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Texas Tech Health El Paso and Project Vida initiative reduces school absenteeism by 35% through innovative health care access
El Paso Matters
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June 27, 2025
Far West Texas students are spending more time in classrooms thanks to a telehealth program that brings specialized health care directly to school nurses’ offices. The Border Health Outreach Initiative transformed several community health...
Texas Bans Lab-Grown Meat, Citing Consumer Protection and Agricultural Interests
Food & Wine
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Texas has passed a law banning lab-grown meat: Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 261, which prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cell-cultured protein in the state starting September 1, 2025. Supporters point to safety and...
Texas Tech alum shines in Netflix series 'Forever'
KTXS - Texas
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Michael Cooper Jr., a Texas Tech University graduate and Dallas native, is making waves in the entertainment industry with his role in the popular Netflix series "Forever." Cooper, who has never lived outside of Texas, said, "I'm Texas born and...
Medical experts offer Fourth of July safety tips on fireworks and crowds
KENS - Texas
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June 27, 2025
With more celebrations comes a higher risk of getting hurt in many ways. SAN ANTONIO — The Fourth of July is next Friday, and many people plan to celebrate over the holiday weekend. But those celebrations are also a high time for bodily injuries....
Texas has officially banned cell phones in schools
San Antonio Report - Texas
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June 27, 2025
After hearing from educators that cell phones are distractions in the classroom, Texas banned the devices in K-12 schools, drawing on rare bipartisan support from both the Texas House and Senate. Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1481 into law on...
Texas SB 1318: Changes to Healthcare Non-Competes Effective September 1, 2025
National Law Review
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June 27, 2025
Healthcare employers in Texas face new requirements for non-competition agreements following the passage of Senate Bill 1318. The Texas Legislature passed this legislation on May 28, 2025, and on June 20, 2025, Governor Abbott signed the bill into...
Texas Enacts New Law Regulating IV Therapy After Tragic Death
JD Supra - California
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June 27, 2025
In a significant move to enhance patient safety, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3749—known as Jenifer’s Law—on June 20, 2025. This legislation introduces comprehensive regulations for elective intravenous (IV) therapy administered...
New Texas Law Targets 44 Food Additives With New Warning Labels — Here’s What That Means for You
Food & Wine
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 25 on June 22, requiring warning labels on foods containing 44 additives — such as titanium dioxide, Red 40, Yellow 5, and olestra — by 2027. These additives are banned or restricted in countries like...
Texas man sentenced to 50 years for seventh DWI conviction
WOAI - Texas
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BOERNE, Texas — Dennis Lee Giddings, 58, has been sentenced to 50 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after a Kendall County jury found him guilty of Driving While Intoxicated for a seventh time. The sentence was delivered just two...
Texas District Court Vacates HIPAA Reproductive Healthcare Rule
JD Supra - California
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June 27, 2025
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order to vacate a large portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy,...
Texas A&M Football Makes CFB 26 Overall, Offense, and Defense Top 25 Lists
Yahoo Sports
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Texas A&M Football Makes CFB 26 Overall, Offense, and Defense Top 25 Lists originally appeared on Athlon Sports. EA Sports' College Football 26 is coming out on July 10 and it's slowly revealed different features and rankings ahead of its release...
Texas Federal Court Vacates Most of 2024 HIPAA Rule on Reproductive Health Information
JD Supra - California
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June 27, 2025
In 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) implemented a new privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) that applied specifically to reproductive health information (the...
UT Health East Texas doctors perform first case with Galvanize’s Aliya PEF System to treat soft tissue tumors pressure
The Gilmer Mirror - Texas
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Tyler, Texas (June 27, 2025) — UT Health Tyler has another tool to fight soft tissue tumors. Galvanize’s Aliya PEF system is used to break tumors up from the inside, and make them immunogenic, meaning the body fights them. This robot-assisted...
Texas Caps Physician Non-Compete Buyouts and Adds New Limits Under SB 1318
JD Supra - California
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June 28, 2025
On June 20, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1318 (Amendment) into law, amending Texas Business & Commerce Code Section 15.50(b), which is commonly thought of as the “Texas physician non-compete buyout statute.” Specifically, the...
Texas: 2 human smugglers sentenced in deaths of 53 migrants
One America News Network
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June 27, 2025
(Photo via: DOJ/KHOU 11) OAN Staff Abril Elfi 1:35 PM – Friday, June 27, 2025 Two human smugglers have been sentenced in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants discovered in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas in 2022. According to the...
Texas law adds restrictions to physician noncompetes
Becker's ASC Review
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June 27, 2025
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that would place stricter limitations on restrictive covenants in employment contracts for physicians and other healthcare practitioners, according to a June 26 blog post by Chicago-based law firm Jackson...
Houston Zoo mourns death of beloved jaguar Tesoro
KHOU - Texas
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June 27, 2025
After a suffering from complication from a leg injury, the Zoo had to make a difficult decision. HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo announced the loss of Tesoro, an 11-year-old jaguar, who was humanely euthanized Friday morning after health complications...
Houston Zoo’s beloved jaguar euthanized due to critical illness
KPRC - Texas
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June 27, 2025
HOUSTON – The Houston Zoo announces 11-year-old jaguar, Tesoro, was euthanized Friday morning after struggling to recover from a serious leg injury. Six weeks after surgery, zoo officials said Tesoro’s condition took a turn for the worse to the...
How artificial intelligence was put in control of the quality of health insurance coverage Americans get
The Milwaukee Independent
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June 28, 2025
Unlike doctors and hospitals, which use AI to help diagnose and treat patients, health insurers use these algorithms to decide whether to pay for health care treatments and services that are recommended by a given patient’s physicians. One of the...
“It will affect all families”: Challenges await Texas parents if birthright citizenship ends
The Gilmer Mirror - Texas
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““It will affect all families”: Challenges await Texas parents if birthright citizenship ends” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,...