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February 16, 2022
EAST AUSTIN, Texas - The Project Connect team held a ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate the groundbreaking of MetroRapid Pleasant Valley Route.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 3, 2022
A San Antonio physician on the front lines of caring for patients suffering from the lasting effects of COVID-19 testified before a congressional committee Thursday, urging lawmakers to ensure long COVID-19 patients can get the care they need.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
February 3, 2022
Congress needs to make it easier for people who are disabled by long-term Covid-19 conditions to access Medicare benefits, advocates and medical doctors told lawmakers at a hearing Thursday.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
February 3, 2022
The Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project estimates that the total income lost by people with long-term Covid-19 symptoms is $88.8 billion, it said in an open letter to President Biden and other federal officials that called for the creation of long Covid assistance programs.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
February 3, 2022
Washington, D.C. – As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates and creates new health care challenges for people with disabilities, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) will hold a hearing, “Bridging Health Equity Gaps for People with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions,” today, Thursday, February 3 at 1 P.M. CST/2 P.M. EST.
Issues:Healthcare
February 3, 2022
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Stop the Wait Act, to end the harmful “suffering periods” during which Americans with serious disabilities are denied access to Medicare.
Issues:Healthcare
January 31, 2022
Austin Public Health will open a new, federally funded COVID-19 testing site on Feb. 1 at Metz Elementary School, located at 84 Robert T. Martinez Jr. St. in East Austin.
Issues:Healthcare
January 28, 2022
A free COVID-19 testing site will open at the now-closed Metz Elementary School in East Austin on Tuesday. The site will offer PCR testing seven days a week through Feb. 21.
Issues:Healthcare
January 27, 2022
Austin, T.X. – Tomorrow, Friday, January 28, 2022, at 1 PM, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett will join Travis County Judge Andy Brown, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, and other local leaders to announce the opening of a free, federally-funded, COVID-19 PCR testing site at Metz Elementary and share with Central Texas families how and when they can get tested.
Issues:Healthcare
January 23, 2022
SAN ANTONIO — Today marks 100 years since the first successful insulin treatment, which has saved millions of lives.
Issues:Healthcare