Covering health inequities in South Texas and their impact on communities

1. Alzheimer's continues to afflict Texas' Rio Grande Valley. Experts say state leaders still aren't doing enough.

2. Texas boosted its funding for dementia prevention, but Alzheimer's advocates want more from state leaders.

3. San Antonio’s Hispanic majority population is helping researchers dig deeper into why Hispanic populations have higher risks of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

4. As San Antonio grows, seniors face barriers navigating public transportation system. They experience heat more intensely at unshaded bus stops across the city.

5. Health inequities in Bexar County drive poor health outcomes.

6. Medicaid and pandemic-related benefit rollbacks hurt local seniors living in poverty.

7. There's a crisis level of housing insecurity in San Antonio.

8. Texas ranks among the worst in overall child well-being— 20% of children in the state are living in poverty with Black and Hispanic children accounting for the highest rates.

9. The last hospital on San Antonio's South Side closed.

10. Shortage of imagining specialists in South Texas.

11. Maternal mortality rates among Black women still worst in the world.

12. In South Texas, Hispanic populations are twice more likely to get liver cancer compared to the rest of the country. 

13. Mental health needs of Afghan refugees in San Antonio greatly exceed the resources available.