/tags/health-and-human-services Health And Human Services en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:48:40 GMT /health/2025-04-04/austin-public-health-aph-tx-federal-grants-funding-cuts-layoffs The lost funds will impact dozens of jobs and a range of programs, including vaccination efforts and medical services for refugees. Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:48:40 GMT /health/2025-04-04/austin-public-health-aph-tx-federal-grants-funding-cuts-layoffs Olivia Aldridge /austin/2023-08-24/wanna-be-a-grandparent-state-program-pairs-volunteers-with-children-in-austin-classrooms Volunteers, or "grandparents," could get a stipend for spending 15 to 40 hours a week assisting a child with reading or writing or just staying focused. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:44:20 GMT /austin/2023-08-24/wanna-be-a-grandparent-state-program-pairs-volunteers-with-children-in-austin-classrooms Haya Panjwani /health/2021-05-10/u-s-will-protect-gay-and-transgender-people-against-discrimination-in-health-care The announcement, which effectively reverses a Trump-era rule, springs from last summer's landmark Supreme Court decision banning employment discrimination against LGBTQ people. Mon, 10 May 2021 16:46:19 GMT /health/2021-05-10/u-s-will-protect-gay-and-transgender-people-against-discrimination-in-health-care Becky Sullivan, Selena Simmons-Duffin /texas/2021-03-25/biden-administration-to-house-unaccompanied-migrant-children-at-joint-base-san-antonio-lackland-and “It’s a humanitarian effort. It’s not a permanent solution,â€� Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said this week. Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:55:07 GMT /texas/2021-03-25/biden-administration-to-house-unaccompanied-migrant-children-at-joint-base-san-antonio-lackland-and María Méndez , Joey Palacios /texas/2017-05-15/former-texas-health-commission-official-helped-keep-iraq-off-revised-travel-ban From Texas Standard:The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments Monday in Seattle on whether President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban isâ€� Mon, 15 May 2017 19:16:46 GMT /texas/2017-05-15/former-texas-health-commission-official-helped-keep-iraq-off-revised-travel-ban Rhonda Fanning /texas/2017-05-11/state-fraud-investigator-forced-to-resign-over-ties-to-iraqi-government-lobbying Texasâ€� top health care fraud investigator resigned Wednesday night under pressure from the governor, the result of media inquiries that revealed Texasâ€� Thu, 11 May 2017 22:24:39 GMT /texas/2017-05-11/state-fraud-investigator-forced-to-resign-over-ties-to-iraqi-government-lobbying Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune /texas/2016-10-03/pfizer-wants-to-keep-lawmakers-in-the-dark-over-state-medicaid-contracts From Texas Standard:It all started with a battle over information: In one corner was the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. In the other wereâ€� Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:00:00 GMT /texas/2016-10-03/pfizer-wants-to-keep-lawmakers-in-the-dark-over-state-medicaid-contracts Alain Stephens | The Trace /austin/2016-07-22/three-contract-bacterial-infection-after-swimming-in-bull-creek Three people have become infected with Shigella bacteria after swimming at Bull Creek Park, prompting the Austin/AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County Health department to adviseâ€� Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:39:10 GMT /austin/2016-07-22/three-contract-bacterial-infection-after-swimming-in-bull-creek KUT Staff /politics/2016-07-13/hyde-park-residents-vote-to-keep-state-hospital-but-texas-lawmakers-will-decide-its-fate For more than a century, the Austin State Hospital has been a fixture in Hyde Park. While the facility near Guadalupe and 41st Streets is primarily aâ€� Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:40:03 GMT /politics/2016-07-13/hyde-park-residents-vote-to-keep-state-hospital-but-texas-lawmakers-will-decide-its-fate Syeda Hasan /texas/2016-05-03/abbott-appoints-longtime-aide-to-lead-health-commission From the Texas Tribune: Charles Smith, a longtime ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, will be the next executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Servicesâ€� Tue, 03 May 2016 19:33:41 GMT /texas/2016-05-03/abbott-appoints-longtime-aide-to-lead-health-commission Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune