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Number of Travis County Residents Living with HIV</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201402/prevention_reportsgraph_150x150.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="The Austin area has seen a 41% increase in the number of residents living with HIV/AIDS from 2006-2012" agency="CDC"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201402/prevention_reportsgraph_150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>CDC</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">The Austin area has seen a 41% increase in the number of residents living with HIV/AIDS from 2006-2012</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div 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During those years, the overall population of Travis County increased only by about 17 percent.</p> <p>Dr. Phillip Huang, Medical Director of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://austintexas.gov/department/health">Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services</a>, says much of the increase is because of life-sustaining HIV drugs.</p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/steady-increase-number-travis-county-residents-living-hiv" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9641" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Affordable Care Act</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">7:27 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Fri January 24, 2014</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap">No Medicaid Expansion Leaves Thousands of Texas Women in 'Coverage Gap'</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201401/Medicaid-Expansion-3_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="" agency="Todd Wiseman, Texas Tribune"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201401/Medicaid-Expansion-3_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" width="220" height="146" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Todd Wiseman, Texas Tribune</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" addthis:title="No Medicaid Expansion Leaves Thousands of Texas Women in 'Coverage Gap'">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" addthis:title="No Medicaid Expansion Leaves Thousands of Texas Women in 'Coverage Gap'">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/node/9641#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9641">Comments</a> </div> </div> <!-- /.card-share --> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/people/nathan-bernier" rel="author">Nathan Bernier</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Governor Perry’s decision not to accept federal expansion of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.familiesusa.org/issues/medicaid/about-medicaid.html">Medicaid</a> in Texas means 687,000 women will be left in a "coverage gap," according to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/nwlcmindthegapmedicaidreportfinal_20140122.pdf">a report by the National Women’s Law Center</a>. Those women are too poor to qualify for Medicaid, but don’t make enough money to be eligible for subsidies on the federal health insurance exchange. </p> <p>Medicaid eligibility standards in Texas are among the strictest in the nation. A parent in a family of three must make less than $3,737 annually to qualify (19 percent of the federal poverty level), <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/the-coverage-gap-uninsured-poor-adults-in-states-that-do-not-expand-medicaid/">according to the Kaiser Family Foundation</a>. Adults without dependent children are not eligible for Medicaid in Texas. </p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/no-medicaid-expansion-leaves-thousands-texas-women-coverage-gap" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9619" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Health</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">4:44 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Wed January 22, 2014</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center">Call the Midwife: Natural Childbirth Available at Seton Medical Center</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201401/newborn.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Women can now give birth with the guidance of a certified midwife at Seton Medical Center in Austin." agency="Morgue File"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201401/newborn.jpg" width="220" height="165" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Morgue File</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Women can now give birth with the guidance of a certified midwife at Seton Medical Center in Austin.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" addthis:title="Call the Midwife: Natural Childbirth Available at Seton Medical Center">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" addthis:title="Call the Midwife: Natural Childbirth Available at Seton Medical Center">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/node/9619#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9619">Comments</a> </div> </div> <!-- /.card-share --> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/people/kut-staff" rel="author">KUT Staff</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Austin women looking for a natural childbirth now have another option: they can give birth at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.seton.net/locations/smc/">Seton Medical Center</a> with the guidance of a midwife.</p> <p>Today, Seton announced a collaboration with the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.austinabc.com/">Austin Area Birthing Center</a> welcoming certified nurse midwives into the delivery room. </p> <p>Some women want to give birth with little medical intervention – but sometimes complications arise, requiring a hospital delivery. Others want the guidance of a midwife – but prefer the peace of mind a being in a hospital. Now, this is possible at Seton Medical Center.</p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/call-midwife-natural-childbirth-available-seton-medical-center" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9567" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Health</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">11:00 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Thu January 16, 2014</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen">FDA Asks Doctors To Stop Prescribing High-Dose Acetaminophen</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201401/263075661.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="The prescription painkiller sold under the brand-name Vicodin contains hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen. To reduce the risk of liver damage, the Food and Drug Administration is moving to limit the amount of acetaminophen allowed in prescription medicines." agency="Toby Talbot / AP"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/medium/nprshared/201401/263075661.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Toby Talbot / AP</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">The prescription painkiller sold under the brand-name Vicodin contains hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen. To reduce the risk of liver damage, the Food and Drug Administration is moving to limit the amount of acetaminophen allowed in prescription medicines.