Abortion Providers Sue to Block Texas Fetal Burial Rule

CRR: Unconstitutional rule imposes cost burden, abortion stigma

"...The Center for Reproductive Rights, representing a group of abortion providers, is suing Texas in an effort to..."

Dec. 12, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

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 State's Planned Parenthood Trap

Plans to ban PP from Women's Health may be a problem

"...Tomorrow (Thursday) the Health and Human Services Commission Medical Care Advisory Committee is..."

June 8, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

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

The Future of Health Care?

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

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

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...in long rows and towering piles in the middle of a field southeast of Downtown are thousands of tires..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Health Clinics Caught in the Crossfire

Cancer screening cuts won't only impact Planned Parenthood

"...In an overt attempt to punish Planned Parenthood for offering abortion care services, state lawmakers have proposed a new..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Whitmire: Janek Must Go From Health and Human Services

Update: Second lawmaker call for resignation over contracts

"...The ever-swirling controversy surrounding the Health and Human Services Commission could claim another head. Sen...."

Jan. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Trapped and the War on Women's Health Care

Doc highlights impact of anti-choice laws in the South

"...nothing I could do to save her,” Marva Sadler of Whole Woman’s Health Center in Ft. Worth says with..."

March 11, 2016 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

The Four Horsemen of the Deficit

Examining the new House committees on state spending

"...like necessity to add focus and so, with the state's structural deficit being amplified by collapsing tax revenues, yesterday..."

Jan. 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...When a police officer brings someone to the Judge Guy Herman Center for..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Feds Deny Women's Health Renewal

Language intended to exclude Planned Parenthood may jeopardize entire program

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

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Anti-Choice Legislation Continues to Damage Health Care and Undermine Local Control

As GOP postures with SB 22, women’s health care pays the price

"...unemployed and uninsured 24-year-old, she didn't have a lot of options. She turned to the Planned Parenthood clinic on..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...grown accustomed to the parking cones, forklifts, and sounds of rapid construction. But in Feb­ru­ary, that clatter should end,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

After a Month of Chaos, Abortion Care Returns to Texas

Clinics, patients, and the law get put through the ringer over care

"...White Boulevard in South Austin were thrown into havoc. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton – guided by an executive..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Premature Death of the WHAC

How Gov. Greg Abbott killed vital oversight for women’s health

"...A state with an already tattered family planning safety net, ideologically..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

State Axes Anti-Choice Group's Family Planning Funds

The Heidi Group failed to meet their own patient target goals

"...group headed by a woman with a tenuous grasp of basic medical science in charge of increasing access to..."

Aug. 23, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The State's Planned Parenthood Trap

Rule would eliminate group from Women's Health Program

"...Today (Thursday) the state's Health and Human Services Commission's Medical Care Advisory Committee..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After Defunding Breast Cancer Services, State Hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Event

Event participant doesn't support cutting services

"...Cecilia Abbott and The Governor’s Commission for Women and Texas Health and Human Service System plan to host an..."

Oct. 13, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...and neighbors appeared at her doorstep. Those same friends offered to mow her lawn and pick her children up..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

State: Give Us That Medicaid Money We Said We Didn’t Want

Texas lost out on a boatload of money when it declined to expand Medicaid. Now it wants that cash.

"...Texas health officials are asking the Trump administration to condone..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Central Health Lays Out Its FY 2019 Budget

For your health

"...Raise your hand if you know what Central Health is. It's OK; you're not alone. Polling shows that..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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 Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018

Days like these

"...The biggest stories of any year in Austin tend to unfold over weeks..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...scared little girl who didn't want to go out of her house. Before, she'd always been an outdoorsy, gregarious..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Bill of the Week: Combating Postpartum Depression

Between 2011 and 2012, nearly 200 Texas mothers died within a year of giving birth

"...Despite Texas' alarming rise in maternal mortality rates, state leadership has..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Activists Rattle Cages Over Shabby Jails

Austin-based inmates' rights group hopes to shine daylight on inhumane conditions and mismanagement in county jails

"...With the Texas Youth Commission scandal and a damning U.S. Justice Department..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: Daytripping in the Age of a Pandemic

Stay home, stay safe, and still scratch that travel itch

"...and while a scenic drive might improve your mental health, it goes against the statewide ban on nonessential travel...."

April 8, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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