Health & Wellness

ACL injuries are among the most common sports injuries with somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 ruptures every year in the U.S. alone, according to Corewell Health.

HARLINGEN — There's the rushing and the colliding and the crashing beneath the bright lights and the cheering crowds.

EDINBURG — Five-year-old Roberto Cortez was stressed Friday morning when he realized he couldn't fit something into his backpack. The Mission youngster with thick-framed eyeglasses looked up at his mom for help, with an expression that would melt any mother's heart.

Although the sensation was terrifying, 15-year-old Dante Enriquez didn’t know at the time that what was happening to him was not normal.

HARLINGEN — Be a life changer.

The start of the 2024-25 school year is rapidly approaching. In a little more than a month, children across the Rio Grande Valley will be returning to the classroom for another year of learning.

There’s no place like home.

MISSION — A white canopy with a dazzling chandelier in the center stood at the entrance as guests made their way into the Mission Event Center on Thursday to celebrate Mission Regional Medical Center's 70th anniversary.

Cool off and do a good deed. That's the idea as Dairy Queens in the Rio Grande Valley and Corpus Christi areas will be donating 50% of all Blizzard sales to Driscoll Children's Hospital on Thursday.

SAN JUAN — For 25 years, Operation Border Health Preparedness has provided Valley residents much needed free medical services from immunizations for all ages to dental services to vision exams with a mobile lab to make prescription glasses at location.