Dr. John Hellerstedt, who has led the Texas Department of State Health Services since 2016, will retire at the end of the month. Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the chief state epidemiologist, has been named his interim replacement.
More than 500,000 Texans are living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. But Texas has the capacity to serve barely a fifth of those individuals.
Initiatives include funding for bulletproof shields, expansion of child mental health access and money for school districts to purchase panic alert technology.
Though just 55.3% of all New Canaanites have received at least one booster shot for COVID-19 virus, that percentage is still is relatively high compared to the rest of the state, according to Health Director Jenn Eielson. One reason may be that New Canaan is still holding clinics routinely, whereas many towns and even pharmacies […]