Terri Langford

Austin

Health and Human Services Reporter at Texas Tribune

@TexasTribune health services reporter. Dog mom. Pro-outdoors/bikes. Speaks fluent health care policy. [email protected]

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Articles

Texas House Approves Bill for Easier Vaccine Exemptions

1 week ago | dallasweekly.com | Terri Langford

Overview: A Republican-backed bill in Texas that could make vaccination exemptions easier to obtain passed the House Public Health Committee in a 7-6 vote along party lines. The bill, authored by state Rep. Lacey Hull, allows Texans to download a pdf of the state's exemption form, bypassing the need to contact the Texas Department of State Health Services directly. The bill is supported by Texans for Vaccine Choice and Texans For Medical Freedom but opposed by vaccination proponents.
Texas measles outbreak continues to spread rapidly

1 week ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Terri Langford |Stephen Simpson |Yuriko Schumacher

The number of cases reported in Texas' historic measles outbreak has risen to 683 cases in 29 counties, as of May 2. Of those, 89 patients have been hospitalized, and two school-aged children have died since the outbreak began in January. Twenty new cases were added on Friday, since the last update on Tuesday. On Friday, three counties reported their first cases: Upshur in northeast Texas, Eastland, east of Abilene and Hardeman on the Oklahoma border.
Texas measles outbreak continues to spread rapidly

1 week ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Terri Langford |Stephen Simpson |Yuriko Schumacher

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Push for Texas to weaken vaccine mandates persists as measles surge

1 week ago | elpasotimes.com | Terri Langford

A Republican-backed bill that could make vaccination exemptions easier to obtain in Texas made it out of the House Public Health Committee on Thursday in a 7-6 vote along party lines. If House Bill 1586, authored by state Rep.
Bill that would make vaccine exemptions easier advances in the Texas House

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Terri Langford

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Republican-backed bill that could make vaccination exemptions easier to obtain in Texas made it out of the House Public Health Committee on Thursday in a 7-6 vote along party lines. If House Bill 1586, authored by state Rep.
Fired state employees breached personal data of 33,529 more Texans

1 week ago | tdtnews.com | Terri Langford

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How Hispanic Texans embraced vaccines and flipped the script on COVID deaths

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Dan Keemahill |Terri Langford |Yuriko Schumacher

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Key coverage Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In the summer of 2020, death engulfed Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
Federal public health cuts could cost Texas $700 million

2 weeks ago | lindalenews.com | Terri Langford

New preliminary figures out Wednesday indicate Texas’ share of federal plans to claw back $11.4 billion in pandemic-era grants to states means Texas could face more than $700 million in public health funding cuts. The number — the first dollar figure released about what Texas state and local public health agencies could lose — was announced by Kirk Cole, senior adviser to Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner Dr. Jennifer Shuford, during an agency committee meeting.
Fired state employees breached the personal data of 33,529 more Texans

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Terri Langford

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Texas Health and Human Services Commission late Wednesday began notifying another 33,529 recipients of state benefits that their private information had been improperly accessed. The latest announcement comes as the state agency continues to investigate a series of breaches by its own employees of its database for Medicaid, food stamp and other assistance programs.
Fired state employees breached the personal data of 33,529 more Texans

2 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Terri Langford

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Health and Human Services Commission late Wednesday began notifying another 33,529 recipients of state benefits that their private information had been improperly accessed. The latest announcement comes as the state agency continues to investigate a series of breaches by its own employees of its database for Medicaid, food stamp and other assistance programs.