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" addthis:title="FDA Asks Doctors To Stop Prescribing High-Dose Acetaminophen">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" addthis:title="FDA Asks Doctors To Stop Prescribing High-Dose Acetaminophen">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/node/9567#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9567">Comments</a> </div> </div> <!-- /.card-share --> <p class="api-published-date"> Originally published on Thu January 16, 2014 10:17 am </p> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The pain reliever acetaminophen is easy on the stomach. But at high doses, the drug can be hell on the liver. </p><p>Now the Food and Drug Administration is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm381650.htm">asking doctors to refrain</a> from prescribing drugs that contain high doses of acetaminophen to minimize the risk of liver damage. </p><p>Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in nonprescription Tylenol. But it's also inside quite a few prescription pain pills, including Vicodin and Percocet. </p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/fda-asks-doctors-stop-prescribing-high-dose-acetaminophen" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9563" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/child-seasons-9th-travis-county-flu-death" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Health</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">8:11 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Wed January 15, 2014</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/child-seasons-9th-travis-county-flu-death">Child is Season's 9th Travis County Flu Death</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201401/11745_lores.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="H1N1 virus as seen through an electron microscope" agency="CDC"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201401/11745_lores.jpg" width="220" height="212" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>CDC</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">H1N1 virus as seen through an electron microscope</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://austintexas.gov/news/first-influenza-pediatric-death-austintravis-county">Nine deaths</a> from influenza in Travis County this flu season represent just one measure of how severe the season has been.</p> <p>Dr. Phil Huang, Medical Director of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://austintexas.gov/department/health">Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department</a>, notes that cases started showing up earlier in the season, toward the end of 2013, and that patients under the age of 60 were among the most severely affected. </p> <p>"Definitely what we're seeing is worse than what we've seen in some past seasons," Dr. Huang said, "and also the population that's being affected with some of the more severe illness is a younger population than what we were seeing." </p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/child-seasons-9th-travis-county-flu-death" 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class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201401/261116109.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Erick and Marlise Munoz are pictured with their first child, Mateo, who is now 15 months old. (Courtesy of the family)" agency=""><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/medium/nprshared/201401/261116109.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-caption">Erick and Marlise Munoz are pictured with their first child, Mateo, who is now 15 months old. 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class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A 33-year-old Texas woman named Marlise Munoz has been connected to life support machines for more than a month, after she collapsed on the kitchen floor of her home. </p><p>Her husband says she would not have wanted to be kept alive this way, but the hospital has refused to follow that wish, citing a Texas law that forbids medical officials from cutting off life support to a pregnant patient. </p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/pregnant-woman-kept-life-support-despite-familys-wishes" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9483" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/power-parkinsons-inspires-patients-step-active-life" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope 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third-fastest growing for those 65 and over, according to U.S. Census data. </p> <p class="p1">An organization called Power for Parkinson's is offering those affected by the disease a chance to step forward into an active, healthy life. </p> <p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152if_/https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/127765095&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/power-parkinsons-inspires-patients-step-active-life" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9455" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/defibrillators-save-lives-experts-say-theyre-scarce-austin" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope 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But public health experts say there aren’t nearly enough of them out there. </p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/defibrillators-save-lives-experts-say-theyre-scarce-austin" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9431" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Health</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">5:00 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Mon December 23, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases">H1N1 Causes Early Spikes in Flu Cases</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201312/1-2013-14__Influenza_Season_Week__50_ending_Dec_13_copy.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Five deaths have been attributed to the flu in Texas, one of the hardest hit states in the nation. " agency="CDC"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201312/1-2013-14__Influenza_Season_Week__50_ending_Dec_13_copy.jpg" width="220" height="132" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>CDC</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Five deaths have been attributed to the flu in Texas, one of the hardest hit states in the nation. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" addthis:title="H1N1 Causes Early Spikes in Flu Cases">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" addthis:title="H1N1 Causes Early Spikes in Flu Cases">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/node/9431#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9431">Comments</a> </div> </div> <!-- /.card-share --> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/people/kut-staff" rel="author">KUT Staff</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The flu season has hit unusually early this year, and according to the Centers for Disease Control, Texas is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm">one of the states hardest hit</a>. Physicians are urging everyone to get a flu shot. </p> <p>Typically, the flu season peaks in January, but so far this year at least five deaths have already occurred in Texas. At a press conference Monday, medical experts at Seton Medical Center Austin said the number of positive flu tests has doubled over the past two weeks.