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The DSHS Council governs the department. [3] The agency's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, along with Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University coordinate the Texas School Survey, [4] a program consisting of two surveys on drug and alcohol abuse, an annual one done at the local school-district level and a biennial ...
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Many of the direct client services that were performed by DSHS, such as services for women and children, and people with special health care needs, were transferred to HHSC in September 2016. DSHS now focuses on providing these functions: Vital statistics, such as birth and death records
The letter focused on the studies conducted by the Texas Department of State Health Services and their identification of elevated levels of both adult and child cancers. They expressed that the EPA will continue to seek action and included Mayor Turner's sixty-three questions for full transparency of the information on the contamination site.
The law, known as Texas Senate Bill (or SB) 4, was passed in 2023 and signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. It allows police in the Lone Star State to arrest people suspected of illegally ...
A 4-cm aortic aneurysm is a little larger than the average diameter of the aorta. The average diameter of the abdominal aorta is about 2 cm, according to the American Heart Association. A 2021 ...
At the state level: Texas. 46.5% of counties in Texas are maternity care deserts and 4.6% of women in Texas do not have birthing centers within 30 minutes from themselves. 66% of counties in Texas report high rates of chronic health conditions and preterm births, which can worsen maternal health outcomes. Map of Texas counties
Cook PVI. R+16 [3] Texas's 4th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area of Northeast Texas, that includes some counties along the Red River northeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, as well as some outer eastern suburbs of the Metroplex. Austin College in Sherman, Texas is located within the district.
The enhanced vegetation index ( EVI) is an 'optimized' vegetation index designed to enhance the vegetation signal with improved sensitivity in high biomass regions and improved vegetation monitoring through a de-coupling of the canopy background signal and a reduction in atmosphere influences. EVI is computed following this equation: [1]