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The Pentagon Has Moved Toward Making Vaccines Mandatory For Service Members

James Doubek, NPR

Posted on August 9, 2021 · "To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo to employees Monday.

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Cities Sue Defense Department Over Gun-Check System Failures

Colleen Long, Associated Press

Posted on December 26, 2017 · Three cities filed a federal lawsuit against the Defense Department, saying many service members who are disqualified from gun ownership weren't reported to the national background check system

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Energy & Environment

ProPublica: One Of Texas’ Most-Contaminated Former Military Installations Borders Houston Ship Channel

Andrew Schneider

Posted on December 1, 2017 · The San Jacinto Ordnance Depot served as an ordnance demolition facility and a chemical weapons site during the 1940s and 1950s. The Defense Department won’t finish cleaning it up until 2084

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A Timeline — And Questions — About The Niger Firefight That Killed U.S. Troops

Merrit Kennedy, NPR

Posted on October 24, 2017 · Amid growing political fallout, the Department of Defense has put forward a timeline for the deadly confrontation with militants in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers

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As Title 42 ends, Houston-area services for immigrants prepare for what’s next

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 11, 2023 · As the COVID-era immigration policy comes to an end, we ask an attorney, a charity worker, and an immigrant rights organization what to expect here.

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As WHO ends COVID-19 global emergency, Houston expert says virus is still around but numbers ‘dramatically’ down

James Gutierrez

Posted on May 5, 2023 · “This signals, the transition from a pandemic to an endemic, we just to have to learn to how to deal with it.”

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WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19

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Posted on May 5, 2023 · The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020.

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Reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic in Houston as the national emergency ends

Michael Hagerty / Rebecca Noel

Posted on April 12, 2023 · Dr. David Persse, the city's chief medical officer, looks back at the last three years and discusses what still concerns him about COVID-19.

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