El Fronterizo Previous Issues

Previous Issues are listed below.

2026

IssueDateTopics
42March 2026
  • Tuberculosis
  • Terlingua Adolescent Health Forum
41February 2026
  • Cancer prevention
  • Adolescent health conference with the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
40January 2026
  • Substance Use Disorder Treatment
  • Expansion of the OBPH Community Health Worker Training Center, Texas Newborn Screening Program

 

2025

IssueDateTopics
39December 2025
  • Safe Toys and Gifts
  • Maverick County Injury Prevention Coalition, Border Binational Health Month summary
38November 2025
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Alzheimer’s disease trends in the Texas border region, Paso del Norte binational conference, Border Binational Health Month activities in South Texas and Del Rio
37October 2025
  • Down syndrome
  • Connecting children with Down syndrome and their families in the Texas border region to health and social services, new lysosomal disease tests to newborn
36September 2025
  • Prostate cancer
  • Hidalgo County opioid awareness and prevention initiatives, Healthy Communities Summer Program in Maverick County, Trinational Epidemiology Workgroup, Balmorhea Back-to-School Health Fair, poverty measurement in Mexico
35August 2025
  • Gastroparesis
  • Community Fun Runs, Maverick County Nutrition Center Community Garden
34July 2025
  • UV Safety
  • Cardiovascular disease prevention and management program, bilingual type 2 diabetes curriculum in Eagle Pass
33June 2025
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • West Texas Adolescent Health Conference, symposium on mental health and substance use
32May 2025
  • Stroke
  • Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month in Laredo, access to flu vaccines in El Paso, El Paso Public Health new facilities
31April 2025
  • Stress
  • City of Laredo wastewater surveillance program
30March 2025
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Paso Del Norte Disease Information Sharing Protocol workshop, mental health first aid
29February 2025
  • Heart disease
  • Border Surveillance Network, Trinational Epidemiology Workgroup
28January 2025
  • Human trafficking prevention
  • Neural tube defects prevention, Maverick County community garden project, Walk With Ease program

 

2024

IssueDateTopics
27December 2024
  • Vision impairment
  • Candelaria community forum
26November 2024
  • Lung cancer
  • Los Dos Laredos – Nuevo León Binational Health Council, binational conference in Brownsville
25October 2024
  • Fentanyl poisoning
  • Fentanyl and opioid overdose in Mexico, Healthy Communities Summer Program
24September 2024
  • Childhood obesity
  • Fighting child obesity in Mexico, Teen Battle Chef, CATCH physical education training, Operation Border Health Preparedness
23August 2024
  • Breastfeeding
  • Healthy Texas Mothers and Babies Community Coalitions, protection of breastfeeding in Mexico
22July 2024
  • Minority mental health
  • Suicide awareness & prevention, mental health in Mexican minorities, disparities in cognitive decline
21June 2024
  • Safety
  • Child passenger safety, outreach activities for children
20May 2024
  • Hepatitis
  • South Texas All Hazards Conference
19April 2024
  • Child abuse prevention
  • Texas Center for Infectious Disease, tuberculosis
18March 2024
  • Nutrition
  • Child health; nutrition, overweight and obesity in adolescents in Mexico
17February 2024
  • Children’s dental health
  • Pre-K and elementary oral health in Mexico, oral rabies vaccine bait airdrop
16January 2024
  • Birth defects prevention
  • RGV Border Health Coalition, mental health first aid

 

2023

IssueDateTopics
15December 2023
  • Sexually transmitted diseases
  • Transformation of Mexico’s National Health System, Candelaria health forum
14November 2023
  • Diabetes
  • Holistic treatment of diabetes in Mexico, binational health week in San Diego, binational health forum in Presidio
13October 2023
  • Domestic violence
  • Health care in attention to domestic, sexual and violence against women in Mexico, back to school in Balmorhea
12September 2023
  • Suicide prevention
  • Poverty measurement in Mexico, Operation Border Health Preparedness
11August 2023
  • Immunization
  • Vaccination for children in Mexico, CHWs role in preparedness and response
10July 2023
  • Group B
  • Reproductive health and maternal mortality prevention in Mexico, binational conference in Edinburg
9June 2023
  • Alzheimer's & brain disease
  • Dementia at the first level of care in Mexico, mental health first aid
8May 2023
  • Mental health
  • Mental health in Mexico, Sanderson health fair
7April 2023
  • Autism
  • Autism spectrum condition in Mexico, Task Force of Border Health Officials
6March 2023
  • Tuberculosis
  • Binational symposium on vision health
5February 2023
  • Heart
  • Heart disease prevention, HEARTS initiative in Mexico
4January 2023
  • Cervical health
  • Cervical cancer screening in Mexico, Candelaria health forum

 

2022

IssueDateTopics
3December 2022
  • AIDS
  • Health without borders, tri-national epidemiology workgroup
2November 2022
  • Diabetes & diabetic eye
1October 2022
  • Breast cancer
  • Domestic violence, disaster preparedness