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Why Some Texas Cities and Counties Had to Return Millions of Dollars Earmarked to Help Renters During the Pandemic

Why Some Texas Cities and Counties Had to Return Millions of Dollars Earmarked to Help Renters During the Pandemic

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers informed about Texas’ most essential news. In the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, the risk of mass evictions prompted the federal government to appropriate a historic amount of funding to help state and local governments maintain housing for low-income tenants. In two installments, …

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UT Dallas researchers use virtual reality to help amputees with phantom limb pain

UT Dallas researchers use virtual reality to help amputees with phantom limb pain

Every morning and every evening for a month, Dean Peterson put on virtual reality glasses to help him fall asleep. Once a heavy sleeper, he hadn’t slept well since having his left leg amputated in 2005. The carpenter and former Navy combat medic tossed and turned in his bed, kept awake by pain where his …

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