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San Antonio hospitals are filling up, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the city is within a week of reaching full capacity.The hospital system has been under…
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People With Disabilities Face Threat Of Medical Bias, Health Care Rationing During COVID-19 OutbreakThis post was updated on Tuesday, July 7, at 3:45 p.m.One in four adults in the U.S. is living with a disability. That's 61 million Americans for whom…
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In the course of just a week, Americans swiveled from one crisis—the pandemic—to a seemingly very different one, the killing of black Americans by police.…
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Texas already had the nation's highest uninsured rate pre-pandemic and the gap is expected to widen much further in its wake. The outbreak leveled the…
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In past viral outbreaks, pregnant women have been at heightened risk of severe symptoms, sometimes leading to birth defects and complications during…
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If you’re diagnosed with COVID-19, one of your first conversations will likely be with a nurse. And during your journey to recovery, nurses will be…
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Almost overnight, "flatten the curve" became a national motto. This week on Petrie Dish, TPR's weekly podcast about the coronavirus, we unpack the origins…
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On March 23, Texas Governor Abbott issued an order postponing all elective operations and procedures that are not “immediately medically necessary,"…
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The U.S. health care system could become overwhelmed by the influx of people infected with the coronavirus and its disease COVID-19 as soon as April 15,…
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Families are scrambling to find child care amid the coronavirus outbreak, and the lack of viable options is hitting low-income Texans and essential…