Health & Wellness

Only six months after the launch of the South Texas Health System robotic program, its heart hospital is celebrating its 100th robotic surgery using the da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical System.

HARLINGEN — Get the shot!

DHR Health will begin offering liver transplants within the next month or so and is only pending the hiring of necessary personnel.

Veterans living in the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend region now have the option of getting a free lift to and from medical appointments via VA Uber Health Connect (VUHC), a new Veterans Health Administration program aimed at eliminating transportation as an issue for veterans who need health care.

It's no secret that the nation has faced a nursing and doctor shortage since the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when medical professionals worked under extreme circumstances at their own peril and often without rest for days. Among those who underwent the most challenges were healthcare facilities that experienced staffing shortages, especially in the nursing field which further emphasized a need for healthcare workers.

HARLINGEN — The time of laughter and singing and families gathering for food and fun and the bringing in of the New Year is now upon us.

BROWNSVILLE — There's a woman here who can still have kids.

Christmas Day, perhaps more than most holidays, brings families together to enjoy a big feast.

HARLINGEN — When Gil Tello walked into OrthoCare a few months ago, he never expected to meet a student he hadn't seen in years.

South Texas Health System physicians are advising residents to get vaccinated as they begin to see an uptick in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.