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Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Awarded Perinatal Certification from The Joint...

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Dr. Laura Seligman (at left), UTRGV associate professor of Psychological Science, and Dr. Liza Talavera-Garza, Psychological Science lecturer, are working on a study aimed at developing treatments that alleviate dental anxiety in children, making it possible for children and adolescents to get regular dental care and feel comfortable when visiting the dentist. Seligman and her research team were awarded a grant for $217,950 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to address the issue. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

Dr. Seligman Awarded Grant to Find Ways to Ease Dental Anxiety...

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Dr. Teresa Feria Arroyo, UTRGV associate professor of biology, discusses the results of monitoring program of Zika-carrying mosquitoes she and her students conducted earlier this year during a binational conference held Wednesday at the university’s Education Complex Borderlands Room in Edinburg. The binational meeting on the surveillance and control of vector-borne diseases included officials from UTRGV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and The National Center of Preventive Programs and Diseases Control (CENAPRECE). (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

US and Mexican health officials discuss results at binational Zika conference

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Dr. Leonel Vela (at left), UTRGV senior associate dean for Education and Academic Affairs and chair of the Department of Medical Education, has been recognized by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center F. Marie Hall Institute of Rural and Community Health – which he established during his time at Texas Tech – for his role in expanding access for the under-served in the state. He is shown here with his 2017 Rural Health Visionary Award with Dr. Billy Phillips, executive vice president of the institute. (Courtesy Photo)

Dr. Leonel Vela recognized for His Role in Expanding Healthcare Access...

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John García (at right), a UTRGV pre-med biology major and president of the Premedical Biomedical Society, and Gabriel Yáñez (at left), a UTRGV graduate biology student, are seen reviewing patient information at the Culture of Life Ministries nonprofit clinic in Harlingen. In all, 21 UTRGV undergraduate pre-med students are volunteering, under supervision, at the ministry, which has provided free medical services to community members in need, for more than a year. (Photo by David Pike)

UTRGV Pre-Med Students Lend a Hand at Nonprofit Clinic

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Scientists Successfully Eliminated a Genetic Disease from Human Embryos

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Dr. Zeeshan Afzal, a third-year medical resident in the UTRGV Family Medicine Residency Program at McAllen Medical Center, conducted a study on the prevalence of murine typhus, a flea-borne disease, in the Rio Grande Valley. The study concludes that the primary symptoms – high-grade fever, rash and body ache – often go misdiagnosed and can lead to more serious complications. He is urging primary care physicians to consider murine typhus when treating patients with acute fever. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

Flea-borne disease affecting the Valley, high-grade fever, rash and body ache...

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Unimóvil UTRGV School of Medicine mobile clinic is in Houston, providing...

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Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Welcomes Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

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A new family practice clinic has opened in Mercedes as part of a new Knapp Medical Center / UTRGV Family Practice Residency Program for the Mid-Valley (photo by Paul Chouy / UTRGV).

Publisher’s Word: Mercedes Texas is Home for Six New Family Practice...

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