The latest health care news from The Texas Tribune.
One year after a federal judge heard evidence alleging that Texas Child Protective Services had violated foster children’s civil rights, lawyers for the state and the advocates who filed suit are awaiting a potentially sweeping legal decision. Full Story
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Federal resettlement numbers show a refugee population in Texas that is mostly from Myanmar — which the U.S. State Department still classifies as Burma — and Iraq, with most living in the state’s major metropolitan areas. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: Climate change may help spur insect-borne disease, new research raises questions on helpfulness of high doses of antioxidants and an interview with Iram Kazimi of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Full Story
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A federal judge in Dallas said Monday it will be several weeks before he takes up a case in which Texas is suing the federal government and a refugee nonprofit over Syrian refugees, according to a lawyer connected to the suit. Full Story
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Twenty-one Syrian refugees — including a dozen children — are set to be resettled next week in Dallas and Houston, according to the federal government. Texas had filed a lawsuit seeking to block the arrival of refugees from that country. Full Story
On 12/2, I talked about the future of health care policy in Texas with state. Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Denton; state Rep. Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin; and Dr. Paul Ogden of the Texas A&M Health Science Center. Full Story
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After unsuccessfully demanding that private resettlement groups stop helping Syrian refugees move to Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott's administration is now insisting that the federal government turn over background information on them. Full Story
We're livestreaming our conversation on the future of health care in Texas at the Texas A&M Health Science Center in Round Rock. Full Story
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Nonprofit workers in the Rio Grande Valley say they’ve seen an increase this year in the number of rip-off artists charging Texans for help signing up for health insurance — a service they are eligible to get for free. Full Story
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A nonprofit organization that resettles refugees in the United States says it will move forward with the placement of Syrian refugees in Texas despite warnings from officials in the Lone Star State not to do so. Full Story
Experts warn that a lack of safety on Texas roads is not just killing thousands of people each year. It's taking an even greater — if less visible — toll on life expectancy, due to a lack of safe options for pedestrians and cyclists. Full Story
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A Texas veterinarian who offered pet-care advice online lost a battle against state regulators on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his case. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is condemning the fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado but also aggressively pushing back on suggestions the shooter was part of the anti-abortion movement. Full Story
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In her disease ecology lab in College Station, Sarah Hamer is studying how an exotic tick from Central and South America made its way to Texas and whether it has the potential to transport tick-borne diseases. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: In Dallas and elsewhere, insurers scale back provider networks, a new study looks at the prevalence of self-induced abortion in the state and an interview with Kirk A. Kirksey of UT Southwestern Medical Center. Full Story
Planned Parenthood’s Texas affiliates on Monday filed a federal lawsuit to keep state health officials from booting them from the Medicaid program. Full Story
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Holding up San Antonio as an example, a report released Tuesday by the Vera Institute of Justice recommends law enforcement agencies change their practices regarding mental illness, sex workers and addiction. Full Story
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A day after about half of the country’s governors promised to block Syrian refugees from resettling in their states, religious and nonprofit leaders warned that those actions could have a dramatic impact on refugee resettlement. Full Story
Mental health issues, gun laws, unstable families and media coverage get most of the blame for mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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More than two years after the heat of anger over Trayvon Martin's shooting in Florida fused into Black Lives Matter, an Austin chapter is trying to mold its energy into an agenda to influence state lawmakers. Full Story
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