Ashley Lopez
Senior Reporter, Health Care and PoliticsAshley Lopez joined KUT in January 2016. She covers politics and health care, and is part of the NPR-Kaiser Health News reporting collaborative. Previously she worked as a reporter at public radio stations in Louisville, Ky.; Miami and Fort Myers, Fla., where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.
Ashley was also part of NPR’s Political Reporting Partnership during the 2016 presidential election. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Advocates say the timelines for public input are too short and there needs to be more opportunities for virtual input during the pandemic. -
Officials say patients who receive this treatment within the first 10 days of symptoms can avoid a visit to the ICU. The county opened the center last week to take pressure off hospitals.
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Los investigadores de la Escuela de Medicina están investigando si la empatía puede ser una alternativa para tratar los efectos del aislamiento en la salud.
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Dell Med researchers are looking into whether empathy can be a medical intervention for the health effects of isolation.
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County Judge Andy Brown held a drive-thru vaccination event for Del Valle, Pflugerville and Manor residents who are over 65.
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During the pandemic, racial minorities have been disproportionately affected by the virus and now face new issues as the COVID-19 vaccine is distributed.
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Planned Parenthood officials say patients will have a hard time finding new providers in a short window of time during a pandemic.
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La crisis de falta de cobertura médica en el estado ha ido de mal en peor durante la pandemia. Los expertos dicen que la mejor manera de solucionarla es expandiendo el Medicaid.
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Local officials want to make sure East Austin gets enough doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but a state and federal strategy on how to distribute vaccines might be standing in their way.
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The state's health care coverage crisis has gone from bad to worse during the pandemic. Experts say Medicaid expansion remains the best way to address it.
