by Joshua Houston | Jul 28, 2022 | Health, Latest Posts, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that substantially alters the landscape of reproductive health in the United States. As most observers expected, the ruling eliminates the U.S. Constitutional right to an abortion, and allows state legislatures complete...
by Bee Moorhead | Jun 3, 2022 | Economic Justice, Health
Remember Medicaid? Back in the distant, misted past of 2019, access to affordable health insurance was a constant legislative campaign, with Texas Impact and our partners in the Cover Texas Now coalition advocating for Medicaid expansion, as well as more targeted...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 29, 2022 | Economic Justice, Faith Communities, Health, Resources
We were thrilled to host two conversations with Dr. Julie Boom, director of Texas Children’s Hospital’s Immunization Project, on COVID and vaccine hesitancy. Here’s Dr. Boom’s presentation. Find more resources at the COVID...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 25, 2022 | Faith Communities, Health, Resources
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by Bobby Watson | Mar 8, 2022 | Climate Justice, Health, Latest Posts
Registered nurse Cara Cook, Program Director for the National Association of Nurses for Healthy Environments, explains how climate change is hurting human health—and jeopardizing our health care infrastructure just when we need it most. Recorded at the 35th Annual...
by Bobby Watson | Feb 28, 2022 | Health, Latest Posts
National infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in a frank, informal lunchtime conversation with Texas United Methodist Women about where Texas and the U.S. stand...