Tag: Health
High-tech cath lab in Edinburg designed to prevent lower limb amputations
EDINBURG — A new $6 million investment at South Texas Health System Edinburg is aiming to prevent lower limb amputations among residents with cardiac or diabetic conditions, an all-too familiar occurrence in the Rio Grande Valley.
Facing a nursing shortage, Valley health experts gauge the post-pandemic landscape
It's no secret that there is often more work than hands at healthcare facilities across the nation, which the COVID-19 pandemic helped to further exploit in 2020, but nowhere was this more apparent at the time than in the nursing field.
Doctors concerned with viral infections among infants in Valley, Texas
An early peak of viral infections in Texas children, including the Rio Grande Valley, is prompting concern among parents and health officials trying to stave off a triple-threat at home, hospitals and doctor’s offices.
3-year-old first Valley minor to possibly die from flu
A 3-year-old child who tested positive for the flu died this week and is now suspected of being the first minor in Hidalgo County to have died from the flu this year.
Are you a mosquito magnet? It could be your smell
With flu hospitalizations rising, Hidalgo County urges vaccinations
Flu hospitalizations are on the rise throughout Hidalgo County, prompting officials to advise residents to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Seven more COVID deaths, more than 1,000 new cases reported in RGV this week
At least seven more Rio Grande Valley residents are reported to have died due to COVID-19 related complications with Hidalgo County reaching another milestone in their death toll earlier this week.
Brownsville ISD to provide flu shots to faculty, staff
Heading into flu season, the Brownsville Independent School District is following lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic by purchasing doses of the QAV high-dose flu vaccine to vaccinate faculty and staff against the seasonal flu.
RGV-based rock band The Ticking Clocks raises suicide awareness with music
It begins simply but rhythmically — a kickdrum, then snare, beating in a hopeful but reckoning rhythm that is then combined with upbeat keys and a subdued guitar accompaniment, all in a glimmer of light in the darkness.
STHS Edinburg unveils five-story facility designed to expand healthcare access
EDINBURG — South Texas Health System has officially opened its long-awaited five-story, $100 million patient tower heavily touted as a medical facility designed to increase access to health care in the Rio Grande Valley.