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Annual Rabies Vaccination Clinic to be held May 10-15
Each year The Pittsburg 4-H Club and a local vet clinic partner to host a week-long Rabies Vaccination Clinic with proceeds benefitting our 4-H club. This year we are excited to announce a new partnership with the new Piney Woods Animal Clinic for the 2021 Rabies Vaccination Clinic. It will be May 10-15, 2021. Hours are 8am-12pm and 1pm-5:30pm, Monday-Friday and 8am-12pm on Saturday. We would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Broers for reaching out to us and creating this new partnership.
Takeback Day brings in 249lbs of prescription drugs
Overdose deaths in Texas have long been an issue, but, according to DSHS, overdoses have increased during the pandemic. The average number of deaths per month due to overdose rose from 114 in 2019 to 157 deaths per month in the first eight months of 2020. DSHS states that since 2017, opioids have been involved with about 50% of all unintentional overdose deaths.
State shows largest numerical population gain
Texas stands to gain two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after results of the 2020 census released last week show the state had the largest numerical gain of any state since the 2010 census
COVID-19 Recovery Clinic opens to help patients with lingering health issues
UT Health East Texas Physicians on Monday opened a COVID-19 Recovery Clinic at UT Health North Campus Tyler that is designed to treat patients who have recovered from COVID-19 but continue to experience lingering health issues.
