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Fact-check: Did Dr. Fauci fund research that created COVID-19

In 2014, the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the part of the NIH headed by Fauci, awarded a $3.4 million grant to the New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, which aims to protect people from viruses … See more

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3 new hospitals part of St. David's HealthCare $1 billion Austin …

WebSt. David's HealthCare is building three new hospitals in Central Texas and adding to five of its existing hospitals in what the health care network says is a nearly $1 …

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When is Earth Day 2024

WebWhat year was the first Earth Day? By the following spring, the nation celebrated its inaugural Earth Day in 1970, with tens of thousands of citizens marching in …

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Growth of Austin health care programs

WebThe second factor for growth in health care: UT decided to build a medical school in Austin, and the Legislature and the community voted for it. When the first class …

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Central Health report maps poverty and health access in Austin

WebCentral Health provides health care for 1 out of every 12 people in Travis County. In the 2021 fiscal year, it enrolled 111,027 people in one of its plans. That was …

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Would you store your medical history on a QR code

WebYour Health is an online portal and app that the patient controls. You put in your prescriptions, your doctors, your medical conditions, your allergies and your doctors' …

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SXSW 2024 panels talk future of AI, tech and health equity in Austin

WebPanel after panel in the health track noted that artificial intelligence is a potential solution to a growing scarcity of health workers. University of Texas Dell …

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UT Dell Medical School clinic treats symptoms of 'long COVID'

WebUT Health Austin, the clinical arm of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, began a post-COVID-19 program in July to both study people with long …

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Is volunteering good for you

WebTo research that, the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has given her and colleagues at Boston University and Boston College a …

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New medical clinic in Round Rock serves Hispanic community's …

Web0:00. 2:52. A new clinic in Round Rock is working to provide affordable, quality health care services to the uninsured members of the Hispanic community. Clinica …

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Opinion: How Texas' healthcare costs and high uninsured rates go …

WebFor example, our state’s uninsured rate decreased from 24% (5.9 million) in 2010 to 18% (5.3 million) in 2022. While the number of uninsured in the U.S. has …

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UT announces top-level hospital project with MD Anderson in Austin

WebUT announces $2.5 billion partnership with MD Anderson to build cancer center in Austin. The University of Texas System announced Monday that it will build a …

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Fact-check: Is US backing a WHO takeover of national health …

WebOne online program said the WHO would be able to impose vaccine mandates and require vaccine passports.. The World Health Organization has launched …

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Ron Oliveira changed his life at St. David's cardiac rehab in Austin

WebOliveira has lost 27 pounds and says he weighs less than 200 pounds for the first time since he was in his 30s. The Pritikin plan looks at changes in inflammation, …

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Why are syphilis rates rising in Central Texas

WebThe rates of syphilis are up almost 80% from 2018 to 2022 nationally, and the rates of congenital syphilis, seen in babies born with it as it passes from mother to child …

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Austin Public Health changes COVID-19 reporting policy

Web1:13. Austin Public Health is changing the way it reports COVID-19 cases. For four years, the health entity has tracked each case and posted it on an online …

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Fact-check: Would Democratic bill allow abortion up until delivery

WebMariannette Miller-Meeks said the Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 "would permit abortion up until delivery." The bill, which passed the U.S. House …

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Delta-8 THC is legal in Texas. But is it safe

WebSales are skyrocketing across the U.S. for delta-8 products, a psychoactive substance found in the Cannabis sativa plant.Known as "diet weed" or "weed lite," delta …

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University of Texas club writes biographies of people in hospice care

WebThe club works with Hospice Austin and Compassus hospice to identify people who would like to have their stories told. The students form teams, and each team is …

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Uvalde behavioral health campus to serve children, adults

WebThe state of Texas will build a 32-bed behavioral health campus in Uvalde, where a horrific mass shooting in May 2022 at Robb Elementary left 19 children and two …

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Abortion travel could get harder, easier with these ballot measures

WebThe varying laws have led to a rise in patients traveling between states seeking an abortion, Mansanares said. Planned Parenthood’s health centers in …

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Austin lost 31 workers in 2023. Most workplace deaths could be

WebWhen the nation first marked Workers Memorial Day in 1970, about 38 people died on the job each day.While significant progress has been made since OSHA was …

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New Mexico spa's 'vampire facials' linked to HIV cases of 3 …

WebThree women likely contracted HIV from 'vampire facials' at closed New Mexico Spa: CDC The VIP Beauty Salon and Spa was shut down in 2018, but health officials …

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How can patients protect their information from Paxton hospital …

WebA lawyer can send a cease and desist letter to the hospital to stop the release of the records, Skeen said. They could also get a court order protecting their information. …

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Family of San Marcos man killed by police demand bodycam …

WebThe family of Malachi Williams, who was killed by San Marcos police, demanded the release of body camera footage of his death at a Thursday vigil.

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Feds say Florida company could have prevented employee's …

WebMan's death in South Florida heat prompts federal investigation into company that employed him Salvadore Garcia Espita, 26, collapsed while planting sugarcane in a …

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