SACRAMENTO, Calif.
— State Controller John Chiang remained in a Texas hospital Tuesday after experiencing chest pains while visiting family for the holidays last week.
Chiang was expected to remain under observation at Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest in Fort Worth for a few more days, said his spokeswoman, Hallye Jordan.
The 46-year-old controller checked himself into the hospital on Friday with chest pains. Jordan said the hospital Read the rest of this entry »

DALLAS
— Texas health officials confirm salmonella was found in peanut meal at a Texas plant owned by the company at the center of the national salmonella outbreak.
Doug McBride, a spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said Wednesday that the salmonella found in a sample taken from the Peanut Corp. of America’s Plainview plant Feb. 12 is the same strain as the nationwide outbreak.
That comes as federal officials Read the rest of this entry »

Is Texas looking out for you? Health-care outsourcing is rolling on, but many patients suffer from silent treatment
12:00 AM CST on Sunday, January 4, 2009
gjones@dallasnews.com / The Dallas Morning News
Ryan McNeill contributed to this report.
Evercare of Texas was supposed to coordinate medical and long-term care for more than 80,000 elderly, blind or disabled North Texans. “We help make it easier to get the care you deserve,” the company Read the rest of this entry »

Flu starting to push its way into Waco, Central Texas
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
By Cindy V. Culp
Here’s hoping you got a flu shot.
Influenza cases have been on the rise for the past week, local doctors say, with more patients coming in every day. The good news is that this year’s vaccine is a close match for the strains circulating this season, meaning people who have been vaccinated have a good chance of avoiding the virus.
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TYLER, Texas
— A man has died a day after an oil refinery explosion and fire in Texas.
The mother of 49-year-old James Dale Sharman says he died Friday of injuries from an explosion at the Delek Refining plant in Tyler.
A spokeswoman for Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas says another worker remains in critical condition.
Tyler Fire Capt. Jeff Akin says plant firefighters were still monitoring a small fire that could burn for days.
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(NOTE: This is part 4 of a six-part series looking at child welfare issues in Hale County and across the state.)
Quality mental health care can prevent a child from entering adulthood with untreated or undiagnosed mental health challenges, says a report recently released by Texans Care for Children.
However, Texas ranks the 49th in the United States for children’s mental health care. Only 18 percent of eligible children, the report says, received Read the rest of this entry »

Brownwood, Texas, doctor who pleaded guilty to sex assault allowed limited practice
07:48 PM CST on Saturday, December 20, 2008
A Brownwood, Texas, doctor who pleaded guilty in October to aggravated sexual assault of a child has been allowed to continue his practice – with restrictions – but state medical board officials could soon revoke that privilege.
Donald Delmer Pope, entered the plea in Tarrant County Read the rest of this entry »

DENVER
— More people in Colorado have been sickened by tainted peanut butter, and the six new cases are linked to a shuttered Texas plant.
The Oregonian newspaper in Portland reports that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has linked the cases to the Plainview Peanut Co. in the Texas Panhandle. The Colorado victims were between the ages of 2 and 60. One had to be hospitalized, the newspaper reported.
The peanut Read the rest of this entry »

CORE Health Care is based in Dripping Springs, Texas and provides post-
acute rehabilitation for brain injury and long-term care for individuals
diagnosed with brain injuries, autism, psychiatric disorders and other special
needs. The licensed professional staff provides psychiatric and medical care;
cognitive, physical, occupational, speech and psychotherapy; and vocational
and educational development with a personalized program for each resident.
CORE’s Read the rest of this entry »

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