A new study of more than one million births led by McMaster University researchers has found that gaining too much weight during pregnancy, regardless of a person’s starting weight, is linked to a higher risk of life-threatening maternal complications.

DHR Health Brownsville is bringing families together for a day of wellness and fun at its 2nd Annual Fall Fest and Health Fair. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on October 24, 2026, at the DHR Health Brownsville Hospital, at 4750 North Expressway 77, in north Brownsville. The event is free and open to the public.

For 68-year-old Robert Kennedy, a retired Florida Power and Light foreman, the secret to managing his Parkinson symptoms is movement.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Hibsago (bepirovirsen) injection, in combination with existing antiviral therapy, to treat chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in certain adults without cirrhosis.