Tag: Health

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Flu hospitalizations are on the rise throughout Hidalgo County, prompting officials to advise residents to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

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.

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.

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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.