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DHR Health recognized by the American Heart Association
Award demonstrates DHR Health’s commitment to quality care for stroke patients with some of the fastest door-to-treatment times in the nation. Edinburg, TX— DHR Health has received the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. The award…
Read MoreCVS COVID-19 testing site coming to Mission
As part of a move to add more than 2,000 new COVID-19 drive-thru test sites at select CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide by mid-October, a new COVID-19 testing site is coming to Mission on Friday. Located at 2300 North Conway in mission, the new location is one of 400 new testing sites opening to the public on Friday,…
Read MoreHidalgo County reports ‘unexpected surge’ in new cases
Following what officials are calling an “unexpected surge” in new COVID-19 cases, the total amount of known positive cases of the disease now stands 30,046 after 325 people tested positive for the disease Wednesday. On Tuesday, 202 people tested positive for the disease. Wednesday also saw 20 more COVID-19 deaths in the county, Hidalgo County Judge…
Read More19 more Hidalgo County residents die from COVID-19 complications, 202 new cases
19 Hidalgo County residents died Tuesday from COVID-19 complications on the same day another 202 people tested positive for the virus, according to a news release from the county. The latest case totals bring the count of people in the county who have died from this disease to 1,450 while the total number of known positive…
Read MoreMission CISD varsity athletes to resume in-person athletics
Student varsity athletes at Mission CISD will have a competitive season after district officials announced Tuesday the return of in-person student athletics for varsity sports, Athletes will return beginning Monday, Sept. 28, the district said in a news release. “After cautiously and meticulously assessing all data gathered, the decision has been made to take a…
Read MoreHidalgo County reports lowest number of new COVID-19 infections in weeks, 22 deaths
On the day new orders were implemented in the county Hidalgo County Health officials reported a total of 73 new positive cases of COVID-19 as well as 22 additional deaths. The latest case totals bring the count of people in the county who have died from this disease to 1,431 while the total number of positive COVID-19…
Read MoreHidalgo County COVID-19 death count climbs past 1,400, 111 new cases reported
Hidalgo County reported 28 more people died from COVID-19 related complications over the weekend while 111 new positive cases were logged into the county database The latest case totals bring the count of people in the county who have died from this disease to 1,409 while the total number of people who have tested positive for the…
Read MoreHidalgo County judge lifts shelter at home order
New protections for Winter Texans implemented The county’s current Shelter at home order will officially end Monday at midnight as new protections for Winter Texans will go into effect Monday, September 14 at 12:01 a.m. and go into effect until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, September 27. Despite the lifting of the order, the county-wide curfew will…
Read MoreHidalgo County sees 26 more COVID-19 deaths
Friday saw a total of 26 more Hidalgo County residents die from complications of COVID-19 with an additional 126 others testing positive, bringing the total count of people in the county who have died from the disease to 1,381 while the county now has a total of 29,335 COVID-19 cases. 2,071 of those cases remain…
Read MoreSharyland campus to reopen next week
As the county continues to wait for any signs of a spike in new COVID-19 cases following the Labor Day holiday, the Sharyland school district announced Thursday it would reopen one of its campuses to students next week before giving parents the option of letting the parents return to school next month. During a special…
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