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According to HCPH, the updated vaccine is free for those six months and older without health insurance or whose insurance does not cover all COVID-19 vaccine costs.

Director Ericka Brown said while it’s too soon to tell how many people will get the updated vaccines, they’re free of charge if residents don’t have health insurance or the insurance does not cover the costs.

Members of activist groups opposing recent Columbia city ordinances, which they say discriminate against homeless people and residents attempting to feed them, walked more than a mile downtown in protest

Texas border records new massive wave of migrants and death of two, including a child. Biden has decided to send more troops to the border to help with the registration of migrants

U.S. Border Patrol agents have reported record levels of both migrant deaths and crossings in recent years.

Syphilis rates in Texas continue to climb, alarming healthcare workers who see the highest increases among pregnant people and newborns. A shortage of treatment is complicating efforts to combat it.

In 2021, Texas reported its highest-ever number of cases in newborns, at 685, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Syphilis rates in Texas continue to climb, alarming healthcare workers who see the highest increases among pregnant people and newborns. A shortage of treatment is complicating efforts to combat it.

About twice a week, a pregnant patient turns up in Dr. Irene Stafford’s obstetrics office in Houston with syphilis, a sexually transmittable disease that affects more newborns in Texas than

In 2021, Texas reported its highest-ever number of cases in newborns, at 685, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.