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                Vaccination rates for the highly contagious illness are below target at Austin ISD schools.
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                Austin area food bank leaders are bracing for increased demand if SNAP benefits are not issued in November.
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                        The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians uses proceeds from the festival to help local musicians pay their health insurance premiums.
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                        The law could allow private citizens to sue nonprofits that help Texans access medication abortion in other states.
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                        Central Health officials said the effective 8% tax rate increase was driven by funding cuts coming from the federal level.
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                        House Bill 7 would allow private citizens to sue out-of-state prescribers and distributors of abortion pills sent into Texas.
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                        The FDA approved updated shots for older adults and people with underlying conditions. But other folks may still be able to get a shot with a doctor's prescription.
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                        The Health and Human Services secretary praised recent health legislation out of Texas during a visit with Gov. Greg Abbott.
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                        Some food industry experts hope the state's law will play a role in influencing more federal regulation of food additives.
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                        If your nose is running and you have the sniffles, it might be a good time to take a COVID test.
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                        There were a total of 762 cases before the state declared the outbreak over.
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                        Officials warned of an active mosquito season this year with a heightened risk for mosquito-borne illnesses. Heavy rainfall last month intensified those risks. Human cases have also been detected in Williamson and Hays counties.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
