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July 1, 2020
In Houston, a Surge in Covid-19 Hospital Admissions
In an article about the growing strains on area hospitals, health economics fellow Vivian Ho noted that Houston's public hospitals, Ben Taub and Lyndon B. Johnson, do not have the financial resources to convert random areas into ICUs. “The problem is that, of course, there are going to be more patients who are going to be going to Ben Taub” because the virus is disproportionately affecting Black and Latino people in low-income communities, and Ben Taub is traditionally the safety net for those without health insurance.
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June 22, 2020
Jones to Track TX Legislature Voting Since 1836
“The data and analysis that emerge from this project will provide a unique window from which to observe important trends and events" in the political and social history of Texas, the country’s second-most-populous state, said political science fellow Mark Jones. 
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