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TPW Commission Implements Two Year Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Zone in Four Counties

A surveillance zone covering almost 200,000 acres in Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak and McMullen counties will be implemented for two years after feedback was received in the August meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission. This zone will take effect prior to the 2022-2023 hunting season and TPW commissioners will consider the resulting data presented by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff to assess the need for continued surveillance in the […]

In Recognition of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, Northwest Houston Senior Care Expert Shares How to Identify Early Stages of the Disease

More than 6 million people in the U.S. live with Alzheimer’s. Here’s how you can identify its early stages. This November, Sandi Heintz, owner of Right at Home Northwest Houston, is honoring Alzheimer’s Awareness Month by describing signs of the disease, which is a form of dementia. Right at Home is an international in-home care franchise that aids seniors and adults with disabilities. Heintz is also sharing how family members can cope when a loved one […]

In Recognition of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, Northwest Houston Senior Care Expert Shares How to Identify Early Stages of the Disease

More than 6 million people in the U.S. live with Alzheimer’s. Here’s how you can identify its early stages. This November, Sandi Heintz, owner of Right at Home Northwest Houston, is honoring Alzheimer’s Awareness Month by describing signs of the disease, which is a form of dementia. Right at Home is an international in-home care franchise that aids seniors and adults with disabilities. Heintz is also sharing how family members can cope when a loved one […]

Warding off Financial Abuse this World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

One component of elder financial abuse is financial scams World  Elder  Abuse  Awareness  Day  (WEAAD) was launched on June 15, 2006 by the International  Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations. The purpose of WEAAD is to provide an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons by raising awareness of the cultural, social, economic and […]

Sen. Cruz on ‘America Reports’: Democrats and the Media Must Stop Covering Up China’s Culpability for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Senator Ted Cruz

Joins ‘America Reports’ to continue his call for an independent investigation into the origins of the virus U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week went on Fox News’ ‘America Reports’ to discuss his call for an objective, independent investigation into the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. This is an investigation Sen. Cruz has repeatedly called for since early 2020 while Democrats and the media have dismissed the need for it and aided in China’s […]

Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Express Bipartisan Opposition to WHO’s Exclusion of Taiwan in World Health Assembly

Senator Ted Cruz

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week joined Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in sending a letter to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressing concerns surrounding Taiwan’s exclusion from the WHO’s second session of the World Health Assembly (WHA). In the letter, the senators wrote: “Despite its indisputable accomplishments and contributions to global health, the WHO […]