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Five people were infected with suspected meningitis after receiving surgery near the border. One of the people died. Officials are warning residents to cancel surgeries in the area.

(CNN) — Five Texas residents became ill with suspected cases of fungal meningitis after traveling to Matamoros, Mexico, for surgery, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. One

In August, convicted killer Joe Nathan James endured the longest execution in history , when he was slowly put to death over an agonizing three-hour ordeal. His family is now suing the state.

Abortion exceptions rarely work for patients, and that, for many Republicans, has always been the point.

Five Texas women, including three from Dallas, are suing the state, claiming abortion bans have put their health and lives at risk.

Five women will announce a new lawsuit Tuesday, marking the first time patients directly affected by new abortion laws have sought to challenge them in court.

One plaintiff developed sepsis after being denied an abortion and has suffered permanent damage to her reproductive organs.

AUSTIN — Five Texas women are suing the state alleging that its abortion laws denied them necessary emergent abortion care, causing them to experience medical conditions that threatened their life,

Five Texas women, including three from Dallas, are suing the state, claiming abortion bans have put their health and lives at risk.

Despite being told the loss of her foetus was 'inevitable', one of the plaintiffs was forced to wait until her body entered sepsis before doctors were allowed to perform an abortion, according to the lawsuit.