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Posted on January 24, 2017 · With all of the talk about Obamacare being repealed, some people don’t realize it’s still the law. And there’s an important deadline coming up.

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Posted on December 13, 2016 · Now that Brownsville has confirmed local cases of Zika , the federal government is sending more money to the Texas to help control further spread of the virus.

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Posted on December 5, 2016 · Doctors in the Rio Grande Valley have stepped up their observation of pregnant women following the first suspected case of locally-transmitted Zika.

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Posted on November 28, 2016 · Texas has already documented 257 cases of travel-related Zika, but this is the first case thought to be transmitted from an infected mosquito to someone who has not traveled.

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Posted on September 5, 2016 · Texas has one of the highest obesity rates in the nation. One in three Texas adults is considered obese. Now, San Antonio researchers are using South Texas volunteers to collect an obesity genome registry. This data bank will help tackle a weighty issue.

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