Family & Community Health In Hopkins County
Johanna Hicks Note: This is the 5th in a series of Extension program impacts for 2022 By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent For Family and Community Health in Hopkins County, [email protected]. I want to start by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. I know this is a bittersweet time for many as they have experienced loss, financial issues, illness, breakdown of relationships and other hardships in 2022. However, we all...
Dr. David Sargent Honored At Retirement Celebration For 14 Years As ENT Specialist With CHRISTUS Clinic
Staff, coworkers, family, friends and community members gathered Monday evening to wish Dr. David Sargent well as he embarks on the next chapter of life – retirement. Sargent has most recently served as an ear, nose and throat specialist with CHRISTUS in Sulphur Springs. Brad Burgin, Practice Manager for CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Specialty Clinics, said Sargent glorifies CHRISTUS’ five core values — dignity, excellence,...
Four EMS Staff Recognized During Hospital District Board Meeting — 3 Receive Pins For Efforts Saving A Life, 1 For 36 Years Service
Four Hopkins County EMS staff members were recognized during the regular December 2022 Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors meeting last week. Hopkins County EMS Director/Hospital District CEO Brent Smith recognizes Laura Ballard for 36 Years of Dedicated Service to Hopkins County EMS. Service Recognition Laura Ballard was recognized for 36 years of dedicated service with Hopkins County EMS, starting in 1986....
CHRISTUS Asks Community To Consider Donating Blood At Drive Friday To Help Bolster Supplies Through Holiday
December 19, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. Holiday Hours For CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic, Urgent Care, Virtual Announced By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Umair Sohail, M.D. New Gastroenterology Physician CHRISTUS proudly announces the...
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for the Treatment of High-Risk, Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
News Release — Dec. 16, 2022 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg), a non-replicating (cannot multiply in human cells) adenoviral vector based gene therapy indicated for the treatment of adult patients with high-risk Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumors. “This...
CHRISTUS Introduces New GI Doctor, To Celebrate Sargent For 14 Years Service In Hopkins With Retirement Reception
Sulphur Springs, Texas, December 12, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] New Gastroenterology Physician CHRISTUS proudly announces the addition of Umair Sohail, M.D., to our Gastroenterology team in Sulphur...
2023 Lights of Life Gala Sponsorships Now Available
Sulphur Springs, Texas – The17th annual Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Lights of Life Gala committee is moving ahead with plans for this popular event. Sponsorship invitations were mailed last week to approximately 750 businesses, organizations, and individuals. Last year’s Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Lights of Life Gala was elaborately decorated to follow the theme of Under the Big Top. The 2023 Gala will be...
DSHS Orders Recall For Oysters Harvested Nov. 17-Dec. 7 In Southeastern Galveston Bay Area From
DSHS News Release — Dec. 9, 2022 The Texas Department of State Health Services has ordered a recall of all oysters harvested in the TX 1 area of Southeastern Galveston Bay after reports of a few dozen cases of gastrointestinal illness among people who ate oysters from those waters. The recall includes oysters in the shell and shucked oysters harvested in the area from Nov. 17 through Dec. 7. (A map of Galveston Bay oyster areas is...
USFDA Authorizes Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines For Children Down To 6 Months of Age
FDA NEWS RELEASE — December 8, 2022 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the updated (bivalent) Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to include use in children down to 6 months of age. “More children now have the opportunity to update their protection against COVID-19 with a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, and we encourage parents and caregivers of those eligible to...
DXA Exams, Non-Invasive Bone Density Scans, Available At Ruth & Jack Gillis Women’s Center
Sulphur Springs, Texas, December 5, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Bone Density Osteoporosis affects 27 million American women, and those who are post-menopausal are at increased risk for developing the...
