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    Hidalgo County opens new Public Health Facility in Edinburg

    EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday for its new Public Health Facility in Edinburg. The $8 million facility was funded in part by the United States Housing and Urban Development in partnership with the Hidalgo County Urban County Program. The state-of-the-art, 10,000-square-foot laboratory was constructed within Precinct 4 and []

  • New CDC report denies link between COVID shots and sudden deaths in young adults

    Critics said the researchers looked only at data in one state, limited the study period to 100 days post-injection, and failed to use appropriate search terms for finding possible cases of cardiac death related to COVID vaccination.

  • Fannin County indicts 37 new cases

    By Jerrie Whiteley Herald Democrat Fannin County grand jurors met last week and returned indictments on 37 of the 39 cases that they considered according… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

  • Wood County reports second flood-related drowning death

    Deaths happen in consecutive weeks in Davisville area.

  • Federal judge orders Alameda County to review death penalty cases

    Dozens of death penalty convictions in Alameda County must be reviewed after prosecutors there were found to have intentionally excluded Black and Jewish jurors during a murder trial in 1995, a federal judge ordered. Handwritten notes from prosecutors in the decades-old case suggests the attorneys were involved in "serious misconduct," but Alameda County Dist. Atty. Pamela Price on Monday said additional evidence suggests more death penalty cases may have been tainted by prosecutors trying to...

  • NYS Health Department Warning Residents About Hepatitis A Case in Yates County

    The State Health Department is warning residents about a confirmed case of Hepatitis A in Yates County. Due to increased travel over spring break, the department wants residents to be informed and take action to protection their health by receiving a free hepatitis A vaccine if they were exposed. Customers who consumed food and/or drinks […]

  • Two new Covid symptoms to look out for as further rise in cases confirmed in Ireland

    The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has today reported a further rise in confirmed cases of the JN.1 Covid variant in Ireland

  • CU Boulder to offer new bachelor’s degree in public health

    The University of Colorado Boulder will offer a bachelor of arts degree in public health beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, following high demand from students.

  • CDC Study Doesn't 'Debunk' Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines & Sudden-Deaths

    CDC Study Doesn't 'Debunk' Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines & Sudden-Deaths Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study does not disprove a link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden deaths among young people, contrary to claims. The study, published by the CDC’s quasi-journal on April 11, analyzed death certificates from Oregon for people aged 16 to 30 who died between June 2021 and December 2022. Among...

  • Proposed L.A. County budget adds mental health workers, homelessness funding

    Los Angeles County's proposed budget for next year is about $1.4 billion smaller than the previous year's but adds more mental health workers and increases funding to address homelessness. County Chief Executive Fesia Davenport said at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting that her budget of $45.4 billion ensures that the county can provide crucial safety net services while remaining financially solvent. The budget recommends spending $728.2 million in Measure H funding to hire more homeless...

  • New law promises retail workers in unincorporated L.A. County 'fair workweek'

    Workers at big retail and grocery stores in unincorporated L.A. County can retain a little more control over their schedules — and rely a little less on managers’ whims — starting next summer. On Tuesday, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to require that employers give those workers their schedules two weeks in advance, compensate them for last-minute schedule changes and space out their shifts by at least 10 hours. The ordinance, which will go into effect July 2025, applies to any...

  • GBI: New evidence found in 2015 Telfair County double murder case

    MCRAE-HELENA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said Monday investigators have found new evidence in a case involving the January 2015 deaths of Bud and June Runion. According to a GBI news release, a citizen found a .22 caliber rifle on April 14 while magnet fishing in Horse Creek on Old Prison Camp Road. “The same person