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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3121: Getting Typhus

Richard Willson

Posted on February 16, 2022 · Episode: 3121 Charles Nicolle and the Transmission of Typhus. Today, we get typhus.

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2018 World Cup Draw Results: Spain And Portugal In Same Group

HPM Digital Team / ROB HARRIS, AP

Posted on December 1, 2017 · Russia goes into its home World Cup ranked 65th in the world, the lowest-ranked of any of the 32 teams in the tournament

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Whistleblowers beg leaders to ‘stop the chaos’ as more than 900,000 Texans are kicked off Medicaid

Elena Rivera, KERA

Posted on October 3, 2023 · Whistleblowers who say they work in the Texas Health and Human Services Commission are alleging some of the more than 900,000 people kicked off Medicaid were because of departmental mismanagement.

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Houston Matters

Standoff at the border (July 25, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 25, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: Gov. Abbott is refusing to remove buoys from the Rio Grande that the Justice Department says are illegal. Abbott says Texas has the right to defend its borders from “invasion.” We discuss this recent border standoff.

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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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What parents need to know about COVID and monkeypox vaccines as they prepare to send their kids back to school

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on July 19, 2022 · Today, in our 'Ask the Doctor' episode, medical and infectious disease experts provide answers on everything from new variants to who should get booster shots and when. Plus, how will COVID and monkeypox vaccines affect back-to-school check-ups for children?

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