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HHSC: Policy Council for Children and Families. The Council gathered to elect a vice-chair; discuss the new member appointment process; discuss the 2020 Workgroup Report; discuss a letter regarding extension and flexibility for services and supports placed due to COVID-19; discuss the Legislative Report planning and timeline; take public comment; and more. Read the report.
September 15, 2020
- This meeting will be webcast: Perinatal Advisory Council (PAC) Agenda
September 18, 2020
- This meeting will be webcast: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee (MMMRC) Agenda
Texas
- Texas officials change how the state reports positivity rate after testing backlogs skewed coronavirus data
- Will new antibody test developed by UT scientists be a game changer?
- Texas eased restrictions for nursing homes — but she still can’t see her mom and knows that isolation can be deadly
- One more inmate tests positive for coronavirus at Travis County Jail
- Lawmakers call on Gov. Greg Abbott to plan to expand broadband access as pandemic worsens disparities
- Eanes ISD employees required to return to on-campus learning, even with medical documentation to stay home
- The percentage of Texans testing positive for COVID-19 is dropping, but experts say the threat isn’t over
- Switching to electric vehicles could save lives, cut health care costs in Houston, report finds
- Gov Abbott Appoints Three To Nursing Facility Administrators Advisory Committee
- TFN: State Board to Debate Major Revisions to Health, Science Standards This Week
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Three To Statewide Health Coordinating Council
U.S.
- Amid Stimulus Impasse, Bipartisan Group Offers $1.5 Trillion Compromise
- Schumer calls for Azar to resign over ‘chaos’ in coronavirus response
- Inspector General Slams FEMA Over Repeatedly Flooded Homes
- Covid-19 Live Updates: Pelosi Says House Will ‘Stay Here Until We Have a Bill’ for More Aid
- Polls show trust in scientific, political institutions eroding
- Some Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks As The Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes
- How Climate Migration Will Reshape America
- Bill Gates urges Congress to spend $4B for COVID-19 vaccines in poor countries
- Wildfires Make Dangerous Air For Farmworkers: ‘It’s Like You Can’t Breathe’
- Gates Offers Grim Global Health Report, and Some Optimism
- Melinda Gates: 25 years of vaccine gains reversed during COVID-19 pandemic
- ‘It’s A Bit Surreal’: Oregon’s Air Quality Suffers As Fires Complicate COVID-19 Fight
- Trump order on drug prices faces long road to finish line
- School Closures Cut a Critical Line to Dental Care for Poor Students
- Trump administration backing off Medicaid rule that states warned would lead to cuts
- Bill Gates: CDC being ‘written out of the picture’ on coronavirus