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21 Jan 2025 // Oli De Los Santos
Peer support could fill gaps in rural mental health coverage, but low pay challenges sustainability
For the last 3 years, the Libraries for Health program has placed peer support specialists in nine rural libraries across Central Texas to help address community mental health needs, but it’s unclear whether this care will remain available after the program ends next June.
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11 Sep 2024 // Liza Kalinina
A new pediatric hospital provides greater access in the Valley, but challenges remain for South Texas families
Before the opening of Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Edinburg last May, if you lived in Starr County and had a child who needed to see a pediatric specialist, the visit would involve a 160-mile drive to the nearest pediatric hospital in Corpus Christi.
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30 May 2024 // Jason Buch
Texas revamps Narcan distribution following delays, unpredictable supply
Texas has tapped more than $45 million in federal funds to get the overdose-reversing drug into the hands of law enforcement, members of the public. But the program has been plagued by supply issues, delays and lack of communication.
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26 Apr 2024 // Liza Kalinina
Rural Texas emergency departments face mounting mental health crisis
Across the state, rural hospitals face a shortage of mental healthcare providers. At the same time, the number of people experiencing mental health crises has increased, and these patients are often forced to seek care in the emergency rooms of rural hospitals, where they face long waits for treatment and use resources that are needed by patients with critical conditions.
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