Tag Archives: Health Care
Oil and Gas Smog Projected to Cause 140,000 Asthma Attacks in Kids
Emissions from the oil and gas industry will be responsible for a number of negative health effects in 2025, according to the environmental group Clean Air Task Force.
Emissions from the oil and gas industry will be responsible for a number of negative health effects in 2025, according to the environmental group Clean Air Task...Read More
State of Texas: How Zika Virus Could Slip Through Texas’ Health Safety Net
With Zika on the way, Texas' weak health care safety net and shrinking access to reproductive services put pregnant Texans and their babies at great risk....Read More
After Texas Booted Planned Parenthood from HIV Program, County Replacement Hasn’t Performed a Single Test
Texas took a nearly 30-year-old HIV prevention contract away from Planned Parenthood in December, promising there’d be no gap in services.
Texas took a nearly 30-year-old HIV prevention contract away from Planned Parenthood in December, promising there’d be no gap in services. Six months later, t...Read More
East Austin Clinic Minds the Gap in Racial Health Disparities
A new affordable health clinic in East Austin is also the first federally qualified health center to open on a historically black college campus....Read More
What Will Texas’ New Repro Health Safety Net Look Like?
Texas health officials are retooling the state family planning safety net in advance of a summer launch, and providers are hoping for expanded services....Read More
The Doctor is Out
Bowie had one last chance to save its community hospital. Then anti-tax activists launched their campaign.
Bowie had one last chance to save its community hospital. Then anti-tax activists launched their campaign. Now, the small town is aching for the past....Read More
Report: Abortion in Texas Harder to Access, and More Costly, After HB 2
University of Texas researchers found that legal abortion cost more, and was harder to access, after parts of Texas' anti-abortion law went into effect....Read More
Court Hearing Highlights Callous Incompetence Behind Medicaid Therapy Cuts
A Travis County judge has temporarily blocked the state from reducing funding for a Medicaid-backed therapy program for thousands of Texas kids with special nee...Read More
Insurgent Medicine
Physicians hope to revolutionize health care in the Valley with a simple prescription — access.
If community outreach and primary care for the uninsured save lives and money, why aren’t we doing more of it in places like the Valley? The answer lies partl...Read More