Health
4/2/2026
Heart of the Valley: Man shares his experience taking part in Valley clinical trial for new weight loss pill
Posted 1:25 PM 4/3/2026 by Astrid Mendez
A man is taking part in a clinical trial happening in the Rio Grande Valley for a weight loss pill recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for obesity.
The pill was also developed to treat type 2 diabetes.
Miguel Villarreal ended up in the emergency room two years (More)
4/1/2026
Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs
Posted 11:11 AM 4/2/2026 by ALI SWENSON Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Two-year-old Bain Brandon has Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin to live. But even with health insurance, the price tag isn't cheap.
A one-month supply of insulin vials and a three-month supply of backup pens for the Mississippi toddler cost his parents $194 last week (More)
3/30/2026
“Don’t take me to the hospital”: Undocumented immigrants in Texas are delaying medical care
Posted 1:15 PM 3/31/2026 by Colleen DeGuzman, Stephen Simpson and Terri Langford, DATA ANALYSIS BY Dan Keemahill
After missing her chair and falling on the tile floor during a child’s birthday party last October, the 54-year-old Edinburg woman begged: “Don’t take me to the hospital.”
Her head was throbbing and sharp pain stretched down her back. The woman, an undocumented (More)
