Texas
Texas mayors asks state lawmakers for more mental health money
Posted on · A letter urges Texas legislators to give salary increases to community mental health workers.
Sara Willa Ernst
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News
Texas legislature wants to double its investment in student mental health resources
Posted on · New bills filed include big bumps in appropriations, as well as solutions to improving access to school-based services.
Health & Science
Harris Health’s $45 million deficit finds American Rescue Act stopgap after last fall’s budget battle
Posted on · The federal funding will help protect services, expansion projects and keep Harris Health in good financial standing for its hopes to build a replacement hospital.
Arts & Culture
The changing face of Chinatown: could the new trendy restaurants replace the beloved institutions?
Posted on · Trendy new concept restaurants have taken Chinatown by storm. This could impact the old institutions that have built up Chinatown over the decades.
Health & Science
New FDA rule could slightly improve out-of-state access to the abortion pill mifepristone for pregnant Texans
Posted on · The rule, which allows retail pharmacies to provide the pill, could mean faster pick up times.
Health & Science
Waitlist grows for psychiatric beds at state hospitals in Texas
Posted on · 35 percent of these beds are sitting empty, as the state struggles to staff them up.
Health & Science
Inflation is making it hard for rural hospitals in Texas to stay open
Posted on · Even before the pandemic, Texas led the nation in the number of hospital closures in rural counties.
Health & Science
Texas Children’s Hospital announces plan to tackle mental health crisis
Posted on · The country’s largest children’s hospital system raised $11 million to add a series of behavioral health resources.
Health & Science
The pandemic doubled the number of Texas hospitals at risk of closing
Posted on · Rural hospitals in Texas are feeling the greatest financial pinch. A new report says 26 percent are at risk of closing.
Health & Science
Long COVID: Tell us how it’s impacting your life
Posted on · Houston Public Media is looking to further report on the ripple effects Long COVID is having in people’s lives, whether financial, educational, physical or emotional.
Health & Science
Why do you need to boil your water under Houston’s boil water notice?
Posted on · The City of Houston advised residents late Sunday night to boil all water for drinking, cooking and bathing after a water purification plant lost power.
Health & Science
Survey shows Texas nursing shortage reaches record highs
Posted on · A new statewide survey quantifies the seismic impact the pandemic had on the nursing profession.
Health & Science
What it’s like for a 988 crisis hotline counselor in Houston
Posted on · Calls in Houston have spiked since the three-digit 988 lifeline launched this summer.
Health & Science
Researchers are developing a fentanyl vaccine that could reduce overdoses and relapses
Posted on · Fentanyl is the leading cause of opioid deaths in Texas, increasing five-fold in recent years.
Health & Science
Flu season hits Houston area earlier than usual
Posted on · More than 3 percent of reported doctors visits in Harris County during the first week of November were related to the flu or other respiratory viral infections, compared to 1.7 percent in early October, according to the Houston Health Department.