HEALTH CARE
Dr. Michelle Legall, owner of Integrity Family Healthcare in Humble, prepares mock patient Taryn Powe for a Botox procedure at the site of her future practice in Kingwood. (Wesley Gardner/Community Impact Newspaper)
Integrity Family Healthcare emphasizes holistic wellness practices along with medicine
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Judge blocks Texas’ pre-Roe abortion law, temporarily resuming abortions for 2 weeks
A doctor with a parent and child
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: What’s next for Texas?
Health care advocates in Texas and Houston said they are worried about what could happen when a provision freezing Medicaid unenrollment ends and millions of people have their safety nets put into jeopardy. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Looming end of Medicaid unenrollment freeze sounds alarms
Jeff Evans of NWS speaking on heat safety at June 22 2022 conference
As Houston area sees record June temperatures, experts urge heat caution
Texas has been working to address its higher-than-average rates of maternal mortality and morbidity for several years. These rates continue to climb across the U.S., and experts said Black women and women who have babies later in life face the highest risks of complications in pregnancy and childbirth. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Maternal mortality rates on the rise in Harris County
Compare vaccination data in these 7 Houston-area counties
Text reads: Q and A with Rebecca Farrell, Program and outreach director, Central Texas National Association on Mental Illness. Included headshot of Rebecca Farrell
Q&A: NAMI Central Texas program director speaks on pandemic and mental health
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office introduces initiative to raise law enforcement awareness for autistic residents
Here’s the state of health care employment in Greater Houston
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Compare 2022 health rankings for these 7 Houston-area counties
doctors and nurses walk around in a modern hospital setting
Looming end of Medicaid protections sounds alarms
Memorial Hermann Health System on May 31 named Phillip Chang as its new senior vice president and chief medical and quality officer. (Courtesy Memorial Hermann Health System)
Memorial Hermann Health System names new senior vice president, chief medical quality officer
Lone Star Family Health Conroe
Lone Star Family Health Center in Conroe celebrates 20th anniversary
Harris County commissioners approved an interlocal agreement with the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston to evaluate local opioid overdose reduction efforts on May 24. (Courtesy Pexels)
Harris County invests $306K to evaluate efforts to reduce opioid overdoses
Memorial Hermann Health System named Bryan Sisk as the health care network's senior vice president and chief nursing executive. (Courtesy Memorial Hermann Health System)
Memorial Hermann names new vice president, chief nursing executive
Months after Abbott Nutrition—the largest infant formula manufacturer in the U.S.—initiated a voluntary recall of several lines of powdered formula, parents across the U.S. are still struggling to find formula in stores. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Expert offers tips for parents amid nationwide baby formula shortage
Harris County Emergency Services District No. 11's new 911 call center has been fully operational since April as the remainder of the first phase of the district's new 43-acre nears completion. (Wesley Gardner/Community Impact Newspaper)
Harris County ESD 11 officials tout state-of-the-art campus in Spring
Harris County Emergency Services District No. 11 commissioners postponed the ceremony to swear incoming Board Members Dorothy Dalton and Zach Dunlap until the board's May 19 meeting. Dalton and Dunlap will be taking over for Commissioners Fred Grundmeyer (left) and Kevin Brost (second from right). (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Scheduling conflicts postpone swearing-in ceremony for new Harris County ESD 11 commissioners