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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of Family and Protective Services responded in mid-February to 23 recommendations provided by an expert panel aimed at addressing children without placement and other deficiencies in the state’s foster care system. (Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
5:03 PM Mar 10, 2022 CST
Texas foster care entities respond to expert panel's recommendations
The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities conducted its second survey last fall to explore the needs of individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities amid the pandemic. Here are the survey results. (Designed by Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
8:00 AM Apr 2, 2021 CDT
Lake Houston-area organizations providing services to disability community offer stability throughout pandemic
A nursing home in Humble came under scrutiny in June for an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among its elderly residents. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact Newspaper) (Designed by Ethan Pham)
Houston
7:51 PM Jun 8, 2020 CDT
COVID-19 case count discrepancies raise questions in Humble nursing home
The Texas National Guard has begun mobilizing disinfection teams in Texas nursing homes to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Houston
3:10 PM May 13, 2020 CDT
Texas National Guard activates disinfection teams in nursing homes to limit spread of coronavirus
Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can start using their Lone Star Cards to order groceries for delivery or curbside pickup. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Houston
5:15 PM May 12, 2020 CDT
Texas launches pilot to allow SNAP recipients to order groceries online starting May 13
Houston fiscal year 2020-21 budget workshops run from April 7 through May 20. (Courtesy Fotolia)
Houston
11:56 AM Apr 7, 2020 CDT
Houston city budget workshops kick off amid economic turmoil
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 election is Oct. 7.
Houston Metro
5:29 PM Sep 30, 2019 CDT
What Montgomery County residents should know before Oct. 7 voter registration deadline
Houston Metro
2:00 PM Apr 9, 2019 CDT
Harris County leaders target better jail diversion programs
Houston Metro
2:00 PM Mar 12, 2019 CDT
State, advocacy groups strive to meet rising child welfare needs in Harris County
Houston Metro
3:54 PM Dec 10, 2018 CST
State changes improve child welfare in Harris, Montgomery counties
Houston Metro
9:30 AM Dec 11, 2017 CST
National opioid epidemic felt locally in Spring, Klein
Mosquito tests in Hutto again test positive for West Nile Virus.
Houston Metro
11:03 PM Aug 10, 2016 CDT
Free mosquito repellant offered to women to fight Zika virus
Mosquito tests in Hutto again test positive for West Nile Virus.
Houston Metro
10:51 PM Aug 10, 2016 CDT
Free mosquito repellant offered to women to fight Zika virus
RESULTS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES
Houston
3:25 PM
Medicaid expiration could put enrollees at risk
Methodist Richardson Medical Center nurses.
Dallas - Fort Worth
3:10 AM
Medical field graduates in Richardson helping curb staffing shortages
Health care advocates in Texas and Houston said they are worried about what could happen when a provision freezing Medicaid unenrollment ends and millions of people have their safety nets put into jeopardy. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Houston
12:16 PM
Looming end of Medicaid unenrollment freeze sounds alarms
Houston
6:45 AM
Incoming Medicaid expiration could put enrollees at risk
All four area hospitals are upgrading their health care systems in response to Katy’s swelling population. Some growth is programmatic, while other expansions, including within Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital and Houston Methodist West Hospital, are in the physical space. (Courtesy Memorial Hermann Katy/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
3:02 PM
Increasing capacities: Katy-area hospitals expand to handle growing population
Thousands of porcelain buttons were found by archaeologists during the Austin State Hospital construction process. (Courtesy Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Austin
2:19 PM
Over 6,500 historic artifacts found in Texas’ oldest psychiatric hospital
Houston
6:40 AM
Medicaid expiration could put enrollees at risk
doctors and nurses walk around in a modern hospital setting
Houston
11:04 AM
Looming end of Medicaid protections sounds alarms
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said via email while narcotic encounters, or instances in which officers encounter drugs, did decline during the pandemic, they are starting to rise again. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas Department of State Health Services/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
2:18 PM
Local agencies respond to rising opioid overdoses
While opioid-related overdose deaths have been steadily climbing throughout the nation—resulting in more than 841,000 deaths in the U.S. since 1999—the trend has been further exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
7:20 AM
Opioid overdose deaths increasing in Harris County