Health
6/13/2025
Brownsville woman reflects on husband's challenges as he combats rare brain disorder
Posted 10:11 AM 6/14/2025 by Karen Lucero
A Brownsville woman is sharing her husband's story.
Navy veteran, U.S. Border Patrol agent, ATF special agent and a private investigator, those are all titles held by Gerlad Plot.
But there is one more that he earned more than a decade ago.
"We've been married 14 years. (More)...
6/11/2025
Texas public health departments brace for another $119 million in federal cuts
Posted 2:55 PM 6/12/2025 by TERRI LANGFORD | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
6/10/2025
Kennedy's new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation
Posted 6:44 PM 6/11/2025 by MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week.
They include a scientist who researched mRNA vaccine technology and became a conservative darling for (More)
6/9/2025
DHR Health surgeon discusses Scoliosis Awareness Month
Posted 3:53 PM 6/10/2025 by Christian von Preysing
DHR Health orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Jaime Villarreal discuses what scoliosis is in he video above as part of Scoliosis Awareness Month.
6/8/2025
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Posted 3:17 PM 6/9/2025 by LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.
Major physicians groups criticized the move to oust all 17 (More)
