Texas communities face a range of public health challenges. We provide reports, county profiles and data that support awareness and solutions across the state. All our resources are free to republish. Learn how.
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30 May 2024 // Jason Buch
Texas revamps Narcan distribution following delays, unpredictable supply
Texas has tapped more than $45 million in federal funds to get the overdose-reversing drug into the hands of law enforcement, members of the public. But the program has been plagued by supply issues, delays and lack of communication.
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26 Apr 2024 // Liza Kalinina
Rural Texas emergency departments face mounting mental health crisis
Across the state, rural hospitals face a shortage of mental healthcare providers. At the same time, the number of people experiencing mental health crises has increased, and these patients are often forced to seek care in the emergency rooms of rural hospitals, where they face long waits for treatment and use resources that are needed by patients with critical conditions.
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18 Apr 2024 // Dylan Roddy and Daniel Carter
Fort Worth, Houston ISD send more students to alternative education following vaping bill
Some Texas school districts are seeing sharp increases in the number of students removed from class as a result of a new law requiring students caught with vaping devices be placed in disciplinary alternative schools.
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18 Feb 2024 // Jordan Gass-Poore'
As more students seek mental health services, college counseling centers struggle to hire staff
Texas colleges and universities are struggling to keep up with the demand for mental health services amid a statewide shortage of care providers.