</p> <p>Dr. Irfan Hydari, the medical director of emergency services at Seton, said the flu strand that is responsible for the vast majority of illnesses is H1N1, or swine flu. That strand became notorious in 2009 when it <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://legacy.kut.org/2010/05/h1n1-virus-not-gone-yet/">caused a flu pandemic</a>. </p> <p>But Hydari said vaccine technology continues to improve, and this year it has been adapted to combat H1N1.</p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/h1n1-causes-early-spikes-flu-cases" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9429" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser gallery-post clearfix card-agg " about="/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Affordable Care Act</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">12:12 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Mon December 23, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas">Faith-Based Alternatives To Obamacare Are Taking Off In Texas</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image gallery-image"> <div class="cp-si cp-si-2"> <div class="cp-si-controls"> <a class="cp-si-arrow cp-si-arrow-next">Next image</a> <a class="cp-si-arrow cp-si-arrow-prev">Previous image</a> <div class="cp-si-count"></div> </div> <div class="cp-si-images"> <div class="cp-si-image cp-si-show"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201312/256573897.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="" agency="Shutterstock"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/card_wide/nprshared/201312/256573897.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Shutterstock</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="cp-si-image cp-si-hide"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201312/256573899.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Diane Cozart and her family chose Medi-Share as their health care alternative. Texas is Medi-Share’s largest market, with more than 7,500 members. " agency="Lauren Silverman / KERA News"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/card_wide/nprshared/201312/256573899.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Lauren Silverman / KERA News</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Diane Cozart and her family chose Medi-Share as their health care alternative. Texas is Medi-Share’s largest market, with more than 7,500 members. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" addthis:title="Faith-Based Alternatives To Obamacare Are Taking Off In Texas">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" addthis:title="Faith-Based Alternatives To Obamacare Are Taking Off In Texas">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/node/9429#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9429">Comments</a> </div> </div> <!-- /.card-share --> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/people/lauren-silverman" rel="author">Lauren Silverman</a> </span> </div> <p class="api-published-date"> Originally published on Mon December 23, 2013 10:30 am </p> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Under Obamacare, nearly every American has to have health insurance or pay a penalty. One of the few exceptions is for people who are members of what’s called “health care sharing ministries.” The two largest sharing ministries – Samaritan and Medi-Share – have both nearly doubled their membership in Texas since the Affordable Care Act.<br/></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/faith-based-alternatives-obamacare-are-taking-texas" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9393" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Affordable Care Act</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">3:57 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Tue December 17, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov">Microsoft Executive Will Now Run HealthCare.gov </a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201312/251972064.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Kurt DelBene, former president of the Microsoft Office Division, talks about Microsoft Office 365 at a news conference in San Francisco, in 2010." agency="Paul Sakuma / AP"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/medium/nprshared/201312/251972064.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Paul Sakuma / AP</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Kurt DelBene, former president of the Microsoft Office Division, talks about Microsoft Office 365 at a news conference in San Francisco, in 2010.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" addthis:title="Microsoft Executive Will Now Run HealthCare.gov ">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" addthis:title="Microsoft Executive Will Now Run HealthCare.gov ">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/node/9393#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9393">Comments</a> </div> </div> <!-- /.card-share --> <p class="api-published-date"> Originally published on Tue December 17, 2013 11:49 am </p> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene will take over the operation of the troubled HealthCare.gov website. </p><p>DelBene will take over for Jeff Zients, who was appointed by President Obama to rescue the site after it launched with crippling problems. Zients, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/10/23/240283860/white-house-turns-to-rock-star-manager-for-obamacare-fix">who Obama had turned to in the past to fix sticky issues</a>, had made it clear that he was not going to stay on the job past December. </p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/microsoft-executive-will-now-run-healthcaregov" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9329" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/more-north-texas-women-moving-pain-pills-heroin" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Health</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">7:52 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Mon December 9, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/more-north-texas-women-moving-pain-pills-heroin">Heroin In The 'Burbs: Women Moving From Pain Pills To The Hard Stuff</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201312/249731174.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Sara Kendall, 26, lives in Oak Cliff with her son Jaxon. Kendall got hooked on prescription pain pills in high school, and then heroin. She got sober with the help of Nexus Recovery Center in Dallas, which she still visits to share her story." agency="Lauren Silverman / KERA News"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/medium/nprshared/201312/249731174.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Lauren Silverman / KERA News</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Sara Kendall, 26, lives in Oak Cliff with her son Jaxon. Kendall got hooked on prescription pain pills in high school, and then heroin. 