BROWNSVILLE, RGV - Dr. Joseph B. McCormick, the regional dean of The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston’s School of Public Health in Brownsville, is stepping down.
But, as he and his colleagues said at a fiesta held...
PHARR, Texas - Rio Grande Valley elected officials say it is unfair to let Europeans who have received a vaccination for Covid-19 enter the United States but not those from Mexico.
“Obviously that is not fair. If you are vaccinated,...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - An additional 70 COVID-19 related death cases has taken the total number of coronavirus fatalities in Cameron County to more than a thousand.
Cameron County Public Health reported 70 COVID-19 related death cases on Friday. Cameron County...
McALLEN, Texas - The inaugural South Texas Advance Symposium on Trauma & Critical Care, hosted by the South Texas Health System McAllen Trauma Department, took place over three days last week.
Trauma is the leading cause of death for individuals...
WESLACO, Texas - The Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council is struggling to get COVID-19 vaccines to more than 2,200 elderly clients who are too frail to leave their homes.
The issue was discussed at an LRGVDC board meeting this...
HARLINGEN, Texas - One of the most vocal supporters of remote instruction in the Rio Grande Valley is urging Gov. Greg Abbott to sign Senate Bill 15 into law.
Ron Whitlock is a former educator and state president of the...
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas - Legendary Starr County physician and Baylor College of Medicine Trustee, Dr. Antonio 'Tony' Falcon is set to announce new clinical trials to research Alzheimer’s Disease in his community.
Dr. Falcon (pictured above) will be working...
PORT ISABEL, Texas - A member of the Angry Tias and Abuelas group has welcomed a move by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release some migrants and asylum seekers who may be medically vulnerable to COVID-19.
However, Madeleine Sandefur says...
SAN BENITO, Texas - The City of San Benito has moved swiftly to switch from offering the Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine to the one offered by Moderna.
A clinic set up in conjunction with the Texas Army National...
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas - Governmental bodies in Starr County have given their support for a plan devised by the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company for Mexican nationals to get their Covid-19 vaccinations at the Rio Grande City bridge.
The bridge company,...
