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A Decade of Texas Health Care By The Numbers

WEBTexas Department of State Health Services. This year, about one-fifth of Texas’ 254 counties have just one doctor or none at …

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The Rural Health Care Crisis, Mapped

WEBNovember 20, 2019, 10:36 AM, CST. A version of this story ran in the November / December 2019 issue. Above: Statewide, the primary care …

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American Health Care is Broken, Especially in Texas.

WEBAll are on the Texas-Mexico border, in one of the poorest parts of the state with one of the highest uninsured rates, where …

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An East Texas County Fights a Bitter Battle Over a Reborn Hospital

WEBCurrently, the hospital district board provides $225,000 to the hospital each month; $100,000 is returned to the district for the hospital lease payment. That means a …

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The Shot Boosters

WEBThe Shot Boosters. Vaccines are under attack in Texas, and public health experts warn we'll pay a price in more outbreaks and deaths from preventable diseases. by Lise Olsen. February 28, 2023, 8:

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Uninsured Country: Affordable Health Care Eludes Many Family …

WEBTexas leads the nation in the number of farms and ranches, with 248,416, and has the highest rate of uninsured residents, at about 18%. The state has refused to …

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We Asked You About Health Care in Rural Texas. Here …

WEBJanuary 17, 2020, 2:11 PM, CST. Rural health care is in crisis in Texas: More than one-fifth of Texas’ 254 counties have only one doctor or none at all. Of the state’s 158 remaining rural

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One Year Later, Cuts to Women's Health Have Hurt More Than …

WEBThe health district had been designated as the highest-priority provider, but still saw a drop in funding. The reduced state budget wasn’t enough to keep it afloat, …

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Should the Government Force You to Buy Health Care

WEBThe debate over President Obama’s health care reform law, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, touches all kinds of complex concepts and fancy …

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How Five Texans Have Experienced Women’s Health …

WEBAlexa Garcia-Ditta is an Observer reporter (and former intern) covering women's health, reproductive health and health care access across the Lone Star State. Before joining the Observer, she was

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Report: If Rural Texans Want Decent Health Care, They …

WEBWith high rates of fatal heart disease and stroke, limited access to care and sky-high uninsured rates, Texas gets a “D-” in a new “report card” comparing rural health care between states.

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TCEQ to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns

WEBTexas Wants to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns. The state is proposing to approve a 17-year-old standard that leading scientists and …

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Texas Had a State Office That Could Have Investigated Racial

WEBThe state health department is not publishing demographics of confirmed deaths online, but data shared with the Observer earlier this week included only 65 …

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Without Planned Parenthood, Almost Half the Providers in Texas’ …

WEBFor years, the Texas health agency has claimed that its Healthy Texas Women program is thriving. After Planned Parenthood was booted out in 2013, state …

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Texas' Maternal Mortality Rate: Worst in Developed World, …

WEBThat report came on the heels of research showing that Texas’ maternal mortality rate had doubled over a two-year period, and now exceeds that of anywhere …

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Austin Nurses Win Largest Hospital Union in Texas

WEBSeptember 30, 2022, 9:33 AM, CDT. Kellen Gildersleeve, a labor and delivery nurse in Austin, has just helped birth one of the Texas labor movement’s biggest victories in …

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Planned Parenthood Clinic Returns to Lubbock, Texas

WEBIn an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, state leaders have dismantled Texas’ reproductive health care safety net over the last decade. This fall, the provider …

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This West Texas Town is a Reproductive Health Void

WEBWhen it comes to reproductive health care services, the area is “a medical wasteland,” says Karen Huffman, who served as Ozona’s school nurse for 16 years until …

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Abandoning 'Women's Health' Claims, Texas House Approves …

WEBThe measure was originally proposed last year by the state health department, just days after the Whole Woman’s Health ruling. The regulations were blocked by U.S. District …

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In Boerne, a Youth Suicide Prevention Effort that May Actually Work

WEBIn 2015, Robles pulled together a task force of teachers, parents, mental health professionals and others in a desperate attempt to stem the tide of youth suicides …

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Something Stinks in the Panhandle

WEBThe health risks associated with breathing ammonia and particulate matter—both of which are byproducts of cow manure—are significant and well …

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Report: Oil and Gas Production Is Making People Sick in Rural Texas

WEBThe threat map shows health impacts from oil and gas air pollution. The threat is calculated based on proximity of people, schools and hospitals, ozone smog …

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