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Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Every year, students at United Day School do their very best to help raise awareness and funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; this year will be no exception as they get ready for this year’s 2012 Walk to Cure Diabetes fundraiser event. On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 9:00 a.m., the
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX—The City of Laredo Health Department (CLHD) is celebrating National Public Health Week to highlight “A Healthier America Begins Today; Join the Movement!” Public Health through federal, state and local public health departments, is celebrating National Public Health Week (NPHW) to highlight what health departments do every day. “We provide disease
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX—Women’s Preventive and Early Detection Care and Family Planning is critical to support wellness, prenatal and post natal care as well good birth and well child outcomes. With over 600 adolescent (under 18) women pregnant each year, rise in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a disparity in cervical cancer and increase in
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, Texas — The City of Laredo Health Department (CLHD), through their HIV/AIDS Program, is joining the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in taking action against HIV/AIDS. On Monday, March 12, 2012, the City of Laredo Health Department will hold an event and information booth
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX—The City of Laredo Health Department (CLHD), in collaboration with the Laredo Health Coalition (LHC), introduced a new program Healthy Living/Viviendo Mejor (HLVM to increase diabetes prevention awareness activities, reduce risks of diabetes and chronic diseases and improve diabetes self management to prevent complications due to this illness, which affects many
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, The City of Laredo Health Department Continues to Offer FLU Vaccine Laredo, TX – The City of Laredo Health Department continues to encourage the public to get vaccinated against influenza (FLU). Recently, a child was confirmed to have contracted H1N1 influenza and this could have been prevented if vaccinated. The vaccine protects
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX—The City of Laredo Health Department (CLHD) would like to inform the public that there is a new change in immunization requirements for college entry students. It is now required by state statute that all college students get vaccinated against meningococcal disease, more commonly known as bacterial meningitis. This disease can
Mayor Salinas to get his yearly flu shot, encourages community to protect themselves with easy, safe and painless shot Laredo, TX— FLU vaccine is the most effective measure towards reducing the impact of influenza, especially for those at high risk that are more susceptible to respiratory complications and infections that send many to the emergency
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX – Laredo, TX – Join Mayor Raul G. Salinas and County Judge Danny Valdez for “A Day of Remembrance,” a special event to commemorate World Aids Day. “AIDS continues to be a public health concern even though there have been great strides in AIDS treatment and management” said Dr. Hector F.
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX—The City of Laredo Health Department (CLHD), in collaboration with the Laredo Health Coalition (LHC), is starting a new program to increase diabetes prevention awareness activities and improve diabetes self management to prevent complications. Both efforts will improve positive health outcomes. Healthy Living/Viviendo Mejor (HLVM) focuses on the family and community
