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South Texas College in McAllen, Texas on Dec. 6, 2024. Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune" class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/EDr4BBhMt0OverGOBbiv6YzmxO8=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 3000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/wC0aN0tKtcq5Lhps4_dLygLFdzs=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 2500w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/S0dYlFuSsUVbVsluvH8gh2gVOcU=/1550x1038/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 1550w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/tLTqJ4yMWyIkXe5PgXGN_CqDeeg=/1200x804/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 1200w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/msq0YZgZvAMjiZ7Qn7y9KRLdk10=/1000x670/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 1000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/xNE9VusjPor0IGTKqBkYwKmqrLE=/850x570/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 850w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/ul_LpGLGo8Vgw-NU2Wry1CEE2Rs=/640x429/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 640w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/K5GDE9fpOFb7Gu_Ceh8oTw2WhCA=/375x251/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 375w" type="image/webp"> <source data-srcset="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/dusDrSMuBnI1KgiXzJg_Z5Ggpk0=/3000x2010/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 3000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/RpIEQ5IRA8_IMv0V0V9rAzsZhfE=/2500x1675/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 2500w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/jR84SrYaUCZJcE-pBHioRY-LYzs=/1550x1038/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 1550w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/P4AiEc39fnQl6FgyAr6PQ1qMa7s=/1200x804/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 1200w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/sFq7PvGkju6sO6MjJutzOXOB2dg=/1000x670/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 1000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/RnW90Yb1ngPi-yhrrfrO63CFUhA=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 850w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/MmmPQtzPp6ixhWsaDvcxZctpkos=/640x429/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 640w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/StcbuQHT_7jET-g9SSnOEiYgnpY=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG 375w"> <img data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/RnW90Yb1ngPi-yhrrfrO63CFUhA=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9e3168fd5ad40b246c205bfff7b74993/1206%20STC%20Nursing%20GC%20TT%2026.JPG" alt="Students from left, Victoria Zamora, Michael Hunter Maldonado, and Emily Luna, practice their knowledge and skills on a manikin during class at a simulating hospital at South Texas College in McAllen, Texas on Dec. 6, 2024. Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/13/texas-abortion-pill-district-court-ruling/">New York doctor ordered to stop providing abortion pills to Texans</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:09:30 -0600" title="2025-02-13 18:09 CST"> Feb. 13, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The ruling is the opening salvo in a likely lengthy battle between Texas’ abortion bans and New York’s “shield” protections for providers. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/13/texas-abortion-pill-district-court-ruling/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/13/texas-abortion-pill-district-court-ruling/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/IYjMpB2im78nIUF0wGeoL1VOY8E=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/fb7ca36d07ff3d7950072cb9fcc7dbe2/Mifeprex%20REUTERS.jpg" alt="Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at a clinic in New Mexico on Jan. 13, 2023." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> 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data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/IYjMpB2im78nIUF0wGeoL1VOY8E=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/fb7ca36d07ff3d7950072cb9fcc7dbe2/Mifeprex%20REUTERS.jpg" alt="Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at a clinic in New Mexico on Jan. 13, 2023." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/13/texas-domestic-violence-legislation/">Domestic violence is up in Texas. Survivors and supporters hope lawmakers will take action.</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/jess-huff/">Jess Huff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:00:00 -0600" title="2025-02-13 13:00 CST"> Feb. 13, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Reported domestic violence incidents have risen 26% since 2019. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/13/texas-domestic-violence-legislation/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/13/texas-domestic-violence-legislation/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div 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data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/bKnlM3UVti5RW-xW1h0vAC0mxLo=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/861e85dd854f7eaaad59d915ca656ba3/0108%20East%20Texas%20Crisis%20Center%20MC%20TT%2004.jpg" alt="The East Texas Crisis Center, on Wednesday January 8, 2025, in Tyler." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Michael Cavazos for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/11/texas-foster-care-deaths-treatment-center-greenville/">Texas foster home linked to boy’s death had history of fight clubs and sexual misconduct, report says</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:49:00 -0600" title="2025-02-11 19:49 CST"> Updated: Feb. 11, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The death of an 11-year-old at a Greenville residential treatment center is among 16 deaths reported in the Texas foster care system in the last 15 months. