Category Archives: Vaccination & Immunization

Adult Medicine, Advocacy, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Public Affairs, Public Health, Vaccination & Immunization

Good news in the fight against Zika virus in Texas. From the Governor’s office:

Posted on by Brian Block
13
Dec

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) today awarded the State of Texas a $5 million grant for Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) in order to combat the Zika virus. The grant comes as part of the supplemental Zika funding awarded by Congress to increase public health preparedness and response funding to protect Americans from …

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Adult Medicine, Family Medicine, OB/GYN & Maternity, Pediatrics, Vaccination & Immunization

KPRC Channel 2 Visits Legacy Community Health to Bust Flu Myths

Posted on by Brian Block
03
Oct

KPRC Channel 2’s Health Reporter Haley Hernandez sat down with Legacy Community Health to discuss flu season.

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Adult Medicine, OB/GYN & Maternity, Pediatrics, Public Affairs, Public Health, Vaccination & Immunization

Texas Remains Vigilant as First Local Transmission of Zika in the United States Consumes Florida

Posted on by Brian Block

By: Brianna DAlessio South, Marketing Specialist In a historic move, the Centers for Disease Control advised pregnant women yesterday not to travel to a neighborhood outside of Miami because of the Zika virus. That neighborhood has seen 14 cases of locally transmitted cases of the virus, a first in the United States. The 500+ other …

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Advocacy, HIV/STD Screening & Treatment, Public Affairs, Public Health, Vaccination & Immunization

A Cure for AIDS is No Longer Unthinkable

Posted on by Brian Block
18
Jul

The Washington Post has this write up of the 21st Annual AIDS Conference in South Africa this week. Legacy’s leading policy advocate for HIV/AIDS, Venita Ray, is attending the conference. From the Post: Not many years ago, the idea of defeating the resilient virus that causes AIDS was far-fetched. But as 18,000 people gather this …

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Adult Medicine, OB/GYN & Maternity, Public Affairs, Public Health, Vaccination & Immunization

Amid Congressional Inaction, Legacy Confirms More Patients Testing Positive for Zika Virus

Posted on by Brian Block
07
Jul

Three additional patients, pregnant moms, are testing positive for the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

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Adult Medicine, Family Medicine, Public Affairs, Public Health, Vaccination & Immunization

First Legacy Patient Tests Positive for Zika as Houston Flooding Sure to Boost Mosquito Population

Posted on by Brian Block
21
Apr

Health center re-issues advisory to its patients. And to Congress. HOUSTON – Legacy Community Health, one of the nation’s largest community health centers, today announced its first patient, a pregnant woman, testing positive for Zika virus.  The woman had lived in El Salvador, where the virus is widespread, prior to coming to the U.S. earlier this year, …

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