Laboratory testing at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei in an aromatherapy spray -- the same type of bacteria that sickened four people in the United States earlier this year.
Vitalant, the nonprofit blood provider, says it is in a critical blood and platelet shortage. About 1,000 additional donors a week are needed to ensure patient care.
The Texas Panhandle Poison Center (TPPC), managed by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, will provide local residents with an opportunity to properly dispose of all expired, unwanted or unnecessary medications.
Dr. Catherine Jones, an Oncologist and Texas Tech Physician, says mammograms are a good screening tool, but it’s up to all of us to know our bodies and recognize when something looks or feels different.
Like Covid, the symptoms may appear to be flu-like, which is why the health department wants physicians to be on the lookout for West Nile, and St. Louis Encephalitis as well.
Recently, Amy Schumer gained national attention wearing a hospital gown, trying to get the word out to women that what happened to her is very common and terribly painful but fixable.
The hope is that the Consumer Product Safety Commission will develop stricter standards in manufacturing button batteries. Last year alone, nearly 8,000 children were treated in emergency rooms after swallowing a battery that could get lodged and damage the lining of the esophagus within a half hour.
In a letter to TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, federal officials said the investigation will focus on whether or not students with disabilities who are at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19 are prevented from safely returning to in-person education, which would violate federal law, wrote Suzanne B. Goldberg, the acting assistant secretary for civil rights.
The City of Lubbock Public Health Department will host a clinic offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and school vaccinations at the Lubbock High School cafeteria on Saturday, September 18, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
We were there when Zeke Arredondo, a recent high school graduate, went back to UMC’s Pediatric Intensive Care to see where he scared so many, suffering from an illness that was new to the world.
UMC's flight team brought I'Keen to Lubbock in time, but in West Texas weather, that crew can't always fly. The hospital hopes to use Children's Miracle Network donations to buy an ambulance specifically for the neonatal transport team, to keep them swift on the ground.
Gov. Abbott announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is receiving up to $5 million in federal funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of an innovative program to help serve underserved Texans in rural hospitals throughout the state.
Covenant Health states while they are not currently requiring COVID-19 vaccines for caregivers, they are strongly encouraging health care workers and the public to get vaccinated, adding they are monitoring for updates to requirements from government officials.
The Public Health Department will be hosting a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic on Memorial Circle from 4 to 6 p.m., before Texas Tech’s first home game versus Stephen F. Austin on Saturday.
Biden's plan requires vaccines for any facility that receives Medicaid or Medicare funding, mainly hospitals. The mandate affects thousands of workers here in Lubbock.
During the city’s covid news conference today, we mostly heard about the need to vaccinate. But there was another strong message from that panel today, that if you get sick, there is treatment if you act early.
Trinity staff are prepared to do At Home Learning for a short period before returning to in person classes. The email states while the illness has not hit the student population hard, it has affected staff at a time when they say they are short substitute teachers.
A study by the Mayo Clinic applauds square dancing because it is a low impact form of aerobic exercise that burns a lot of calories, strengthens bones and helps with the cardiovascular system.
Beginning Monday, Aug. 30, the Amarillo VA Health Care System is asking patients to refrain from bringing visitors to the clinics, except for a caregiver. These clinic locations include Amarillo, Childress, Clovis, Dalhart and Lubbock.
The order comes two days after the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer vaccine. That raised questions about the fate of a previous Abbott order that prohibited vaccine mandates, but only for vaccines with emergency authorization.
As Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech Physician Dr. Sarah Wakefield wants people to remember that one thing always stays the same: The easiest and cheapest way to fight anxiety and depression is exercise.
Summer P-EBT, covering June through August, provides a one-time benefit of $375 per eligible child and can be used in the same way as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits to pay for groceries.
Beginning Wednesday, August 25, 2021, the new operating hours at the COVID-19 testing site at Clapp Park pool will change to 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday - Friday.
With the U.S. Food and Drug administration’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, Texas is in uncharted territory when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Mississippi Poison Control Center sent out a health alert Friday warning health leaders of potential toxicity related to a drug used to deworm livestock that some are using to treat and prevent COVID-19.
Texas school districts must now notify teachers, staff and students’ families of positive COVID-19 cases in classrooms or extracurricular or after-school programs, the Texas Education Agency announced in updated public health guidance Thursday.
This operation follows the Governor’s directive on August 9th that DSHS utilize staffing agencies to provide out-of-state medical personnel to Texas health care facilities to mitigate the surge of COVID-19 cases in Texas.
The plan, as outlined by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other top authorities, calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The doses could begin the week of Sept. 20.
