/tags/health-equity Health Equity en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:51:03 GMT /health/2024-03-27/making-life-or-death-decisions-for-10-60-an-hour-texas-group-homes-suffer-from-staffing-crisis Thousands of Texans with intellectual disabilities live in group homes. The group home system is struggling to retain workers under the low base wage the state legislature set last year. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:51:03 GMT /health/2024-03-27/making-life-or-death-decisions-for-10-60-an-hour-texas-group-homes-suffer-from-staffing-crisis Miranda Suarez /covid-19/2023-06-08/new-study-shows-austinites-east-of-i-35-were-up-to-10-times-more-likely-to-get-covid While national data has long suggested that COVID-19 has affected low-income and minority groups at higher rates than others, this new research offers a hyperlocal view of pandemic disparities in Austin. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:45:00 GMT /covid-19/2023-06-08/new-study-shows-austinites-east-of-i-35-were-up-to-10-times-more-likely-to-get-covid Olivia Aldridge /en-espanol/2021-06-25/texas-usara-fondos-federales-combatir-inequidades-salud-pandemia Una oficina del estado se enfocará en combatir disparidades de salud relacionados a temas de raza, etnicidad, geografía y otras cosas. Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:54:42 GMT /en-espanol/2021-06-25/texas-usara-fondos-federales-combatir-inequidades-salud-pandemia Ashley Lopez /health/2021-06-23/texas-officials-are-creating-an-agency-focused-on-health-equity A Department of State Health Services office will work to eliminate disparities in the state when it comes to race, ethnicity and geography, among other things. Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:12:11 GMT /health/2021-06-23/texas-officials-are-creating-an-agency-focused-on-health-equity Ashley Lopez