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Vaccine hesitancy was rising even before COVID-19 emerged – but the pandemic exacerbated the trend. More kindergartners are opting out of school vaccine requirements, and Texas lawmakers are trying to make it even easier to do so.

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The Houston area -- so far -- remains untouched by a West Texas measles outbreak that grew to more than 200 cases on Tuesday. The city health department is monitoring wastewater treatment plants for the virus.

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Following allegations that a Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center surgeon manipulated government transplant records, a national organization that manages the distribution of organs flagged the Houston hospital for failing to comply with standards.

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Almost five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Houston's annual rodeo. Now, as vaccination rates have since declined in the region and across the state, a measles outbreak is budding in Texas as this year’s rodeo is set to start.

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South Korea, long a close ally of the U.S., has significantly increased its budget for veterans and their family members. Even though it lags behind the Americans' level of support, the VA in the U.S. can learn from its East Asian partner.

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Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other.

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The case of Porsha Ngumezi, a 35-year-old woman from the Houston area, raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

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The Houston ISD community is mourning as a Marshall Middle School student died this week after a medical emergency on campus. The death has called attention to the district’s use of on-campus defibrillators.

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