What Texas can learn from crisis mental health care in Arizona
Texas officials look to Arizona cities when creating crisis mental health centers. Full Story
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After being denied a medically necessary abortion, Amanda Zurawski will do whatever it takes to beat Donald Trump
Two years after a harrowing pregnancy where she was denied an abortion, the Texan has catapulted to being one of Democrats’ biggest messengers on reproductive rights. Full Story
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![Amanda Zurawski, a plaintiff in the Zurawski v. Texas case, speaks, with other plaintiffs standing behind her, at the kick-off event for the “Women for Allred” coalition addressing the state of women’s health and abortion rights, in Dallas on Aug. 24, 2024.]()
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UT San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio will merge into one institution
The UT System hopes to combine the two institutions by 2025, making it the third largest public research university in the state. Full Story
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Transgender Texans blocked from changing their sex on their driver’s license
The Texas Department of Public Safety rule change surfaced in an internal email that also asks driver license staff to compile the names of people seeking a gender marker change. Full Story
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Queer students look for alternatives after Texas A&M ends transgender health care services
The students saw the move as part of a political environment that has become increasingly hostile against LGBTQ+ people in Texas. Full Story
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When Texas jail standards push inmates to lockups in other states, oversight doesn’t follow
Jaleen Anderson’s mom is on a quest for details about her son’s death in a Louisiana prison that houses hundreds of Harris County inmates awaiting trial. Full Story
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![Sarah Knight cries at the gravesite of her son at the Paradise Funeral Home and Cemetery North on May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas. Her son, Jaleen Anderson, died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.]()
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Texas likely undercounting heat-related deaths
Deaths from heat are notoriously difficult to quantify because of how complex and subjective the process is. It leaves officials with an incomplete picture of who heat kills. Full Story
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![Robert Shipp, 75, of Bastrop, sweats while receiving treatment from Austin-Travis County EMS first responders inside an ambulance during a 102 degree summer day outside Austin Wrench-A-Part in Del Valle on July 7, 2023. According to the EMS crew, he passed out while searching for car parts under the hot sun.]()
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In new complaint, Texas women say delayed care due to abortion laws endangered their fertility
Texas law allows doctors to terminate ectopic pregnancies, but both women say they were denied care until it was too late. Full Story
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Abbott order will require Texas hospitals to collect patients’ immigration status
The executive order from the Texas governor will require hospitals to track the cost of care for undocumented migrants, in order for the state to push for federal reimbursement. Full Story
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How an anti-abortion doctor joined Texas’ maternal mortality committee
Dr. Ingrid Skop, a San Antonio OB-GYN, was chosen to represent rural areas over an obstetrics nurse from the Rio Grande Valley. Full Story
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![Dr. Ingrid Skop speaks at the Texas Medical Board meeting to discuss guidance around physicians for medical exceptions to the state's abortion ban laws at the George H.W. Bush State Office Building on March 22, 2024.]()
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Appeals court to weigh reimposing fines for Texas foster care failures, removing judge on case
Texas Health and Human Services could face $100,000-per-day fines for violating a judge's orders. The state wants the judge off the case. Full Story
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![A caseworker's badge hangs off her neck as she prepares to assist on a case for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) in June 2018.]()
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How a lack of supervisors keeps new mental health workers from entering the field
Future Texas therapists must complete internships to start their careers, but there’s not enough providers to mentor all of the students. Full Story
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It promised to improve health care in jails. Dozens of its patients have died.
Health care contractor Turn Key serves nearly 70 counties across Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Colorado, Kansas and Montana. Full Story
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I started reporting on the dearth of reproductive health care. Then I had my own emergency.
Texas Tribune journalist Jayme Lozano Carver has written about health care for years. Most recently, she reported on how little access there is for women and new moms in the Texas Panhandle. Full Story
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Texas teens still required to get parental consent for birth control
Texas dropped its lawsuit after federal health officials said they wouldn’t enforce a confidentiality regulation for minors. Full Story
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In the Texas Panhandle, nurses make home visits to new moms in need
Local leaders of the Nurse-Family Partnership hope they can secure money to expand the program to the region’s rural areas. Full Story
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![AMARILLO, TX - JUNE 18, 2024: From left to center, Sedraya Kemp, 21, get emotional speaking with Brianna Tilson, a nurse home visitor with Coalition of Health Services, during a visit at her apartment in Amarillo, Texas on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Ms. Tilson is part of the Nurse Family Partnership, a federal program that aids pregnant women and new moms in rural areas. Ms. Kemp is pregnant and has a one-year-old son, Quaveeon Shaw. CREDIT: Desiree Rios for The Texas Tribune]()
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In Beryl’s wake, heat-related Texas deaths climb after millions left without power
So far, 23 people have died after Beryl made landfall on July 8. Full Story
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![Janet Jarrett holds a photograph of her sister, Pamela Jarrett, at the home they shared Friday, July 19, 2024, in Spring, Texas. Pamela Jarrett passed away after suffering heat related distress due to the power outage caused by hurricane Beryl. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)]()
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San Antonio church leaders train to serve as mental health counselors
Under a Harvard Medical School pilot program, church members and leaders will work as interns before counseling on their own, referring more serious cases to medical providers. Full Story
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![Scenes from St. Dominic Catholic Church on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at St. Dominic Catholic Church in San Antonio, Tx. The church has found success in implementing mental health resources into their available services, facilitated by the Congregational Collective, which is a program from the HEB Foundation that promotes mental wellness through the support of faith communities.]()
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A look at the Texas mental health workforce shortage
A guide to some of the professions that make up the mental health workforce. Full Story
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![The Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists holds a discussion with the Association of State & Provincial Psychology Boards regarding the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Austin. Mariann Burnett-Atwell, PSY.D., Michelle Paul, PH.D., Jennifer Laforce, PH.D., Hao Song, PH.D., and Alex Siegel, J.D., PH.D. sat on the panel during the discussion.]()
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No backup required: Texas senior care depends on luck and wits to cope with heat after power outages
There’s no Texas requirement that nursing homes and assisted living facilities keep generators on hand to power air conditioning after storms. Full Story
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![Denise Wright, a housekeeper, goes through residents’ refrigerators to throw out food that spoiled during the blackout on Friday, July 12, 2024, at Ella Springs Senior Living Community in Houston, Tx. The lack of power meant that many residents had to throw out the majority of their cold food items, no matter how recently purchased.]()
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