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DPS Announces Results from Human Trafficking Operations
March 4, 2024 AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces the results of several human trafficking mitigation and rescue operations conducted during January 2024, which is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. During that month alone, Special Agents from DPS’ Criminal Investigations Division (CID), along with local and federal partners, conducted 12 operations focused on human…
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Top Senators Urge Stores to Stop Selling Illicit Vapes
By Christina Jewett March 7, 2024 Lawmakers want shopkeepers to remove e-cigarettes that were not authorized by the F.D.A. Retailers say it is not that simple. A personal collection of vapes.Credit…OK McCausland for The New York Times By Christina Jewett March 7, 2024 The chairmen of five key Senate committees on Thursday warned the chief executives of…
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Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez MARCH 7, 2024 In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide. In 2022, Ryerse’s South Lincoln Medical Center was forced to shutter its operating room because it didn’t have the staff to…
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The Alabama Supreme Court’s Ruling on Frozen Embryos
Doctors, patients, and politicians seek answers on how the February 16 ruling could have far-ranging impacts on health care. Published February 27, 2024 By Joshua Sharfstein The Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling on February 16 declaring that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be considered children. Several of the state’s IVF clinics have…
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Toxic Gas That Sterilizes Medical Devices Prompts Safety Rule Update
By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead UPDATED FEBRUARY 29, 2024ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 29, 2024 Over the past two years, Madeline Beal has heard frustration and even bewilderment during public meetings about ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas that is used to sterilize half of the medical devices in the U.S. Beal, senior risk communication adviser for the Environmental Protection Agency, has…
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Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, C.D.C. Says
Spikes of fatalities linked to drinking that began with the Covid pandemic were not an anomaly. An estimated 178,000 people died in 2021 from similar causes. By Christina Jewett and Jan Hoffman Feb. 29, 2024 The Latest News Alcohol-related deaths surged in the United States by nearly 30 percent in recent years, with roughly 500 Americans dying each…
Read MoreCommunity Reacts After Human Trafficking Sting Operation
By Alejandra Hernández Published: Feb. 26, 2024 at 6:47 PM MST To watch the video report click here. JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Residents in Jonesboro said they were shocked to learn a sting operation identified dozens of human trafficking victims in the area. On Monday, Feb. 26, Arkansas State Police said five women believed to be victims of…
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One More Child Sounds Alarm on Human Trafficking During “See it. Say it. Stop it.” Event at Texas A&M University
One More Child Fri, Mar 1, 2024, 3:26 PM MST Anti-trafficking experts, advocates and law enforcement discuss myths and realities behind human trafficking and share how to effectively combat it Anti-Trafficking Panel Discussion COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Experts, advocates, and law enforcement professionals gathered for a one-night event at Texas…
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Cook County Special Victims Unit Warning Migrants About Sex Trafficking
By Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones, Maggie Green and Adriana Aguilar Monday, February 26, 2024 To watch video report, click here. CHICAGO (WLS) — Many of the 36,000 migrants in Chicago moved here to escape violence and crime. Now they are in need of protection from a despicable criminal element here: sex traffickers. The…
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