HEALTH CARE
A health expert with Baylor College of Medicine provides advice to stay safe and healthy while celebrating Thanksgiving with family. (Karolina Grabowska/Pexels)
Baylor College of Medicine: Tips for staying safe and healthy this Thanksgiving as the pandemic continues
PTSD Foundation of America seeks to reduce veteran suicides
Texas Medical Center coronavirus update: ICU numbers drop almost 20%; new hospitalizations plateau
Abacep Testosterone & Weight Loss Clinic opened in October. (Courtesy Pexels)
Abacep Testosterone & Weight Loss Clinic now open in Cy-Fair
(Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Texas Medical Center coronavirus updates: New hospitalizations continue decline as patient numbers drop below 400
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has lowered the COVID-19 threat level to Level 2: Orange. (Courtesy Harris County Public Health)
Harris County lowers COVID-19 threat level
As vaccinations lag in Cy-Fair, experts say herd immunity may be unattainable
The FDA on Oct. 29 authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to include those in the 5-11 age group. (Courtesy Pexels)
FDA greenlights Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5-11
Medical experts from Texas Medical Center institutions are offering helpful advice to stay safe during Halloween. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Trick-or-treating during COVID-19: Tips to stay safe this Halloween
In August, Harris County officials worked with regional nonprofit Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council to find and hire nurses that were needed in Greater Houston-area hospitals amid a surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Harris County wraps up $30M emergency nurse procurement initiative
From left, Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, Wayne Young, CEO of The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, and Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis announced a new community-initiated mental health care project during a press conference Oct. 26. (Screenshot via Facebook Live)
Harris County officials unveil new three-year $8.93M community-initiated mental health care initiative
(Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Texas Medical Center coronavirus updates: Average daily hospitalizations continue decline, drop below 100 since early July
Texas Medical Center: Coronavirus patient numbers drop 25% in one week, dip below 800
State law now requires each county to establish an adult sexual assault response team. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Harris County to establish state-mandated sexual abuse response team
Texas Medical Center: Weekly average for COVID-19 hospitalizations continues downward trend, drops to lowest since mid-July
Psychiatry of Texas will relocate to 7877 Willow Chase Blvd. in Houston on Nov. 1. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Psychiatry of Texas to move to new location off of Hwy. 249 in Spring
(Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Texas Medical Center coronavirus updates: In 3 weeks, patient numbers drop 43%; ICU patients see nearly 24% decrease
Dozens of Carverdale residents gathered Aug. 21 to protest the proposed expansion of the Hawthorn Park Landfill on Tanner Road just southeast of the intersection of Hwy. 290 and Beltway 8. (Photo by Danica Lloyd/Community Impact Newspaper; Graphic design by Taylor White/Community Impact Newspaper)
Carverdale residents combat proposed landfill expansion
The new clinic opened in the Fairfield area in late August. (Courtesy Houston Methodist)
Houston Methodist Primary Care Group opens new Cypress clinic