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The HHS Executive Commissioner Cecile Erwin Young today named Dr. Jennifer Shuford commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, effective immediately.
Topics: Leadership
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HHSC, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Children’s Health hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the state’s newest psychiatric hospital in Dallas, The Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern.
Topics: Health, Food, Benefits
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HHSC is launching Niños Sanos de Texas (Healthy Texas Kids), a new YouTube channel for Spanish-speaking children. The made-for-kids videos include topics like improving nutrition, physical health, and boosting physical activity.
Topics: Children, Health, WIC Providers
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging women to get screened regularly for the disease.
Topics: Health, Women
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The USDA has awarded Texas HHSC a federal grant of more than $400,000 to further the agency’s fraud prevention efforts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Topics: Health, Benefits
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced that HHSC is providing more than $301.8 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits for the month of July.
Topics: Food, Health
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Archaeologists have found more than 6,500 artifacts at Austin State Hospital. Some are now on display at the Bullock State History Museum.
Topics: Health
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HHSC is encouraging all long-term care facilities to make sure their emergency preparedness plans are updated ahead of the start of an active hurricane season forecasted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Texas is raising awareness of National Women's Health Week beginning May 8 by encouraging women across the state to take care of their physical and mental health, and schedule important screenings for breast cancer and cervical cancer.
Topics: Health, Women