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/11/texas-foster-care-deaths-treatment-center-greenville/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/11/texas-foster-care-deaths-treatment-center-greenville/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/L-PdJoSU0QjtnW1d4uXkFbgA378=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e221e02091e5b0f7e3b713e6d09907d2/0205%20Greenville%20EL%20TT%2018.jpg" alt="The Thompson’s Residential Treatment Center in Greenville on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source 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data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/L-PdJoSU0QjtnW1d4uXkFbgA378=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e221e02091e5b0f7e3b713e6d09907d2/0205%20Greenville%20EL%20TT%2018.jpg" alt="The Thompson’s Residential Treatment Center in Greenville on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Emil T. Lippe for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/10/texas-universities-research-nih/">Texas universities could face funding cuts for health care research under new Trump administration policy</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/jessica-priest/">Jessica Priest</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:07:21 -0600" title="2025-02-10 18:07 CST"> Feb. 10, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">A federal judge blocked a new National Institutes of Health policy from going into effect in 22 states that sued the agency, but Texas wasn’t part of the suit. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/10/texas-universities-research-nih/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/10/texas-universities-research-nih/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/P28er-G3X3Wda6qktnuiWgaeU5w=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg" alt="UT Tyler Health East Texas is seen from a garage in Tyler on Dec. 7, 2023. The regional system of hospitals was bought by The University of Texas System, UT Health Northeast and Arend Health Services in March 2018." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/dYCEu-TsaKwdopbPUBXKFG6-5ro=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 3000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/3h4yqOIk31AZwuSduRXe6vQFcx0=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 2500w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/UTwmqGaVU8VDaKad2_YCzebzWiY=/1550x1038/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 1550w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/wCsnnx35qDAjVDdqjUHt0my4nhk=/1200x804/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 1200w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/yUcn5ICaTjjj94UWu5SLTQ2ZmKY=/1000x670/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 1000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/Qs69OGypInGLhxXGumNo68NXza4=/850x570/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 850w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/eDQvMbDRbvl0XWyJW8t6UVGHMCE=/640x429/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 640w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/LfBz6zPHMVTWBJQBbdP6HtGz7LU=/375x251/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 375w" type="image/webp"> <source data-srcset="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/LvjmOR_rSqthkcFv-yr1v4YCrRU=/3000x2010/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 3000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/gTujxrB1SDRbs6q58yX7XwV78yU=/2500x1675/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 2500w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/JyV31Ou0gAb7v25XJy6LFRWwqOc=/1550x1038/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 1550w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/HQdoeF-RQdu2jAmXYJtAtsKUPc8=/1200x804/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 1200w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/JSpbQDMxgwHEeyshqaxIXWblcsg=/1000x670/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 1000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/P28er-G3X3Wda6qktnuiWgaeU5w=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 850w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/2y5nEM9OP16umhO7afDDGqLCEaY=/640x429/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 640w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/XckAxREi03sD_nphiiJ0bHzUosk=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg 375w"> <img data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/P28er-G3X3Wda6qktnuiWgaeU5w=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c2ad53e017bfb9f3dc4b52329e6dd2c1/1207%20Med%20Malpractice%20GDGV%20007.jpg" alt="UT Tyler Health East Texas is seen from a garage in Tyler on Dec. 7, 2023. The regional system of hospitals was bought by The University of Texas System, UT Health Northeast and Arend Health Services in March 2018." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Greta Díaz González Vázquez/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/08/measles-west-texas-vaccine-outbreak/">Measles outbreak in West Texas worsens</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/pavan-acharya/">Pavan Acharya</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:40:00 -0600" title="2025-02-14 17:40 CST"> Updated: Feb. 14, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Most of the infections have shown up in Gaines County. Texas health officials have consistently said that vaccination is the best way for people to avoid the highly contagious airborne disease. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/08/measles-west-texas-vaccine-outbreak/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/08/measles-west-texas-vaccine-outbreak/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/0rbOiw7BMjLcXbNeFhXJ-i5i24U=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b042ee8c29d4650c0da9587bf96c649c/Nursing%20Shortage%20JV%20TT%2016.jpg" alt="An empty emergency room at Goodall-Witcher Hospital in Clifton on August 3, 2021." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> 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t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/07/texas-foster-care-death-residential-treatment-center/">Foster child death linked to state-contracted home prompts criminal investigation</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 07 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600" title="2025-02-07 05:00 CST"> Feb. 7, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The Greenville-based treatment center has closed after the death of an 11-year-old boy the day before Thanksgiving. