Sara Willa Ernst | Houston Public Media
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COVID-19 patients are reporting long-term symptoms more than 6 months after their initial infection. These have included neurological symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, PTSD and more.
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Texas clinics offering transgender health care are starting to see more patients from hundreds of miles away due to the expansion of telehealth during the pandemic.
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Many women have delayed their breast cancer screenings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Clinics are now working through a backlog, and the new set of challenges the pandemic has presented.
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The program will focus on Houston neighborhoods identified as food deserts.
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Amy Coney Barrett could cast a deciding vote on the law known as Obamacare if the conservative judge gets a fast-tracked confirmation.
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One in four Houston households are unable to get medical care or received delayed care during the coronavirus pandemic, and more than half of all households surveyed have someone whose employment has been impacted.
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Half or more of U.S. households say the financial impact of the pandemic has been serious. An NPR and Harvard survey found Houston households were affected the most, especially Blacks and Latinos.
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Many of the populations most impacted by the pandemic are still reeling from Hurricane Harvey.
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Even before the pandemic, lacking health insurance blocked millions from easy access to healthcare. Now, it’s affecting access to the most crucial tool of controlling the coronavirus: testing.
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A new study shows that creating an environment in which math is part of everyday life, can help kids do better in the subject.
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Also this week, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a bill that prompted thousands of teachers to protest this spring.
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From teachers running for office to ballot measures that can add billions to public education, here's our guide to how the issue is playing out.