Besides the pandemic season, this is the highest number of influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported to DSHS for a single influenza season since reporting for this condition began in Texas in The reported deaths occurred during the week ending November 17, MMWR week 46 through the week ending April 27, week 17 ; one death occurred during the week ending September 28, week Subtyping of the influenza A virus was performed for three of the influenza A infections and for one co-infection; all of these viruses were identified as influenza A H3N2.
The median age at death was 9 years with patients ranging in age from 2 months to 17 years. Of the twenty reported cases, three cases were younger than 6 months of age, three cases were 6 months to 4 years of age, seven cases were 5 to 10 years of age, and seven cases were 11 to 17 years of age. The only influenza categories reportable by law in Texas for the —13 season included influenza-associated pediatric fatalities, outbreaks associated with influenza, and novel influenza A infections in humans.
Because there is no current reporting requirement for the majority of influenza illnesses, it is not known how many influenza-related illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths occur each year in Texas residents. A small number of influenza cases are reported voluntarily through sentinel surveillance networks composed of laboratories, hospitals, physicians, nurses, schools, and universities located throughout the state.
Additional resources include web-based influenza and ILI reporting systems, as well as local and regional health departments that gather data from surveillance participants in their jurisdictions. Influenza surveillance in Texas continues year-round, although in reduced capacity during the summer months. The goals of influenza surveillance are to determine when and where influenza viruses are circulating, if the circulating viruses match the vaccine strains, what changes are occurring in the viruses, what impact influenza is having on hospitalizations and deaths, and the severity of influenza activity.
The three main Texas influenza surveillance components are viral, morbidity, and mortality surveillance. Viral influenza surveillance at the state level consists of influenza test results reported by Texas laboratories in the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System NREVSS and specimens sent to public health laboratories for influenza surveillance testing.
Mortality surveillance includes influenza-associated deaths in children younger than 18 years of age. Therefore, active providers did not necessarily report every week of the influenza reporting season.
Providers submit weekly data on the number of patients with ILI by age group and the total patients seen by age group. Specimens collected from the first 10 ILI patients seen each week by each participating provider are tested for the presence of influenza and other respiratory viruses adenovirus, rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and parainfluenza virus. Texas participated in IISP for the first time during the —12 season. There should be no period of complete recovery between the illness and death.
Skip to content 3. Contact Us. Influenza types and subtypes identified by Texas public health laboratories, —13 season Specimen submission began to increase during the week ending November 10, week Table 1. Percentage of visits for influenza-like illness reported by providers in the Influenza Incidence Surveillance Project, Texas, —13 season Table 2. Gordon had a seventh place finish, while Johnson was running second as the laps wound down.
That runner-up finish would have given Johnson a point edge with two races remaining. Rather than settling for the safe bet and taking those 15 points out of Texas, Johnson got up on the wheel and chased down Matt Kenseth for the lead. The pair of champions commenced one of the greatest duels in recent memory, with Johnson's black and silver Chevrolet breaking sideways off every corner every lap.
Flirting with disaster that would have sewn up the championship for Gordon, Johnson finally slid past Kenseth with three laps to go and scooted away for his third-consecutive win.
Passing Kenseth doubled Johnson's gain on Gordon, giving him a point lead. He won again at Phoenix the following week to up the margin to 86, at which point Gordon walked into victory lane waving a white flag and conceding defeat. Johnson's run in Texas showcased not only his incredible car control - he should have wrecked off turn two nearly every lap of the battle with Kenseth - but also the type of racer the reigning and eventual four times champion was.
The bill amended the state's Woman's Right to Know Act , which required physicians to inform pregnant women of health complications and risks associated with abortion procedures. Miller's amendments required physicians to perform ultrasound readings before abortion procedures. Miller, a self-declared advocate for the anti- abortion movement, affirmed that the bill intended to conserve life by preventing abortions. Texas politicians, by passing House Bill 15, required physicians performing abortions in the state of Texas to provide real-time ultrasound images for any pregnant woman seeking abortions between 24 and 72 hours before she received the procedure.
An ultrasound is an image that captures a fetus inside a pregnant woman obtained through a medical sonogram-imaging device, which uses sound waves to visualize structures inside the body. The bill also required physicians to verbally explain the ultrasound results in a manner that women could understand, even if the pregnant women declined or resisted the information.
The explanation must include details about the size and developmental stage of the fetus. House Bill 15 also required physicians to play the sound of the fetus 's developing heart to women seeking abortions. After the pregnant woman views the ultrasound and hears the heart, according to the bill, the physician must receive the written consent of the pregnant woman certifying that she has received the required information.
If the woman chooses not to have the abortion procedure, the physician must provide her with information necessary to establish paternity. That information must describe benefits of determining paternity as well as steps necessary to obtain child support. The Center argued that House Bill 15 forced physicians to communicate, and pregnant women to hear, the anti- abortion political ideology of the State.
According to the Center, an ultrasound image does not constitute medical information necessary for pregnant women to decide whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. The Center argued that the bill only meant to discourage women in Texas from deciding to get an abortion , and the law thus violated federal law that protects women's right to abortions.
All three represented the State of Texas in the lawsuit, although only Lakey's last name appeared in the lawsuit's title. They sued the State of Texas in a class action lawsuit, meaning Metropolitan OBGYN was suing on behalf of all physicians who perform abortions in the state and all women who were or may become patients of any abortion providing facilities.
Therefore, the title of the case represents all of the Texas medical providers who provide abortion services. The Center filed a class action lawsuit to ensure that if any part of House Bill 15 were found to be unconstitutional, those sections of the bill would no longer apply to any of the medical practices and physicians performing abortions in the State of Texas.
The Center provided the lawyers who argued on behalf of Texas abortion providers as the case moved through different courts. Henceforth, this article refers primarily to the Center, as it represented all Texas abortion providers. During the preliminary hearing of the case, the Center, on behalf of all medical providers performing abortion services, requested that the State of Texas cease implementation of any sections of House Bill 15 for the duration of the trial a request called a preliminary injunction.
The preliminary injunction would prevent abortion providers from facing legal punishment for disobeying any aspect of the bill while the bill's constitutionality was being tested in court. To be granted a preliminary injunction, the Center needed to argue that the House Bill 15 was inconsistent with the US Constitution.
Those arguments were presented during the preliminary hearing and would need to convince Sparks that the district court would most likely find the bill unconstitutional. The Center challenged House Bill 15 on eight points while petitioning for a preliminary injunction.
Some questions remain. Will there be consequences for Mr. Perry after his defeat in the presidential primaries? His influence over the Legislature has been strong, but he may meet with resistance if lawmakers sense any political weakness. The current House has Republicans and 48 Democrats; the new one, which will begin its session in January, will have 95 Republicans and 55 Democrats. In one of the most closely watched races, Nick Lampson lost his bid to return to Congress.
He has had an up-and-down career: He was a congressman until redistricting forced him out in
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