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/07/texas-foster-care-death-residential-treatment-center/">Full Story <span class="c-icon 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class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Emil T. Lippe for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/07/texas-medicaid-mental-health-yes-waiver/">Every month, hundreds of Texas children are waitlisted for a mental health program billed as an alternative to foster care</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/stephen-simpson/">Stephen Simpson</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 07 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600" title="2025-02-07 05:00 CST"> Feb. 7, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Despite a long waitlist, the number of children served in the YES Waiver program has declined because of provider shortages. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/07/texas-medicaid-mental-health-yes-waiver/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/07/texas-medicaid-mental-health-yes-waiver/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/yuxqx5QL5C7suNyFlvggBGtGtP8=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/55f2cce8c4d53aad5847cdda6ff7b5c4/0127%20YES%20Waiver%20JZ%20TT%2008.jpg" alt="YES Waiver Participant Quin Heston and his mother, Nidia Chairez Heston, stand outside their home in Austin on Jan. 27, 2025." class="c-image__img 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</cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/06/texas-children-health-care-gaps/">Health care access and economic insecurity top a list of challenges for Texas children</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/pavan-acharya/">Pavan Acharya</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:51:28 -0600" title="2025-02-06 14:51 CST"> Feb. 6, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">A San Antonio panel discussed the results of a new survey on the well-being of Texas children Thursday and proposed solutions to the state’s ongoing challenges. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/06/texas-children-health-care-gaps/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/06/texas-children-health-care-gaps/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/I9taa2IFiwGyovV-Aop2kijDOys=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/f68cf17a5b3ad80383030abe61ec32a7/Cactus%20Elementary%20School%20File%20MG%20TT%2010.jpg" alt="A student walks down the hallway at Cactus Elementary School in Cactus on Jan. 28, 2020." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source 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c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/03/texas-senate-finance-health-data-breach/">Two more state employees fired after accessing Texans’ private information</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:53:27 -0600" title="2025-02-03 18:53 CST"> Feb. 3, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">So far, nine HHSC employees have been fired for accessing without a “business” purpose the private information of Texans seeking public assistance that includes Medicaid and food stamps. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/03/texas-senate-finance-health-data-breach/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/03/texas-senate-finance-health-data-breach/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/02/03/texas-seniors-assisted-living-nursing-homes-generators/">After Hurricane Beryl, Texas lawmakers push for generators at senior living facilities</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600" title="2025-02-03 05:00 CST"> Feb. 3, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">After failed attempts in 2021 and 2023, southeast Texas lawmakers have filed bills to require generators in nursing homes and assisted living centers. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/02/03/texas-seniors-assisted-living-nursing-homes-generators/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/02/03/texas-seniors-assisted-living-nursing-homes-generators/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/stephen-simpson/">Stephen Simpson</a> and <a href="/about/staff/jayme-lozano-carver/">Jayme Lozano Carver</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:42:00 -0600" title="2025-02-18 19:42 CST"> Updated: Feb. 18, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/01/30/texas-measles-vaccinations-schools/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/01/30/texas-measles-vaccinations-schools/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/MefDHjnIXfObS--yz4I9JpNCWKg=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/4f27e98414f61fe141486b96294ee3ae/MMR%20Vaccine%20REUTERS.JPG" alt="A vaccine vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, on March 20, 2019." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> 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data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/MefDHjnIXfObS--yz4I9JpNCWKg=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/4f27e98414f61fe141486b96294ee3ae/MMR%20Vaccine%20REUTERS.JPG" alt="A vaccine vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, on March 20, 2019." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2025/01/30/texas-postpartum-medicaid-slow-rollout/">Many new moms in Texas don’t know they qualify for a year of Medicaid, doctors say</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 30 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0600" title="2025-01-30 05:00 CST"> Jan. 30, 2025 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">“Now that we have this coverage, what do we do to make sure women can get it?,” one health advocate said. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/01/30/texas-postpartum-medicaid-slow-rollout/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/01/30/texas-postpartum-medicaid-slow-rollout/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/QpS0at6YpJoz-4u0zCdqqBeWbKA=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/558bb8d2ebc4fc1b339f4b6aa6c00b6a/Womens%20Health%20Clinic%20CR%20TT%2001.jpg" alt="Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, which provides state-subsidized women's health services to low-income women on July 15, 2020. 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They’re hoping it’s just the beginning. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2025/01/29/texas-pregnant-medicaid-insurance-doula/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2025/01/29/texas-pregnant-medicaid-insurance-doula/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/P4IM8Gc9NtWNCUOq_pw3sbHjhT8=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/f555dd84be059d88294df57484b20448/Maternal_Mortality_Weslaco_RL_TT.jpg" alt="Vanna Waldron, left, evaluates Erika Piñon at the Holy Family Birthing Center in Weslaco, Texas. 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