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Brain Fog, Fatigue, Depression: COVID-19 Long-Haulers Face Symptoms Months Later

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on December 1, 2020 · COVID-19 patients are reporting long-term symptoms more than 6 months after their initial infection. These have included neurological symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, PTSD and more.

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Coronavirus In Greater Houston: Texas Hospitalizations Are Reaching July COVID-19 Peaks

Paul DeBenedetto / Sara Willa Ernst / Lucio Vasquez / Matt Harab / Grace Hatfield, HPM Intern

Posted on November 30, 2020 · Health experts are worried about a possible spike in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving holiday travel.

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Coronavirus In Greater Houston: ‘Time To Be Very, Very Serious’ About COVID-19 Ahead Of Holidays, Mayor Turner Says

Paul DeBenedetto / Matt Harab / Sara Willa Ernst / Lucio Vasquez

Posted on November 23, 2020 · As Thanksgiving approaches, COVID-19 cases continue to rise across Texas -- and health officials are worried holiday travel will lead to a coronavirus surge.

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Education News

Texas Health Education Standards Continue To Exclude LGBTQ Students

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on November 19, 2020 · The Texas Board of Education is considering new statewide standards for health education for the first time in 20 years. The current rules are silent on topics regarding LGBTQ health.

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Health & Science

COVID-19 Forced Clinics To Adopt Telehealth. That Helped Some Transgender Patients Access Health Care

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on November 6, 2020 · Texas clinics offering transgender health care are starting to see more patients from hundreds of miles away due to the expansion of telehealth during the pandemic.

Tags COVID-19

Election 2020

Thousands Of Texans Can’t Vote Because They’re On Parole Or Probation

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on November 2, 2020 · Lori Mellinger is voting for the first time in 10 years. She was just one of the thousands of Texans every year whose voting rights are taken away because of being on parole or probation.

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Health & Science

Houston Researchers Find Health Disparities Among Asian Mothers

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on October 19, 2020 · Filipina and Pacific Islander women were respectively 35% and 45% more likely to experience a negative outcome compared to white women.

Tags asian-americans childbirth McGovern Medical School at UTHealth pregnancy

Health & Science

Houston, Prairie View A&M Launch Program To Close Health Disparities

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on October 14, 2020 · The program will focus on Houston neighborhoods identified as food deserts.

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News

COVID-19 Pandemic Causes Breast Cancer Screening Delays At Houston Clinics

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on October 6, 2020 · Some Houston-area clinics report experiencing as much as a 45% decline in mammograms, compared to pre-pandemic times.

Tags breast cancer cancer mammograms screenings UTMB Health

National

How A Texas-Led Lawsuit Could Place The Affordable Care Act In Jeopardy

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on September 30, 2020 · Amy Coney Barrett could cast a deciding vote on the law known as Obamacare if the conservative judge gets a fast-tracked confirmation. 

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Harris County

Automated Process Caused Harris County COVID-19 Case Count To Jump By 14,000

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on September 23, 2020 · Most of the cases -- were 13,110 -- were older than 28 days, while 341 were from the last two weeks, the county said.

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Coronavirus

‘They Build On Each Other’: Low-Wage Workers Feel The Brunt Of Harvey And COVID-19

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on September 10, 2020 · Many of the populations most impacted by the pandemic are still reeling from Hurricane Harvey.

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Houston

NPR-Harvard Poll: Houstonians Face Delayed Care, Financial Hardship Amid COVID-19

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on September 9, 2020 · One in four Houston households are unable to get medical care or received delayed care during the coronavirus pandemic, and more than half of all households surveyed have someone whose employment has been impacted.

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Coronavirus

After First Week Of Class, Baylor University Dorm Sees COVID-19 Outbreak

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on September 3, 2020 · About 100 students at one Baylor dorm are being asked to reside in place after a suspected COVID-19 outbreak.

Tags Baylor university Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak

In-Depth

The Challenges Of COVID-19 Testing While Uninsured In Houston

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on August 26, 2020 · Even before the pandemic, lacking health insurance blocked millions from easy access to healthcare. Now, it's affecting access to the most crucial tool of controlling the coronavirus: testing. 

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