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Terri Langford

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Covers:  Everything Texas.
Doesn't Cover: Anything NOT Texas.
@TexasTribune health services reporter. Pro-outdoors/bikes/dogs. Speaks fluent health care policy. terri.langford@texastribune.org

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Terri Langford’s Biography

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Editor/producer at Texas Standard, the national daily news show of Texas that airs on 29 public radio stations throughout the state.

Terri Langford’s Journalist Portfolio

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Private ambulances take Medicare, taxpayers for a ride

Private ambulances take Medicare, taxpayers for a ride

A look at how the private ambulances industry in Houston is connected to the for-profit mental health health …

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Doctors who oversee EMS companies sanctioned

Doctors who oversee EMS companies sanctioned

Some private EMS companies rely on sanctioned doctors.

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Medicare dollars mean payday for clinics

Medicare dollars mean payday for clinics

The mentally ill covered by Medicare often ferried by private ambulances to for-profit mental health clinics …

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Houston nightclub investor accused of Medicare fraud

Houston nightclub investor accused of Medicare fraud

A Houston nightclub investor and self-described millionaire with a trail of failed business deals has been ch…

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Riverside General Hospital of Houston's Third Ward faces latest struggle

Riverside General Hospital of Houston's Third Ward faces latest struggle

For decades, Riverside General Hospital huddled on a Third Ward corner like a health care stepchild in the sh…

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Officials investigate kids' illegal Medicaid rides to therapy

Officials investigate kids' illegal Medicaid rides to therapy

Data obtained by the Houston Chronicle shows the Medicaid-paid van service - set up decades ago to ferry low-…

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Measles vaccination rate for Texas kindergarteners increased slightly after 2025 outbreak

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By Terri Langford Verified
| Denton Record-Chronicle Verified
While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows. Of note in the latest report released by the Texas Department of State Health Services, the statewide measles coverage rate of kindergarteners increased from 93.2% to 93.3% after dropping about four percentage points in a decade.
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Measles vaccination rate for Texas kindergartners increased slightly after 2025 outbreak

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By Terri Langford Verified
| Denton Record-Chronicle Verified
While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows. Of note in the latest report released by the Texas Department of State Health Services, the statewide measles coverage rate of kindergarteners increased from 93.2% to 93.3% after dropping about four percentage points in a decade.
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Measles vaccination rate for Texas kindergarteners increased slightly after 2025 outbreak

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By Terri Langford Verified, Dan Keemahill
| KXXV-TV (Waco, TX) Verified
NewsTexas News Actions Facebook Tweet Email Prev Next Photo by: vaccine A coronavirus vaccine is now available in Russia. Posted 37 minutes ago and last updated 37 minutes ago While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Valdosta, Georgia bureau chief for the Florida Times-Union, covering nine counties.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. And I collect them.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Lisbeth Salander. Yes. She really is one. She did the work.

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Texas APME Star Reporter of the Year

2012 - Teas APME Star Reporter of the Year
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Texas Headliner's Foundation Star Reporter of the Year

2012 - Star Reporter
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AHCJ Award

2011 - Business Reporting, 1st Place
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