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The new channel has been popular, garnering more than 1,600 subscribers and tens of thousands of video views.
Topics: Health, Children
- Media Advisory
HHSC, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Children’s Health are hosting a groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 5 to kick off construction of the state’s newest psychiatric hospital in Dallas.
Topics: Children, Health, Mental Health
- Featured Article
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that HHSC has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a fifth round of federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer food benefits for Texas families.
Topics: Health, Food, Children, Benefits
- Featured Article
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, a time to highlight the neurological disorder which can affect people of all races, ethnic backgrounds and ages.
Topics: Health, Children
- News Release
HHSC is launching Niños Sanos de Texas (Healthy Texas Kids), a new YouTube channel for Spanish-speaking children. The made-for-kids videos include topics like improving nutrition, physical health, and boosting physical activity.
Topics: Children, Health, WIC Providers
- Featured Article
The HHSC Office of Disability Prevention for Children is offering a free webinar, “Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome: An Often-Overlooked Condition in Children” in advance of PANS Awareness Day.
Topics: Health, Disability, Children
- Featured Article
The Texas Department of State Health Services Newborn Screening Program tests newborns for more than 50 heritable disorders and other medical conditions.
Topics: Children, Health
- Featured Article
In 2019, the Texas Legislature designated September as Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month to shine a light on this hereditary blood disorder.
Topics: Health, Children
- Featured Article
The HHSC Office of Disability Prevention for Children is offering a webinar on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention and resources.
Topics: Children, Health
- Featured Article
HHS is celebrating Deafblind Awareness Week, June 26–July 2, by hosting two awareness events and highlighting its programs and staff who work with the deafblind community.
Topics: Children, Health, Disability