The latest health care news from The Texas Tribune.
Abbott's order bans release without paying bail for inmates who are accused of or have been convicted in the past of violent offenses. Defendants with cash could still walk free. Full Story
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In Texas, Abbott said the state's first ad hoc health care facility to respond to the pandemic will be the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, an original hotspot for the outbreak at the state level. Full Story
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Our staff is closely tracking developments on the new coronavirus in Texas. Check here for updates. Full Story
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Though Texas has dramatically increased its testing capacity, many who have gotten one are waiting days on end, and sometimes a week or more, for the results, according to interviews with patients and health care professionals. Full Story
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Primary care doctors are warning that if they have to close, more patients might end up in Texas hospitals at a time when those facilities don’t have the capacity to handle them. Full Story
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The center serves more than 400 people with disabilities and it employees about 1,400 staff members. Full Story
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City and county officials cannot prohibit the sale of guns during an emergency declaration, according to the Texas Attorney General. Full Story
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The North Texas county leads the state in the number of novel coronavirus cases and is marshaling resources as the need for medical response grows. Full Story
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The historic legislation, worth more than $2 trillion, heads to the U.S. House on Friday after the Senate passed it unanimously. Full Story
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The order aligns Texas with federal guidance announced Wednesday that aims to contain the spread of the virus outside New York, which has become the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States. Full Story
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In fabric shops and on factory floors, the race is on to make and manufacture personal protective equipment in Texas before supplies run out for those on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. Full Story
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Attorney General Ken Paxton said this week that abortions should not be performed unless the mother's life is in danger, saying health care capacity needs to be preserved for COVID-19 patients. Full Story
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The efforts to quickly add capacity come after Gov. Greg Abbott waived hospitals’ occupancy restrictions Sunday and ordered health care providers to postpone surgeries that are not “immediately, medically necessary.” Full Story
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"This decision is necessary to ensure the contract award processes are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency," a spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said. Full Story
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“’I will give you X number, you are to make these last for however long,’” a Panhandle hospital executive told one of his clinics when it sought more respirators. “We’ve got to ration these resources.” Full Story
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On Tuesday evening, Texas launched a new system for reporting cases of COVID-19. Officials said the new system will bring the state's count closer to those of counties and other sources that were reporting hundreds more cases. Full Story
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