goes into labor when the maternity ward is closed, she’ll have …

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