Responding to COVID-19 has taken so much attention and energy that some public health workers believe it pushed tuberculosis off people’s radar.
Neena Satija
Neena Satija worked at the Tribune from 2013 to 2019. She was an investigative reporter and radio producer for the Tribune and Reveal, a public radio program from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Previously, she was the environment reporter at the Tribune. A native of the Washington, D.C. area, she graduated from Yale University in 2011, and then worked for the New Haven Independent, the Connecticut Mirror, and WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio. She has also been a regular contributor to National Public Radio. As an East Coast transplant she is particularly thrilled with Austin tacos and warm weather.
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High schoolers’ overdose deaths leave a Central Texas town grappling with the opioid crisis
The deaths at Hays Consolidated Independent School District have sparked heartbreak, anger and calls for action.
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Health care
Few places have more medical debt than Dallas-Fort Worth, but hospitals there are thriving
Of the nation’s 20 most populous counties, none has a higher concentration of medical debt than Tarrant County, home to Fort Worth. Second is Dallas County, credit bureau data shows.
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Insurance giant Centene to pay Texas $166 million in Medicaid drug pricing settlement
Texas is at least the 12th state to settle with St. Louis-based Centene Corp. over allegations that it overcharged Medicaid prescription drug programs.
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Four years after the Santa Fe school shooting, “There is still a lot of pain”
Some residents still struggling with grief, trauma as government mental health funding recedes.
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How a Texas couple led a long crusade and won protections for veterans exposed to toxic fumes
Le Roy and Rosie Torres founded the Burn Pits 360 group that advocated for years for Congress to help veterans suffering from injuries caused by the massive disposal sites on overseas bases. Le Roy came home from Iraq suffering from breathing problems.
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Rural hospital rescue program is met with skepticism from administrators
A new federal program that pays rural hospitals to shutter underused inpatient units and focus solely on emergency rooms and outpatient care hasn’t generated much interest yet.
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Health care
With national data on drug overdoses lacking, University of Texas project looks to help provide a solution
Researchers are testing a program that would allow harm reduction groups to crowdsource data statewide. While the data relies on word of mouth, the researchers say it is more comprehensive than anything that exists now.
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Upended: How medical debt changed one Texas woman’s life
Edy Adams, 31, who was sexually assaulted in Chicago, was billed despite an Illinois law that prohibited medical providers from charging rape victims for a medical exam.
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100 million people in America are saddled with medical debt
The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients across the country face gut-wrenching sacrifices.