El Paso lawmakers say promises to families of shooting victims have gone unfulfilled
El Paso lawmakers say promises to families of shooting victims have gone unfulfilled
Instead of action to prevent future mass shootings like the one in their hometown in 2019, the Legislature has focused on expanding gun access, the officials say.
State Rep. Evelina Lina Ortega of El Paso shook hands with Gov. Greg Abbott after a press briefing on the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart in August 2019. In a tweet, the governor said he was working with El Paso legislators to identify solutions to keep El Paso and all Texans safer. (JOEL ANGEL JUAREZ / Getty Images)
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Doctors aren’t just speaking out in Texas. Take Dr. Joseph Sakran, who was hit by a stray bullet in the throat when he was 17 years old and living in Virginia. That night, Sakran and his friends left a football game and headed to a nearby park to hang out. A fight broke out, and someone fired a gun. The bullet struck Sakran, injuring his vocal cord and carotid artery.
Though the accident was “devastating,” Sakran chose to turn it into something positive, eventually becoming a trauma surgeon with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. After the NRA posted that 2018 tweet, Sakran founded the viral Twitter campaign @ThisIsOurLane.
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Congrats to those Baylor Bears who played an outstanding game last night to win the NCAA Men’s College Basketball National Championship. My Gonzaga Bulldogs were outplayed.
Gonzaga has had an amazing run, making the NCAA post-season tournament every year since 1999. They’ve been a #1 seed or #1 rank often, but have not yet won the national championship. When I feel down about their performance, I’m reminded the United States has been working on health reform since at least the post-WWII era. Maybe Gonzaga’s 22 years of frustration isn’t so long after all.
With this change, Texas can save the lives of new moms
Women who lose Medicaid health coverage soon after giving birth are at high risk of bad outcomes
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Childbirth is a joyous time for a mother, but also can lead to medical crises, postpartum depression, and premature death, including suicide.
At a time when new mothers are so vulnerable, access to medical resources and counseling that could save lives should be available. However, if a new mother is poor, several post-childbirth risk factors sharply increase, and a key safety net is available for only the first two months after delivery. Medicaid health insurance currently provides coverage for new mothers for just 60 days despite the fact that medical experts say new mothers are at risk of suffering psychological and medical setbacks related to childbirth for at least a year.
A charitable foundation has chosen OU as one of seven universities that will be granted a collective total of $1.359 million over two years to be part of a project