The latest health care news from The Texas Tribune.
A 2011 lawsuit over Texas' beleaguered child welfare system has ping-ponged back and forth between an appeals court in New Orleans and a district court in Corpus Christi. Full Story
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission officials said in an email that “it has become clear that the Heidi Group is unable to come into compliance” and that the organization would no longer be part of the state’s Family Planning Program or the Healthy Texas Women program as of Dec. 11. Full Story
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Support from family and community appear to shield Latinos from rising suicide rates, researchers say. Full Story
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Staffers are leaving Adult Protective Services because of increased workloads, lack of attention from the Legislature and a significant pay gap between them and their Child Protective Services counterparts. Full Story
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A North Texas family is fighting to keep their 9-year-old daughter on a ventilator, though her doctors have said she is brain-dead. But a controversial, unusual Texas law gives doctors and hospitals broad decision-making power. Full Story
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Proponents say the proposal will save the government money. But critics say that especially in Texas, it will cause “chilling effects" that could keep citizens away from welfare programs. Full Story
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The anti-abortion group served more than 3,300 clients under the state's Healthy Texas Women program and Family Planning Program, far less than the nearly 70,000 people the organization projected when it won state contracts. Full Story
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Watch O'Rourke and Cruz virtually debate issues like immigration, guns and health care. Full Story
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Justin Nelson, a Democrat running for attorney general, is positioning himself as the champion of protections for pre-existing conditions, one of the most popular provisions of the landmark health care law. Full Story
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O’Rourke has been closing the gap over the last several months, but this is the first poll that puts him ahead of Cruz. Full Story
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Marissa Evans and Chris Essig's investigation into unusually high rates of maternal deaths in Texas has won an explanatory journalism award from the Online News Association. Full Story
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Texas grassroots health groups got $5 million less than last year for the navigator program, which helps them enroll hard-to-reach populations in the nation's least insured state. Full Story
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Critics say doing so would risk the coverage of tens of millions. Full Story
The ruling comes after a five-day trial in July at which patients, health providers, state agency officials, bioethicists, cemetery directors and religious leaders got on the witness stand. Full Story
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The toddler from Guatemala died six weeks after leaving an ICE family detention center in Dilley. She had not yet turned two years old. Full Story
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Tune in as Democratic candidates for statewide office speak with Texas Tribune reporter Patrick Svitek at the Texas Disability Issues Forum. Full Story
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After reports of mold invading a state health agency building, a group of state employees gathered in Austin on Friday to protest working conditions. Full Story
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Texas has sued to end Obama's landmark health care law before. But this time it has support from the Trump administration, a new tax code and a potentially sympathetic judge. Full Story
The university says the school will give the state more rural doctors. Critics say it's unnecessary and too expensive. An oversight board could provide approval this month. Full Story
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The Texas Tribune obtained a recording of a town hall meeting with Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt and state workers nearly two weeks after they were relocated from the Austin State Hospital 636 building where a mold infestation had invaded their workspace. Full Story
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