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Driven by its mission to heal even the most critically ill patients across the Rio Grande Valley, DHR Health recently provided extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to its 100th patient since the program’s inception in 2023. ECMO is medicine’s most sophisticated life support system that can save lives even when a ventilator and strong medications cannot.

Millions of Americans are expressing anger, fear, and confusion on social media after learning that enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies expired at the end of 2025, leading to higher monthly health insurance costs in 2026. While the ACA itself remains in place, the loss of temporary financial assistance has changed what many people now pay for coverage.

Weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 20 inches in length, Little Samuel arrived at The Maternity Center at South Texas Health System Edinburg at 6:38 a.m., making him the first newborn delivered at an STHS facility in 2026.

DHR Health Women’s Hospital rang in the New Year with a joyful milestone: the birth of its first baby of 2026.