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Then the drug seemed to go into hibernation. </p><p>Now the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says it’s seeing an alarming number of women from affluent Dallas suburbs buying heroin. And, for many, the addiction begins with prescription pain pills.<br/></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/more-north-texas-women-moving-pain-pills-heroin" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9225" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Texas Abortion Lawsuit</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">1:37 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Wed November 20, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access">After SCOTUS, Abortion Providers Work to Secure Access</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"> <div class="cp-image-single"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201311/9277755672_b1c7a3f08e_c.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Activists on either side of the abortion debate clash inside the Capitol on June 12, 2013. The Texas Senate approved new abortion restrictions that night." agency="Gabriel Cristóver Pérez for KUT News"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201311/9277755672_b1c7a3f08e_c.jpg" width="220" height="146" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Gabriel Cristóver Pérez for KUT News</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Activists on either side of the abortion debate clash inside the Capitol on June 12, 2013. The Texas Senate approved new abortion restrictions that night.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" addthis:title="After SCOTUS, Abortion Providers Work to Secure Access">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" addthis:title="After SCOTUS, Abortion Providers Work to Secure Access">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/node/9225#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9225">Comments</a> </div> </div> <!-- /.card-share --> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/people/becca-aaronson-texas-tribune" rel="author">Becca Aaronson, Texas Tribune</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday not to intervene in Texas’ ongoing abortion litigation, Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are working to secure access to the procedure for women across the state.</p> <p>“We’re working to help make sure that our patients and women across Texas can get the services that they need,” said Eric Ferrero, vice president of communications for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. He said Planned Parenthood staff is predominantly working to secure hospital admitting privileges for physicians who don’t have them. Staffers are also helping women who must now travel long distances to access abortion; in some cases, they are helping to offset the costs of transportation and lodging.</p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/after-scotus-abortion-providers-work-secure-access" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9194" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser gallery-post clearfix card-agg " about="/post/oregon-shines-medicaid-texas-stalls-sign-ups" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Affordable Care Act</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">10:27 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Fri November 15, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/oregon-shines-medicaid-texas-stalls-sign-ups">Oregon Shines On Medicaid, As Texas Stalls On Sign-Ups</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image gallery-image"> <div class="cp-si cp-si-2"> <div class="cp-si-controls"> <a class="cp-si-arrow cp-si-arrow-next">Next image</a> <a class="cp-si-arrow cp-si-arrow-prev">Previous image</a> <div class="cp-si-count"></div> </div> <div class="cp-si-images"> <div class="cp-si-image cp-si-show"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201311/245238108.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Kyle Thompson and his family are all going to have health coverage in Oregon, thanks to the state's successful effort to enroll people in Medicaid." agency="Kristian Foden-Vencil"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/card_wide/nprshared/201311/245238108.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Kristian Foden-Vencil</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Kyle Thompson and his family are all going to have health coverage in Oregon, thanks to the state's successful effort to enroll people in Medicaid.</div> </div> </div> <div class="cp-si-image cp-si-hide"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201311/245238848.jpg" class="cp-image-link lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Alysia Greer, a health care navigator in Houston, says they are trained to safeguard people's financial and health information." agency="Carrie Feibel"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/card_wide/nprshared/201311/245238848.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="image-meta-wrapper"> <div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Carrie Feibel</span></div> <div class="cp-si-caption">Alysia Greer, a health care navigator in Houston, says they are trained to safeguard people's financial and health information.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://kutnews.org/post/oregon-shines-medicaid-texas-stalls-sign-ups" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/oregon-shines-medicaid-texas-stalls-sign-ups">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a 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That's a big problem for the folks who are hoping to qualify for subsidies and buy insurance that will start Jan. 1. </p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/oregon-shines-medicaid-texas-stalls-sign-ups" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-9181" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/maps-austin-health-disparities-birth" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Health</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">2:01 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Thu November 14, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a 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how Travis County’s low-income areas are home to inadequate prenatal care and troublesome birth outcomes – including a racial disparity in neonatal intensive care unit admissions.</p> <p>The study, released at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140211054152/http://www.dellchildrens.net/about_us/news/2013/11/12/new_childrens_optimal_health_maps_mark_hotspots_for_troublesome_birth_outcomes_in_travis_county_2">Birth Outcomes Summit</a> at Dell Children’s Hospital, uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Texas Department of State Health Services.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20140211054152/http://kut.org/post/maps-austin-health-disparities-birth" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div><!-- /.card-text --> </div> </div><!-- /.card-content --> </div> <!-- /.node --><h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current pager-item first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a 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