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  Texas Leads Nation in Lack of Health Insurance, Census Figures Show

  September 11 at 4 a.m.

  For a second consecutive year, more people in Texas were without health insurance in 2018 than any other state, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday. Texas leads the nation in uninsured residents, both in terms of raw numbers and as a percentage of the population, according to the...

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  Multiple County Residents Afflicted With Vape-Related Lung Disease, DCHHS Says

  September 10 at 4 a.m.

  As many as 14 Dallas County residents have come down with "severe pulmonary disease" related to their use of e-cigarette or vape products, according to Dallas County Health and Human Services. Five of those reported to the county by local hospitals have required intubation and been placed on ventilators. Two...

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  New Texas Law Creates Treatment Plan for Postpartum Disorders

  September 3 at 4 a.m.

  Postpartum depression — more properly known as perinatal mood and anxiety disorder — affects one in seven new mothers. And yet not many parents or doctors know how to recognize symptoms or treat it. A new Texas law, which takes effect on September 1, will put in place some steps to make treatment easier.

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  New Texas Laws Take on Sexual Assault

  August 30 at 4 a.m.

  Two new Texas laws aiming to protect sexual assault victims will go into effect on September 1st. One law establishes stricter guidelines for testing and sharing information about rape kits and the other expands the definition of sexual assault by a fertility doctor.

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  Texas Raises Legal Smoking Age to 21

  August 27 at 4 a.m.

  Come Sunday, September 1, it will no longer be legal to buy cigarettes, electronic cigarettes or tobacco products in Texas, if you are under the age of 21.

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  New Immigration Rules Would Limit Access to Green Cards

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  Immigrant advocates say that the new rules would unfairly target minority immigrants who come to the country legally and make it harder for families to succeed here.