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alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/14/Planned_Parentood_ATX_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite> John Jordan</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/year-later-texas-falls-short-its-vow-defund-planne/"> Despite boasts, state has not blocked Planned Parenthood funds </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a> and <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:01:00 -0500" title="2016-10-16 00:01"> Oct. 16, 2016 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> and other state officials are largely silent on why they haven't fulfilled their vow to cut off funds to women's health programs offered to poor Texas women by Planned Parenthood.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/year-later-texas-falls-short-its-vow-defund-planne/"> <i class="fa fa-share"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/everything-you-need-know-about-zika-and-texas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037im_/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/02/03/aedes-albopictus-mosquitoTT_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="The Aedes albopictus mosquito."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/02/03/aedes-albopictus-mosquitoTT_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="The Aedes albopictus mosquito." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite> James Gathany, USCDCP</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The Aedes albopictus mosquito.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/everything-you-need-know-about-zika-and-texas/"> Everything you need to know about Zika and Texas </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/bobby-blanchard/">Bobby Blanchard</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:00:00 -0500" title="2016-10-14 09:00"> Oct. 14, 2016 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The virus isn't spreading via mosquitos in Texas — yet. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/everything-you-need-know-about-zika-and-texas/"> <i class="fa fa-share"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/curb-unintended-pregnancy-texas-turns-iuds-deliver/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037im_/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/17/COMMUNITY_CARE_TT_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Texas-based CommUnity Care provides care to safety net patients in Travis County. It is one of the centers figuring out how to adjust as the state tries to help more low-income women access effective contraception."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/17/COMMUNITY_CARE_TT_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas-based CommUnity Care provides care to safety net patients in Travis County. It is one of the centers figuring out how to adjust as the state tries to help more low-income women access effective contraception." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite> Shefali Luthra/Kaiser Health News </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas-based CommUnity Care provides care to safety net patients in Travis County. It is one of the centers figuring out how to adjust as the state tries to help more low-income women access effective contraception.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/curb-unintended-pregnancy-texas-turns-iuds-deliver/"> Texas turns to IUDs in the delivery room to curb unintended pregnancy </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 18 Oct 2016 05:00:00 -0500" title="2016-10-18 05:00"> Oct. 18, 2016 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Texas is one of nearly two dozen states changing their Medicaid programs to pay hospitals for inserting an IUD or contraceptive implant in the delivery room.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/curb-unintended-pregnancy-texas-turns-iuds-deliver/"> <i class="fa fa-share"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/q-clorinda-walley/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037im_/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/24/Clorinda-Walley_TT_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Clorinda Walley"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/24/Clorinda-Walley_TT_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Clorinda Walley" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Clorinda Walley</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/q-clorinda-walley/"> The Q&A: Clorinda Walley </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/sarah-sarah-schroeder/">Sarah Schroeder</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:00:00 -0500" title="2016-10-24 23:00"> Oct. 24, 2016 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>In this week's Q&A, we interview Clorinda Walley, the executive director of Good Days, a nonprofit organization providing financial assistance to people with chronic disease.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/q-clorinda-walley/"> <i class="fa fa-share"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/the-bookshelf-oct-25-2016/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037im_/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/24/CHICKENIZING_FARMS_AND_FOOD_TT_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/24/CHICKENIZING_FARMS_AND_FOOD_TT_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/the-bookshelf-oct-25-2016/"> The Bookshelf: Oct. 25, 2016 </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/sarah-sarah-schroeder/">Sarah Schroeder</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:00:00 -0500" title="2016-10-24 23:00"> Oct. 24, 2016 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights </span><em>Chickenizing Farms and Food.</em></p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/the-bookshelf-oct-25-2016/"> <i class="fa fa-share"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/video-texas-response-zika/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037im_/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/09/09/TTE-TXZika_leadart-02_png_260x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/09/09/TTE-TXZika_leadart-02_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/video-texas-response-zika/"> Video: The Texas Response to Zika </a></h1> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The full video from the Oct. 18 conversation on the state's response to the Zika, presented by the Texas Tribune in partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://youtu.be/uDZLUMnPr20">is now available</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/video-texas-response-zika/"> <i class="fa fa-share"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/sexually-transmitted-disease-reports-are-highest-e/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037im_/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/05/16/_MG_1895_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/05/16/_MG_1895_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite> Callie Richmond</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/sexually-transmitted-disease-reports-are-highest-e/"> Sexually transmitted disease reports are highest ever </a></h1> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Federal data show that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/us/reported-cases-of-sexually-transmitted-diseases-are-on-rise.html?_r=0">reports of sexually transmitted disease were higher</a> last year than ever reported, with a 19 percent increase in syphilis alone.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/sexually-transmitted-disease-reports-are-highest-e/"> <i class="fa fa-share"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/gene-editing-technique-holds-potential-muscular-dy/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037im_/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/dna_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/dna_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite> Rodolfo Clix </cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20161105082037/https://www.texastribune.org/plus/health/vol-2/no-22/gene-editing-technique-holds-potential-muscular-dy/"> Gene “editing’’ holds potential as muscular dystrophy cure </a></h1> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Scientists using CRISPR technology to snip DNA at very precise spots are increasingly confident that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161105082037/https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602491/can-crispr-save-ben-dupree/">they will someday be able to reverse genetic mutations</a> associated with muscular dystrophy and other life-threatening illnesses.</p> 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