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New Ysleta del Sur Pueblo health clinic expands services

WEBThe Ysleta del Sur Pueblo has upgraded its health clinic to a larger, 78,000-square-foot space, adding a pharmacy, new medical equipment and more testing …

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El Paso temperatures soar, creating health risks for vulnerable

WEBEl Paso’s June is heating up and the triple-digit heat wave expected to last through next week could pose a health threat to some of the city’s most vulnerable.. To …

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Telehealth isn’t going away, El Paso medical providers say a year …

WEBIn the first quarter of 2020, funding rose to $788 million. It has tripled since the first quarter of 2019. Providers are putting more money into telehealth because it …

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Topped by pandemic, complex traumas have El Paso

WEBDeaths by suicide have been slowly on the rise in El Paso County since 2015, according to data from the Paso del Norte Health Foundation. From 2018 to 2020, …

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El Paso Diabetes Garage teaches men to manage disease

WEBJeannie Concha, an assistant professor of public health sciences at UTEP, held the first workshop in 2018 to teach men how to manage their diabetes by likening it …

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The opioid epidemic in El Paso: how local community works to …

WEBEl Paso was one of four Texas counties in the study’s pilot project. There were 96,779 drug overdose deaths in the United States between March 2020 and March …

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El Paso organizations expand mental health services in schools

WEBEmergence Health Network, a local agency that provides mental health services, offers on-campus therapy and case management in 10 different schools in El …

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Foster School of Medicine’s Student Clinic is a lifeline in El Paso’s

WEBFoster School of Medicine students check vitals of a patient at the Medical Student Run Clinic in the Spark colonia. Students regularly volunteer at the clinic, which …

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New mothers face uncertainty as Texas Medicaid extension hits snag

WEBTexas HHSC is unaware of anyone being inadvertently removed from Medicaid for Pregnant People during the Public Health Emergency, department …

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Help is out there for those in need of mental health support …

WEBThe Texas Department of Health and Human Service has launched a statewide mental health support lineto help Texans experiencing anxiety or stress due …

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El Paso raises salary for public health director position

WEBHe entered a formal contract in August 2023 with an annual salary of $160,000, according to records obtained by El Paso Matters. His contract runs for one …

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Texas budget includes $65 million for El Paso cancer center

WEBThe state of Texas will build a $97 million comprehensive cancer center on the Medical Center of the Americas campus, a large expansion of cancer treatment …

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TTUHSC El Paso and CPRIT announce grants to advance research, …

WEBFrom left: Andrea Sanchez, District Liaison for Texas State Rep. Lina Ortega, Jacob Cintron, President and CEO of University Medical Center of El Paso, …

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Outside the COVID-19 pandemic, diabetes and addiction remain …

WEBThe increase in diagnoses comes as El Paso’s case count is already above the state average. According to the latest Healthy Paso Del Norte data from 2018, 15% …

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Increases in college costs at EPCC, TTUHSCEP come after years of

WEBAt EPCC, trustees voted to raise the price of parking on campus as well as increases to 34 Continuing Education courses including 17 in Allied Health. An annual …

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Fox family gifts $25 million for the first comprehensive cancer …

WEB“Hope Begins Here” was the theme of the Tuesday announcement that the Fox family made a $25 million gift to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center …

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Lung report gives El Paso an ‘F’ in ozone pollution

WEBIn the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, El Paso County received an F in ozone pollution – the same failing grade it has received every …

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Opinion: Give nurse practitioners more authority in Texas

WEBOpinion: HEAL Texans Act bridges the health care gap for Texans. by Special to El Paso Matters March 24, 2023. The University of Texas at El Paso's School …

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‘The biggest fight’ yet: Environmental groups push for stricter

WEBAn area is in nonattainment when it has ozone levels that exceed federal pollution standards. Ozone pollution, also called smog, is formed when emissions from …

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