Mission CISD students learn about the medical field through STHS conference
Mission Junior High School students interested in a career in the medical field participated in a Friday conference hosted by South Texas Health System.
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Mission Junior High School students interested in a career in the medical field participated in a Friday conference hosted by South Texas Health System.
PUEBLO DE PALMAS, Texas — On a blistering morning this week, the kitchen sink in Kathy Quilatan’s house was delivering only sputtering water. With temperatures climbing into triple digits most afternoons these days, she knew exactly what she had to do to keep her two young children, ages 2 and 6, from overheating. She gathered several plastic containers and set out on a quest for water. The neighbors could not help: Problem-plagued delivery systems have meant that entire neighborhoods like Quila
Trying to keep cool during a record-setting summer is a social divide for residents of low-income colonias, where running water can be in short supply.
One in every 10 people in the U.S. have diabetes, but the numbers are believed to be even higher here in the Rio Grande Valley.
Understanding diabetes is hard enough for adults, and South Texas Health System is making sure young students in the Valley are educated on it.