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Equal Cancer Protections for Female First Responders and Long Term Research
This bill not only adds to the presumptive cancer list those female specific cancers that have been added to such presumptive lists federally and in other states already, but it also creates the Texas First Responder Health Research Program in order to establish longitudinal studies to improve the health and safety of our first responder departments in Texas.
Changes in CDC Surveillance Did Not Cause the 2026 Cyclospora Outbreak
The changes at the NIH, CDC, and HHS more broadly are NOT the cause of the Cyclospora Outbreak. The monitoring programs and systems remained in place during this and all previous outbreaks exceeding 1,000. This specific outbreak is not due to changes at the CDC - its merely an outbreak that spread faster given its source and distribution compared to historical events.