An estimated 390,000 Texans might lose access to food stamps under new Trump policy
One of the proposed rule changes could make SNAP recipients ineligible if their vehicles are valued at more than $4,650. Full Story
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Nonprofits claim Texas broke the law by leaving them out of Medicaid contracts
The Houston region’s Community Health Choice and San Antonio’s Community First Health plans are suing the state, saying the law promises them a piece of roughly $10 billion in Medicaid contracts. Full Story
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University of North Texas is opening a cafeteria without milk, eggs, wheat and more. It's free of most food allergens.
UNT says its university cafeteria is the first in the state to offer food without the eight most common food allergens. Full Story
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The extraordinary danger of being pregnant and uninsured in Texas
Over three years, nearly 400 pregnant or new mothers died in Texas. Its system for helping the uninsured thwarts women at every turn, frustrates doctors and midwives, and incentivizes substandard care. Full Story
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Prison health care costs are higher than ever in Texas. Many point to an aging prison population.
Although there are fewer people in prison than there were a decade ago, costs have surged along with the share of inmates who are older — and sicker. Full Story
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San Antonio paid sick leave requirement blocked by state judge
A judge blocked an ordinance that would provide paid sick leave for employees who work in the city of San Antonio starting Dec. 1. Full Story
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Watch: Conversations on the future of urban Texas
We're livestreaming our two-day event in Houston exploring the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Texas' largest cities. Full Story
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Watch: A conversation on rural health care
We're livestreaming our conversation in Canyon on rural health care, moderated by Texas Tribune Managing Editor Corrie MacLaggan. Full Story
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Top HHS official to run FDA on temporary basis while Trump readies nomination of Texas cancer doctor
The president plans to nominate Stephen Hahn, the chief medical officer of Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center, as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Full Story
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Texas voters could give cancer research organization $3 billion in November
If passed, Proposition 6 on the Nov. 5 ballot would allow the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to take out an additional $3 billion in debt, doubling its initial bonding authority since its creation in 2007. Full Story
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![Karlee Steele is now living four years cancer-free after being a patient under Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Jim Allison and his immunotherapy research. Dr. Allison's research was approved by the FDA in part by CPRIT grants and research.]()
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Anti-abortion activists take their fight to small-town East Texas
Five towns have passed ordinances aiming to outlaw abortion. Critics say a legal challenge is likely. Full Story
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![Lucy Cummings, 67, a 50-year resident of Joaquin and a supporter of the recent anti-abortion ordinance, stands on her front porch with her granddaughter, Brystal.]()
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Trump’s order will deny visas to immigrants who lack health-care coverage
President Trump said the new rule, issued late on Friday, is intended to “protect the availability of health care benefits for Americans." Full Story
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Texas A&M University System to ban vaping across all its campuses
"This health threat is serious enough that I want to see the ban include every building, outside space, parking lot, garage and laboratory within the Texas A&M System," Chancellor John Sharp wrote in a Tuesday memorandum. Full Story
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Fearing deportation, immigrants are dropping Medicaid over misinformation about Trump's new policy
Changes to the federal "public charge" rule are set to take effect in October, but fear and confusion are already causing immigrants to drop benefits. Full Story
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After Houston debate, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez switches endorsement from Castro to Biden
The South Texas congressman cited the debate — during which Castro and Biden tangled — as he threw his support to the former vice president. Full Story
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Julián Castro goes after Joe Biden during debate, questioning his memory and his commitment to Barack Obama’s legacy
The showdown early in the debate came after Biden criticized the "Medicare for All" health care plan touted by U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Full Story
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Texas has the most people without health insurance in the nation — again
For the second year in a row, the number of Texans without health insurance increased, and fewer people enrolled in Medicaid. Full Story
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These dams needed replacing 15 years ago. Now Texas will drain four lakes instead — causing other problems.
Two floodgate failures on 90-year-old Guadalupe River Valley dams — and the plan to lower the remaining four — are highlighting Texas' underfunded, aging flood infrastructure. Full Story
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Texas raises the legal smoking age, exempting members of the military
Senate Bill 21, authored by Sen. Joan Huffman, a Republican from Houston, made Texas the 16th state to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21. Full Story
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Texas almost mandated an HPV vaccine before politics got in the way. Now, the state has one of the country's highest rates of cervical cancer.
The state’s approach stands in stark contrast to that of Australia, where leaders have successfully pushed a nationwide program that has made a sizable dent in cervical cancer rates. Full Story
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