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Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:30 PM CST
|By Alexandra Macia
Midland Memorial Hospital Gastroenterologist Indira Donepudi says the American Cancer Society has now lowered the age suggested for a first colonoscopy to 45.
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Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 4:39 PM CST
|By Lauren Munt
The students are now certified to begin this healthcare job as soon as they graduate.
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Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Shelby Crisp
RSV causes mild cold-like symptoms including runny nose, cough, mild fever and headache.
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Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 2:19 PM CDT
|By Lauren Munt
PRMC is providing these exams as a reminder that early detection saves lives.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 2:01 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
In a statement posted on its website on Wednesday, Disney announced the new rules will begin on Jan. 13, 2022. The vaccine was recently approved for children ages 5 to 12.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2020 at 9:33 PM CST
|By Gianni Windahl
The request highlights the amount of manpower hospital officials believe needs to be brought in to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the explosion in cases and hospitalizations the area is experiencing.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 10:05 PM CST
|By Scott Pickey
Medical Center Hospital reports it has 102 positive and suspected-positive patients with coronavirus, the most it’s ever had.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 6:19 AM CDT
Health experts and government officials alike are pushing the importance of wearing face masks to help stop the spread of Coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 9:49 AM CDT
Alpine ISD has announced that it will be closed for 14 days after one of its staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 5:47 PM CDT
Fourteen people tested positive in Midland County today, according to the health department. Ector County reports 6 new cases.
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Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 2:33 PM CDT
COVID-19 testing is coming to Marfa on Friday by appointment only.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 4:58 PM CDT
Both Ector and Midland Counties have seen a spike in positive COVID-19 cases over the past nine days.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 3:45 PM CDT
The City of Midland says that several of there most recent COVID-19 cases are patients who work at businesses in the community.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 12:45 PM CDT
Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the Texas Department of State Health Services is distributing cases of Remdesivir to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 5:14 PM CDT
The City of Midland announced 14 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases for Midland County up to 169.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 4:27 PM CDT
McDonald's has released a statement after three employees at one of their locations in Midland tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 3:42 PM CDT
Midland County announced Monday that one of their employees has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2020 at 10:25 AM CDT
Medical Center Health Systems announces Sunday morning that two more patients have died from the coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 7:50 PM CDT
The City of Midland announced nine new COVID-19 cases on Friday including a patient who works at the HEB on Loop 250.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 4:05 PM CDT
Odessa mayor David Turner says he has quarantined himself after discovering he made contact with a person who has the coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 5:23 PM CDT
A Midland Medical Lodge resident died from the coronavirus on Monday.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 5:36 PM CDT
Crane County Judge Roy Hodges announced Monday that three more residents at Focused Care at Crane have died from the coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 3:42 PM CDT
COVID-19 cases jumped a little more than 10% over the weekend in Ector County, according to the health department.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 3:25 PM CDT
65 inmates at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's N5 Unit in Fort Stockton have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 11:07 AM CDT
All COVID-19 tests from a nursing home in Monahans have come back negative.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 10:43 AM CDT
Upton County announced Monday morning that an employee at their jail has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 11:32 PM CDT
|By Shane Battis
All three residents are now being treated at the hospital.
Updated: May. 28, 2020 at 11:53 AM CDT
Howard County announced Thursday that two healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 3:47 PM CDT
The oil and gas industry shed a record-breaking 26,300 jobs in Texas during April as shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic cut demand and sent commodity prices to record lows.
Updated: May. 26, 2020 at 4:58 PM CDT
Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that two cases of the antiviral drug Remdesivir are being distributed to Midland Memorial Hospital.
Updated: May. 26, 2020 at 3:13 PM CDT
Officials believe many of the cases came from social gatherings.
Updated: May. 26, 2020 at 11:28 AM CDT
An elderly man has died from the coronavirus in Ector County.
Updated: May. 26, 2020 at 9:57 AM CDT
Two residents at Focused Care at Crane has died from the coronavirus after an outbreak was reported at the facility last week.
Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 12:05 PM CDT
Crane County has announced that four residents and five employees at the Focused Care at Crane nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: May. 21, 2020 at 2:56 PM CDT
An employee at an Odessa nursing home has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Updated: May. 20, 2020 at 6:44 PM CDT
A pharmacy tech with MCHS has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Updated: May. 19, 2020 at 6:43 PM CDT
Crane County Judge Roy Hodges announced Tuesday that a coronavirus case has been confirmed at a Crane nursing home.
Updated: May. 15, 2020 at 3:31 PM CDT
Ector County announced Friday that they will now allow pools at apartments, hotels and motels to open.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 9:26 PM CDT
Ector County ISD announced Wednesday that a cafeteria worker at Permian High School has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 4:46 PM CDT
Midland ISD will conduct in-person graduation events on Saturday, May 30th.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 4:13 PM CDT
The Commemorative Air Force HIGH SKY WING will be flying a formation of historic warbirds over the cities of Midland and Odessa on the morning of Wednesday, May 13 as “A Salute to the Spirit of West Texas” as we weather the storms of COVID-19 together.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 3:30 PM CDT
A man in his 80s who was a resident at the Midland Medical Lodge has died from the coronavirus.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 12:00 PM CDT
Medical Center Hospital is choosing to transition its Trauma Center to Level III beginning Monday.
Updated: May. 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM CDT
A Midland Medical Lodge resident died from the coronavirus on Thursday, marking Midland's tenth death related to COVID-19.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 6:21 PM CDT
A Midland Medical Lodge resident died from the coronavirus on Tuesday.
Updated: May. 4, 2020 at 11:52 AM CDT
A housekeeper at Medical Center Hospital has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Updated: May. 4, 2020 at 11:45 AM CDT
WesTex Urgent Care is now offering antibody testing for COVID-19 at their locations in Midland and Odessa.
Updated: May. 4, 2020 at 9:44 AM CDT
|By Shane Battis
All COVID-19 patients and suspected patients at the Midland Medical Lodge are being moved to Midland Memorial Hospital.
Updated: May. 3, 2020 at 11:20 AM CDT
A man in his 70s who was a resident at the Midland Medical Lodge has died from the coronavirus.
Updated: May. 2, 2020 at 10:37 AM CDT
A man in his 80s who was a resident at the Midland Medical Lodge has died from the coronavirus.