HEALTH CARE
Senior Occupational Therapist Aaron Coolidge, center, demonstrates unloading technology available to patients at the new clinic. (Courtesy Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital)
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital launches new physical therapy clinic
Spectrum of Hope added a Tomball location in February. (Courtesy Spectrum of Hope)
Spectrum of Hope opens location in Tomball
In response to a global coronavirus outbreak, Harris County launched a rumor-control website and increased Harris County Public Health’s budget for fiscal year 2020-21 in hopes of giving the agency greater capacity to deal with such diseases. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Harris County ups public health budget, launches coronavirus rumor-control website
The Woodlands-based DNA plasmid manufacturer was selected to produce a coronavirus vaccine for human clinical trials. Courtesy VGXI, Inc.
Amid coronavirus concerns, The Woodlands-based VGXI to participate in vaccine production campaign
Memorial Hermann currently operates three diagnostic labs around its medical center in Shenandoah. (Ben Thompson/Community Impact Newspaper)
Quest Diagnostics to acquire Memorial Hermann diagnostic labs
HCA Houston Healthcare now has two helicopter ambulances. (Courtesy HCA Houston Healthcare)
HCA Houston unveils new helicopter ambulance, training program
Houston-area hospitals to close include the Tomball, Spring, Heights and Bay Area locations of Kindred Hospital, according to the statement. (Anna Lotz/Community Impact Newspaper)
Kindred Healthcare to close 6 Houston, Dallas locations
New information from the American Cancer Society shows continued declines in cancer incidence rates and deaths in Texas. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Recent data shows rates of new cancer cases, deaths continue to decline in Texas
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe multidisciplinary team
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe develops new heart surgery alternative
Licensed registered nurses can earn the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree to be better prepared for leadership and management roles. (Courtesy Lone Star College)
Lone Star College approved to offer bachelor’s degree programs in 2020
Memorial Hermannn The Woodlands Medical Center Ben Thompson/Community Impact Newspaper
Regional hospital systems expand around The Woodlands
Your 2019 senior living guide in south Montgomery County
One of the major themes found in the report was a nearly 24-year range in average lifespan that varied across the county from as low as 65 years to as high as 89 years. According to the report, the Memorial/Bear Creek area has the highest average lifespan, while the East Little York/Settegast area has the lowest. (Courtesy Harris County Public Health)
Benchmark study reveals 24-year lifespan variance, high obesity rates and limited health care access across Harris County
County takes hard line with recent state cannabis laws, requires THC lab testing
Members of Houston Methodist's leadership team and board of directors participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a $240 million expansion of The Woodlands hospital Sept. 27. Ben Thompson/Community Impact Newspaper
Houston Methodist begins work on $240 million The Woodlands Hospital expansion