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State and local organizations gathered to discuss improving the future of San Antonio children
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (461+ words) Family Service Neighborhood Place Community Center was the site of the assembly, with leaders from education, health care, and nonprofit and public sectors spurring conversations and driving change. Children at Risk is a Texas-wide child advocacy group dedicated to understanding…...
Measles cases confirmed in Hill Country, including Boerne, state health officials say
1+ week, 1+ day ago (279+ words) Texas health officials have confirmed six measles cases in the Hill Country, including one in Boerne, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Five of the cases involve members of the same household in Bandera County. The sixth…...
San Antonio students hold anti-ICE press conference and march on Presidents Day
1+ week, 2+ day ago (726+ words) On an unseasonably warm February federal holiday, about 300 protesters flooded the streets of downtown San Antonio in opposition to recent actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis and throughout the country. The student-led protest took place on Presidents Day,…...
San Antonio Stock Show is part 'beauty pageant"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (267+ words) The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is now entering its first full week at Freeman Coliseum. So, what does a judge look for in a winning animal during the livestock competitions? As many as 15,000 students from the area and across…...
'I feel like I’ll never get out of here': Kids describe life in immigration detention
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (159+ words) 'I feel like I'll never get out of here': Kids describe life in immigration detention'Texas Public Radio | TPR 'I feel like I'll never get out of here': Kids describe life in immigration detention The father of Liam Conejo Ramos says…...
Plastic surgeons say transgender youth should wait until age 19 for surgery
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (66+ words) The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says transgender youth should wait until age 19 to have any surgeries. Surgery is already rarely performed for transgender young people. Plastic surgeons say transgender youth should wait until age 19 for surgery The American Society…...
Santa arrives in San Antonio by helicopter and visits babies at Women's & Children's NICU | TPR
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (363+ words) It's Christmas Eve, and Santa made one of his first stops today at the University Health Women's & Children's Hospital. Santa always visits the tiniest patients, and this year, his mode of transportation was a helicopter. Santa headed straight to the…...
Santa arrives in San Antonio by helicopter and visits babies at Women's & Children's NICU
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (363+ words) It's Christmas Eve, and Santa made one of his first stops today at the University Health Women's & Children's Hospital. Santa always visits the tiniest patients, and this year, his mode of transportation was a helicopter. Santa headed straight to the…...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (659+ words) One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half " from nearly 10 million deaths a year to under 5 million deaths…...
CDC advisers delay planned vote on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (620+ words) Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unexpectedly postponed controversial votes Thursday on changes to the current recommendation of universally immunizing newborns against hepatitis B. Confusion and disagreement over the language of the votes led the Advisory Committee…...