Laura Garcia

@reporter_laura

Health and nonprofits reporter for | new mama | loves coffee and documentaries ☕️

Victoria, TX
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Joined February 2013
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    The United Way “Come Your Way” gala is Friday. Hurry and donate to my “team.”

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    Health officials want to save pregnant women; you should too “Another good step toward change is that the TMA has for the first time convened a Maternal Health Congress in Austin two weeks ago.”

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    Apr 2

    This guy is still collecting his $40K per year salary but just doing part of the work via

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    Mar 31

    OK, no questions to answer. First four female student journos to email me, you get an student membership. Go!

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    Mar 28

    and orgs: Need a freelancer/researcher in ? Email me at terri.langford@gmail.com.

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    Mar 28

    Texas, Victoria health officials work to reduce maternal mortality via by

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    Mar 19

    Initially, the city and county said they wouldn't release the plan, parts of which weren't followed during Harvey

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  8. Mar 27

    Read my story in to find out what top doctors are doing to prevent women from dying during and after child birth. Interesting fact: 3 in 4 births in Victoria County are covered by Medicaid

    Health officials work to reduce maternal mortality
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    Mar 24

    The leading cause of in Texas is drug overdose (mostly ). If you care for pregnant or postpartum women, we have three questions: 1) Are you prescribing ? 2) Are you prescribing/referring to ? 3) What are you waiting for?

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  10. Mar 25

    Whyyy

    What have they done to Judy Blume this book was copyrighted in 1970
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  11. Mar 24

    Fantastic presentations at Maternal Health Congress in Austin on how to address alarming rate of women dying after childbirth. Top physicians in state are working on ways to seek solutions w/ proposals for the

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    Mar 24

    According to who leads the TX Mortality and Morbidity task force, the Texas rate of severe maternal morbidity is 195 per 10,000 compared to the national rate of 145.

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    Mar 24

    According to Dr. Carlos Tirado from we need universal screening for substance use disorder to address maternal mortality here in Texas, as it is the top cause of maternal death

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    Mar 24

    Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, smoking during pregnancy, late entry into prenatal care All contribute to higher risk of maternal death

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  15. Mar 24

    . Maternal Health Congress - U.S. has highest maternal mortality rate of any high resource country & only country outside of Afghanistan and Sudan where the rate is rising. - Dr. Carlos Tirado, prof @ UT Austin Dell Med School

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    Here at the Texas Medical Association Maternal Health Congress in Austin for

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  17. Mar 22

    Subscribe to my friend’s YouTube channel. I’m not vegan but I still enjoy her product reviews. ❤️

    Did you know I'm on YouTube? Come watch: VEGAN GROCERY FIND: So Delicious new ice cream flavors
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    Mar 21

    Here are a few thoughts about staying in local journalism

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  19. Mar 21

    Welcome !

    Good morning from TX. Ready to show some fabulous journalists f/ tools for news.
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    Mar 20

    We're highlighting the work of today, Texas's second oldest newspaper.

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