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“I think we are just in the beginning of, unfortunately, this crisis … I think things are going to get, unfortunately, a little worse,” says San Antonio-based Dr. Mehmood Khan.
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One year after the COVID-19 omicron variant began its spread across Texas, doctors are concerned about the effects of “long COVID” — even as case numbers and hospitalizations have declined.
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide deaths increased in 2021 for the first time in two years.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people grieve and find support.
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For people with limited incomes, surging food prices are hitting especially hard. A network of food banks says they need more support from Texas lawmakers.
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Children’s hospitals around the country are grappling with an early peak of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
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State leaders won’t commit to specifics about how much they might invest in children’s mental healthAs public debate intensifies over how the state will divvy up billions in new money, community groups that treat children for mental illness fear they’re not a priority.
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Step aside, BA.5. The new variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, appear to be among the most adept yet at evading immunity from previous infection and vaccination.
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Downtowns are deserted, hospitals are closing, teachers are leaving. Every part of life in rural Texas is harder — but it’s worth saving.
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School leaders are offering more money and paid training for potential bus drivers. Some routes still go unserved.
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The pandemic and shortages of physicians and nurses have put a strain on hospital staff and capacity. Parkland Hospital’s starting to address some of those problems by delivering acute care directly to the patient. KERA’s Sam Baker talks with Alissa Tran, director of Parkland’s Hospital at Home program.
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The CDC late last month reported Texas and New York have seen the high number of flu cases this season, so far. KERA’s Sam Baker talked about this with Dr. Donna Casey, an internist with Texas Health Dallas.