Community Impact Newspaper's 2020 Health Care Edition for the Katy area includes a front-page story on uninsured rates; a feature on local nurses; a guide to vaccine development; a listing of local hospitals; and health care snapshots of Harris, Fort Bend and Waller counties.
About 1.6 million Texans have lost their employer-sponsored coverage in the past couple months, but the true influence on the Katy area will be seen in late 2020.
The pandemic has been scary for local nurses, but they are adapting to new operations to keep themselves and patients safe.
As worldwide health care experts work to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, one health care company in the Greater Houston area continues work on its own vaccine.
Each year, our staff puts together a list of Katy-area hospitals in the area for our Health Care Edition.
Harris County ranked among the top 25 out of 244 counties on length of life.
Fort Bend County ranked among the top five on length of life and health behaviors.
Waller County's highest rank was in the length of life category at No. 27.
While the county's overall number of physicians and registered nurses increased between 2018-19, the number per 100,000 residents data decreased.
In Fort Bend County, the number of physicians and registered nurses has increased with the population as shown by the number of physicians and nurses per 100,000 residents growing in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Waller County experienced no year-over-year increase of physicians in 2019.
