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New Psychiatry Residency Program Brings Expanded Mental Health Care to East Texas
SHREC partnership with Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare and Huntsville Memorial Hospital will train psychiatrists starting July 2026. A new psychiatry residency program is launching in the area to help meet the state’s growing behavioral health workforce needs. Developed through the Sam Houston Regional Education Consortium (SHREC), in partnership with Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare and Huntsville Memorial Hospital, the program plans to welcome its inaugural class of four residents in July 2026. SHREC, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited institutional sponsor housed within the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (SHSU-COM), will oversee the residency.
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Breakdown Of The Vote By Registered Nurses At St. Joseph Regional Hospitals To Unionize
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has published the breakdown of this week’s vote by registered nurses at the hospitals in the St. Joseph Health system to unionize. The vote to unionize was 326 to 272. This was out of 781 eligible voters. The NLRB website says there was...
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Registered Nurses At St. Joseph Regional Hospitals Vote To Unionize
More than 700 registered nurses at St. Joseph Regional Hospital vote to unionize. A news release from Texas AFL-CIO says the representation with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) will allow nurses to have a say in making decisions in patient care, staffing, and to help recruit and retain experienced nurses.
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Majority of St. Joseph nurses vote to join National Nurses United Union
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - On Wednesday afternoon in the basement of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan, many St. Joseph nurses voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU). “When we come together, we win,” said Cardiovascular Nurse Navigator for St. Joseph, Jessica Crouch.
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Aggies to build medical clinic in Chester
CHESTER – A new medical clinic is coming to Chester, bringing local, dependable, and expanded healthcare access directly into the community. The clinic will be built next to BOM Bank on Highway 287 and is expected to arrive next February. It will open two to three days a week...
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Mental health struggles across the Brazos Valley increase during the holidays
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The holiday season brings joy for many, but for millions of people, it is also the most stressful time of the year. A local mental health provider said demand for help rises across the Brazos Valley during the holidays. Lakshmi Mahadevan, president of NAMI Brazos Valley...
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Baylor Scott and White shares more information about its merger with Physicians Centre Hospital
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - A significant change is shaking up surgical care in the Brazos Valley. The Physicians Centre Hospital in Bryan is set to become a Baylor Scott and White facility. Baylor Scott and White Health announced a new partnership and merger with Surgery Partners to jointly own the...
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Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach opens new maternity housing facility
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Woodlands Specialty Hospital employee claims weeks of missed paychecks
A hospital employee says he’s out thousands of dollars after multiple missed paychecks. The employee works at the Woodlands Specialty Hospital. The hospital responded, blaming delays in payments from several insurance payers. WOODLANDS, Texas - A local hospital employee says he’s out thousands of dollars after multiple missed or...
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New Maternity Home Opens in College Station
Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach invites the community in celebrating the official ribbon cutting of Ally’s Place. Andrea Buck, APO Director of Outreach, says the new maternity home was created to support women in need. “They get to have room and board for free. They also get to have free childcare...
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Baylor Scott & White adds new hospital in Bryan
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - On Monday, Baylor Scott & White announced they were partnering with Surgery Partners, Inc. to jointly own The Physicians Centre Hospital off of University Drive in Bryan. “This marks a significant step forward in expanding access to quality patient care in the Bryan College Station...
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Understanding senior care options: Assisted living, skilled nursing communities and memory care
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Texas A&M Board of Regents member released from the hospital
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M has confirmed that one of the Board of Regents, Bill Mahomes, was released from the hospital on Sunday. Mahomes was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism on Nov. 12 after feeling light-headed during a Board of Regents meeting. He was initially treated at Baylor...
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Willow Fork Alzheimer’s Special Care Center to close doors in Katy
The center offers memory care, respite care and companion living service for seniors suffering from Alzheimer's disease. (Courtesy Adobe Stock) Willow Fork Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Katy will shutter its doors in December. The special care center offers memory care, respite care and companion living service for seniors...
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Texas A&M experts discuss rural health care challenges on National Rural Health Day