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Cancer rates near San Jacinto River waste pits ‘significantly greater’ than Texas average
The Texas Department of State Health Services, at the request of the nonprofit Texas Health and Environmental Alliance, ...
A crisis by the numbers: Nursing shortages in 2025 by state
Vivian Health compared data across all 50 states and the District of Columbia to perform a comprehensive analysis of where ...
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As more mental health crisis centers open across the state, here’s what you need to know
North Carolina's (mostly free) mental health crisis services are expanding. Here’s what they do and how to find them.
Colorado paid more than $7 million to insurance companies for care to dead Medicaid members, audit finds
The audit estimated that Colorado paid insurers at least $7.3 million, including both state money and about $3.8 million in ...
Federal agency tells staff responses to Musk's DOGE productivity email may be read by 'malign foreign actors'
HHS warned employees that if they respond to Elon Musk's request to list five things they accomplished last week to assume it ...
Why Texas measles outbreak may be ‘the tip of a bigger iceberg’
Texas' measles outbreak is now at 90 cases, the highest yearly case count since 1992. Experts say the number is likely to ...
Elevated Cancer Rates Found Near Highly Toxic Texas Sites
Texans living around the San Jacinto River Waste pits, a toxic Superfund site, suffer from abnormally high rates of certain types of cancer, a study has found. The Texas Department of State Health ...
Massachusetts Gov. Healey announces plan to pause closure of two state hospitals
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that her administration would pause the closure of two state hospitals.
Officials report possible measles exposure at San Marcos, Texas State, San Antonio, UTSA
The Hays County Health Department has issued an alert of a potential measles exposure in San Marcos. The San Antonio ...
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Missourians with developmental disabilities are dying and 'treated less than human' in state system
From 2017 through 2023, roughly 2,680 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — ...
Missouri has seen thousands of flu cases, 100+ deaths. Where is the flu the worst?
The influenza season began Oct. 8 and will run through May, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has ...
MedRide files injunction against state, can resume transportation services
The Colorado Springs-based non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) company was granted a temporary injunction against the ...