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  • Aug 29, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney

    Houston could shift the way it funds independent senior living facilities in a bid to encourage developers and landlords to improve disaster preparations and plans, the city’s housing director said this week.  “HCD sees substantial value in prioritizing applications that incorporate comprehensive safety and preparedness models,” Housing and Community Development Director Mike Nichols told the Houston Landing in an email Wednesday.

  • Aug 26, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney |Akhil Ganesh

    Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston on Friday announced the creation of a new research hub focused on speeding up the conversion of laboratory research into impactful medical treatments. The Consortium for Translational and Precision Health is funded by a $44.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Award Program.

  • Aug 19, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney

    The World Health Organization last week issued a health alert for mpox, formerly called ‘monkeypox,’ as the virus continues to spread across several African countries. The WHO declared mpox “a public health emergency of international concern.” Misinformation echoing the same unfounded conspiracies pushed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and during the first U.S. mpox outbreak in 2022, has proliferated on social media following the announcement.

  • Aug 13, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Anna-Catherine Brigida |Michael Murney

    Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas hospitals to track patients’ immigration status and the costs of providing care to those in the country illegally.

  • Aug 8, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Michael Murney

    Days after Yvette Flores moved in with her boyfriend at a senior living facility on Houston’s north side in May, a violent storm tore through the city and sent water rushing into their apartment through broken windows and holes in the ceiling and baseboards. For weeks after the May 16 derecho, Flores and Thomas Wilkins say they asked Independence Hall staff for repairs. Wilkins, who is confined to an electric wheelchair, grew especially desperate.

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