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Friday, May 10, 2013  As we get closer to Mother's Day, it's important to not only pamper mom but also keep her healthy.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A bill that would require some applicants for unemployment benefits to take a drug test is a step closer to becoming law.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Making sure you're healthy could cost you hundreds of dollars at a doctor's office for tests, screenings and consultations, but what if you could get those services for free?

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Today is national memory screening day.  It's an effort to promote early detection of memory problems including Alzheimer’s.

Monday, September 17, 2012  A passenger jet and part of the McAllen's Miller International Airport have been evacuated following a bomb threat.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  Providers with Operation Lone Star have set up a statewide initiative to help people receive free healthcare is now underway.

Sunday, May 06, 2012  Texas will begin screening babies at birth for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID). The need for early detection of this disorder has been suggested by the U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services for the past two years.

Monday, April 30, 2012  The Hollywood blockbuster ‘The Avengers’ comes out at the stroke of midnight at American movies theaters but is already showing south of the border.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  Over the next few weeks, federal funding for the Texas Women's Health Program will begin to dry up. With a state law barring them from getting taxpayer money, Planned Parenthood is looking into other ways to keep their programs going.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  Critics dub it a war on women, a series of anti-abortion bills the legislature approved in the past few years. The latest casualty in the war could be a health program targeting low-income women in the state

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  With diabetes as one of the greatest risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and people getting diagnosed with the disease at a younger and younger age, the South Texas Behavioral Health Center wanted to make sure people were up to date with their Alzheimer’s screenings.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011  The Transportation and Security Administration has changed the way children go through security checkpoints at airports.

Monday, July 25, 2011  Operation Lone Star, the annual effort to provide free medical care to people in South Texas, returns for two weeks beginning July 25.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  Port of Brownsville officials told Action 4 News that they are performing extra radiation tests for vessels coming from Japan.

Thursday, February 10, 2011  Local 78-year-old Jose Puga is participating in a milestone study.