Shelby Jouppi (@shelbyjouppi.bsky.social)

Will Texas Finally Address the Alzheimer’s Crisis in The Rio Grande Valley? The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is engulfed in an Alzheimer’s crisis. That disease -- and other forms of dementia -- is afflicting the Valley’s mostly Latino residents and taxing their caregivers. As Public Health Watch staff writer Raquel Torres reported August 7, Texas ranks second in the nation for Alzheimer’s deaths and third in prevalence. But the state’s lack of funding for memory care and support, along with its ongoing refusal to expand Medicaid, is making matters worse. https://publichealthwatch.org/2025/08/18/will-texas-finally-address-the-alzheimers-crisis-in-the-rio-grande-valley/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social