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Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from By Special to the Rio Grande Guardian Delivering advanced care, driving positive outcomes and meeting the evolving healthcare needs of the Rio Grande Valley have helped South Texas Health System (STHS) Edinburg secure its place among Texas’ top hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report, a leading authority on hospital rankings, has named South Texas Health System Edinburg a Best Regional Hospital in Texas for 2026-2027, marking the fifth consecutive year the facility has earned recognition for excellence in delivering complex care across multiple…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. EDINBURG — At 50 years old, Abel Gonzalez says he’s happy to be involved in his eight-year dream career of filmmaking, something he sees as fostering the budding film industry in the Rio Grande Valley. But, he still has some anxieties. He’s worried…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from The new school year has started for some students across the Rio Grande Valley, and health experts are sharing tips to help parents ease the transition. For others, the first day of school is still weeks away. Edinburg CISD parent Andrea Garza has two children starting school in two weeks. She’s already working to get them back on a routine. “It is about going to sleep early. It is not about waking up at 10 am anymore. It’s about waking up at six or seven, so definitely a bedtime routine,…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS — In this roughly 100-mile stretch of citrus groves and palm-fringed neighborhoods along the Mexican border, a preventable disease continues to take an outsize toll on Latina women. Every year in the Rio Grande Valley — where more than 90% of residents are Hispanic and more than a quarter live in poverty — at least 75 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer on average each year, according to data from the National Cancer Institute. About two dozen die from it annually.  The rates of new cases…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from By Special to the Rio Grande Guardian Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans experience a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and approximately one in 20 of those cases results in death. As many as 80% of strokes can be prevented, according to the CDC, by adopting healthier habits and managing major risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes and tobacco use. Regular physical activity, weight management, and blood pressure control are key to prevention. “Small, consistent lifestyle changes can have a powerful impact on stroke…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Ryan Peterson. Courtesy imagesTexas Border BusinessBy Roberto Hugo González / Texas Border BusinessTexas Border Business invited Ryan Peterson for an interview after he shared his perspective on the Rio Grande Valley’s growth and development. Peterson recently stated, “People still talk about the Rio Grande Valley like we’re some small town tucked away in South Texas. We’re not. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro is now the 5th-largest metropolitan area in Texas, and the entire RGV continues to grow rapidly.”According to Texas Border Business, Peterson’s views on the Rio Grande Valley’s transformation, economic momentum,…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Only have a minute? Listen instead Mental health care remains out of reach for many Hispanic communities in Texas — not because the need is absent but because the system falls short in meeting people where they are. Many Hispanic individuals find barriers such as language differences, lack of culturally competent providers, cost and stigma make accessing care difficult. It’s a pressing issue requiring urgent attention. These barriers are not isolated experiences but are part of a broader pattern of inequity that continues to impact Hispanic communities across the state.…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from A state amendment addressing rising rates of dementia in Texas passed with overwhelming approval from voters last week, a key victory for Alzheimer’s advocates and the millions of Texans suffering from the disease. Sixty-nine percent of voters cast their ballots in favor of Proposition 14, marking the end of a years-long effort to create the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas, or DPRIT — a fund that will provide $3 billion in research grants to medical and educational institutions over the next decade. State Rep. Tom Craddick, a West Texas…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from The sun had barely risen over Austin, Texas, on a brisk February morning, but Gladys Maestre’s mind had been at work for hours. She’d spent the night — and the flight from her home in the Rio Grande Valley — rehearsing what to tell state lawmakers about the epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease sweeping through Texas.  The day before, Maestre had spoken to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick alongside a team of biomedical researchers from the Texas Medical Center. The state’s 89th legislative session was in full swing and the researchers’ continued…

Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is engulfed in an Alzheimer’s crisis. That disease — and other forms of dementia — is afflicting the Valley’s mostly Latino residents and taxing their caregivers. As Public Health Watch staff writer Raquel Torres reported August 7, Texas ranks second in the nation for Alzheimer’s deaths and third in prevalence. But the state’s lack of funding for memory care and support, along with its ongoing refusal to expand Medicaid, is making matters worse.  Over the past two years, Texas has only allocated a total…