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Texas is poised to make measles a nationwide epidemic, public health experts say

Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the spread.

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After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

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Texas Senate advances bill to start a $3 billion dementia research fund

The legislation would require voters to approve the $3 billion start-up cost, and then the fund would be maintained at no more than $300 million annually.

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Dozens of people now sickened in Texas measles outbreak - including some who are vaccinated

The majority of the 58 cases are in children between the ages of five and 17 years old

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Measles Outbreak Spreads In Texas And New Mexico

Current measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico raises concerns due to unvaccinated cases and high exemption rates. Proactive measures being taken to addr...

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Measles cases reported in Texas as vaccine rate against the disease has fallen

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.

The Texas Tribune

Delta-8 hemp and Texas medical marijuana industries to face off in the upcoming legislative session

Medical marijuana providers say they must operate under strict rules while hemp products like delta-8 can proliferate.

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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.

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What to know about malaria after Texas’ first local case in 30 years

Texas’ first locally acquired case of malaria in 30 years was recently reported by health officials. The patient was diagnosed with the disease after working outdoors in South Texas’ Cameron County, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Friday.

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