UTHealth Researchers Find Diabetics at Higher Risk of Tuberculosis Infection
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston have announced that people in US-Mexico border communities who are living with diabetes have a three to five times higher risk of...
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21st Annual San Fernando Health & Safety Fair
The weather was beautiful but an early morning fire in downtown San Antonio caused a delay and some relocation of exhibit tables at the 21st Annual San Fernando Health & Safety Fair. The UT Health...
View ArticleCDC Feature notes significant health disparities among Hispanics/Latinos
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month was celebrated from September 15 – October 15. In a “CDC Feature,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that despite the fact that more than 50 million...
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South Texas to Benefit from$5.3 Million Grant Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc. has recently awarded a $5.3 million grant to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San...
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March is National Nutrition Month
We have a serious situation on our hands. For the first time in the history of the world we are seeing great progress in the near complete eradication of hunger. While we have not solved the problem...
View ArticleTexas-Mexican Border Study finds pesticides a BIG problem.
HARLINGEN,TX— Air samples from homes of Hispanic mothers-to-be along the Texas-Mexico border contained multiple pesticides in a majority of the houses, according to a study conducted by the School of...
View ArticleLook What’s Coming in February and March, 2013!
ABCD Workshop Asset Based Community Development Bringing Together: UT Health Science Center researchers, public health workers, area health professionals, community health workers (Promotores), public...
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March is National Nutrition Month
We have a serious situation on our hands. For the first time in the history of the world we are seeing great progress in the near complete eradication of hunger. While we have not solved the problem...
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