State Holding Public Hearing on Texas Women's Health Program

Will the new program work without Planned Parenthood?

"...The Texas Department of Health Services on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at..."

Aug. 28, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

State Offers No Evidence of Health Benefit During Fetal Burial Rule Hearing

Austin abortion provider calls rule “cruel” to patients

"...A federal hearing challenging a proposed state health department rule that would force women to bury or..."

Jan. 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

U.S. Department of Justice Sues to Block Texas Abortion Ban

State prohibits most abortions, even as Roe v. Wade remains law

"...The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened to ask the courts to..."

Sept. 13, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...– knees, pelvises, a few ankles in various states of damage or disrepair – and a collection of printed..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Women's Health Care: Costs More, Does Less

With Planned Parenthood out, state serves fewer for more

"...The number of clients served by the state's family planning budget dropped..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Three Days of What?

Sen. Watson breaks down the parts of Gov. Perry's special session call

"...bills for the remaining agencies: Two, authorize the release of the first $2 billion of a $5 billion Texas..."

June 27, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System

25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies

"...Back in July, news broke out of North Austin that a 90-year-old resident of a nursing..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Abortions Decrease in Texas After HB 2, Data Shows

DSHS finally releases 2014 abortion stats after ACLU request

"...After accusations of a department-wide strategic cover-up of key abortion data lodged..."

June 30, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

West, Ammonium Nitrate, And the Myopia of Terrorism

House hearing shows emphasis on public safety, not health and safety

"...supposed to: That was the takeaway from Wednesday's meeting of the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety..."

May 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Is the Women's Health Program Dead?

Feds won't agree to exclude PP

"...In a letter dated Dec. 12, the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and..."

Dec. 13, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Name of the Game

Raising deer, oryx, antelope, and more on central texas ranches

"...the old barbed wire ones, but the tall ones, often adorned with a ranch sign that includes the word..."

June 7, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Gov. Abbott Announces State of Disaster, Urges Texans Not to Hoard

Governor says more facilities will have testing capabilities soon

"...Flanked by Texas State Department of Health Services Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

Texas Publishes State-Mandated Anti-Choice "Propaganda" Booklet

Updated pamphlet still rife with medical errors, health advocates say

"...Despite thousands of objections from the medical community and pro-choice advocates, the..."

Dec. 7, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Maternal Mortality Rate Soars

Local health department examining deaths: Is the Lege to blame?

"...back-to-back studies showing unusual jumps in maternal deaths in Texas are drawing concern over women's health, and moving the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The New Texas Family Planning

Slashed budgets and anti-abortion politics undermine women's health care

"...1, Planned Parenthood's East Seventh Street clinic, which has offered family planning and reproductive health services to low-income and..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

ACLU to State Health Department: Stop Hiding Abortion Data

ACLU of Texas sharply accused the state health department of shielding valuable statistics on the state's abortion rates from the public

"...Against the backdrop of a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Texas' abortion..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Destruction of Texas Health Care

The GOP crusade against Planned Parenthood is devastating basic care for Texas women

"...Carole Belver, executive director of Community Action Inc. of Central Texas, spent Tues­day, Jan...."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Millions for Propaganda ... Nothing for Women's Health

Texas heavily underwrites anti-abortion centers, while slashing reproductive care

"...To your right, a basket full of free pocket-size Bibles and Christ-centered booklets; to your left,..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Honest Numbers? Nelson Spins Texas Health Care

Senator claims significant progress in women's health

"...Convening a hearing last Thursday, Feb. 20, of the Senate's Health and Human Services Committee on the..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Scarce COVID Vaccine for Health Workers on Its Way to Austin

The Austin area should receive 13,650 initial doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week

"...The Austin area will receive 13,650 initial doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

To Your Health

"...book, As Sick as It Gets: The Shocking Reality of America's Healthcare, at a forum hosted by the Austin..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...On the evening of October 17 -- while much of the nation was..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Hundreds of Thousands Denied Medicaid and Food Assistance in Texas

It's a department of dysfunction, and it isn’t getting better

"...Impoverished Texans, the vast majority of them children, could go hungry this Christmas because of..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Texas Opens COVID-19 Vaccines to All Adults Beginning March 29

Anyone age 16 and older will be eligible, says DSHS

"...Beginning Monday, March 29, all adults in Texas will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, said..."

March 23, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Local, State Health Leaders Try to Keep Up with COVID-19

Six known cases in Travis County but actual number likely higher

"...federal leadership still halting at best, state and local officials have doubled down in the last few days to..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

Top 10 Texas LGBT Stories

One step back and two steps forward

"...Even in a state as red as Texas, the national trend toward LGBT equality gained momentum. Social..."

Jan. 6, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Consider 'The Source': Crisis Pregnancy Center Transforms Into Women's Health Program Provider

If Planned Parenthood's out, are CPCs in?

"...As the state rolls out its revised Texas Women's Health Program, a central question remains: how to..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Perry Rejects Health Care for Texas

Governor throws away $13 billion in funds

"...Just because the US Supreme Court tells Texas that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, that doesn't..."

July 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fruit of the Pro-Lifers' Labors

What Texas women now need to know before an abortion

"...It looks like the long-lived dream of state Rep. Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, to officially interfere..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Top Austin Headlines of 2021: Texas Inches Closer to Legal Weed

Nov. 8: A judge in Travis County blocks, for now, enforcement of the state's ban on Delta-8 products

"...This fall, the state of Texas opened a Pandora's box that leaked cannabinoids and..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

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