Tag: Health

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.

Just talk to someone. The advice is deceptively simple, and can save a life.

For many Hidalgo County residents, access to health care is often out of reach, but on Friday those services came to them in Edinburg with another planned for Saturday.

Free medical services are being offered throughout the Rio Grande Valley this week by the Texas Department of State Health Services and its partners in an effort to prepare for disasters and public health emergencies.

Operation Border Health/Preparedness is around the corner, so get ready to receive a number of free health care services.

A series of free health screenings that began in June will continue Saturday morning.

The corporate operator of Harlingen Medical Center, Mission Regional Medical Center, and Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco has received a national award for improving patient safety and health-care quality.

EDINBURG — Weighing in at a grand total of two pounds seven ounces, little 12-day old Rebekah Espinosa finds herself at the forefront of a study at DHR Health Women’s Hospital that may ultimately help micro premature babies like her make it home from the hospital sooner and be healthier when they get there.

With May serving as National Stroke Awareness Month in the United States, local health experts are saying there’s no time like the present for...

DONNA — While the COVID-19 pandemic may not be over, the Rio Grande Valley has come a long way from those first days and weeks when the coronavirus sent fear and panic rippling through our community.