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Nearly 42% of American adults are considered obese, and a recent rise in childhood obesity rates patient advocates call for an end to weight discrimination in health care. How are medical professionals addressing their biases? What is needed to end weight discrimination in health care?

Texas is a hotbed of hate, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.They document the growth of hate and extremism in the state. Texas based white supremacists are targeting the Jewish community, immigrants and folks who are LGBTQ. And the hate is also infecting politics in Texas.

San Antonio has seen a record number of days over 100 and over 90 degrees while local water reservoirs are seeing dropping levels with the prolonged drought. This is climate change and it’s only going to get worse. How are you adapting to the hotter days and nights of South Texas? Are you worried about how bad this could get?

The antibiotics that only 80 years ago turned TB from a voracious killer of an estimated 1 billion people to a treatable disease just don’t work anymore.

After the Uvalde school massacre, the slow walking of the firing of a Texas Ranger spotlights the lack of transparency about how the DPS failed. With rapid growth during a record drought, what can be done to keep the Texas Hill Country from running out of water? And book bans in Texas are getting worse.

The Texas Medicaid unwinding process is causing catastrophic coverage losses. No state has kicked more people or kids off Medicaid or had a higher share of renewals end in loss of coverage. There are reports of the state's serious system errors and non-compliance with federal guidelines. What’s happening with Texas Medicaid?