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Media pitch for Castaways Seafood Restaurant, Port Aransas Gulf Coast, Texas

Announcing new ownership and growth plans. Developed March 2021.

Coming home from the hospital with a new baby can be hard, whether you’re a first-time parent or an experienced pro. For teenage moms, the challenge can be especially daunting. “What About Mom” helps young mothers cope with physical and mental health challenges that may occur.

This public health scientist wants you to know what’s in our environment and how the chemicals we’re exposed to every day may affect our health.

Ambiguity and adaptation may be the way of life for 2021 as COVID restrictions roll back across communities, says Scott Walters, PhD, Regents Professor at the HSC School of Public Health …

Denton County, Texas, was one of the top COVID-19 vaccine sites in the U.S. in 2021. The drive-up hub at the Texas Motor Speedway race track served thousands of families from across the North Texas area and those traveling from other states as far away as Pennsylvania. The efforts of Denton County were nationally recognized in this efficient, effective and well-planned program of the public health department.

Published by HSC School of Public Health, North Texas

Hundreds of thousands of families across the U.S. struggle with homelessness each year. Living on the streets, in cars, at shelters or temporarily bunking up with others poses many risks and challenges, greatly intensified this year by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published in the UNTHSC Newsroom

Almost one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world stands poised and hopeful for a safe return to everyday life. New vaccines are rolling out across the country to speed solutions to communities in Texas and other states, reaching front-line healthcare workers, residents of long-term care facilities and other priority groups first.

Published in UNTHSC Newsroom, North Texas

Dear Aunt Kathy spends a lot of time on social media. She likes to share cute animal videos, funny observations … and sometimes, false news. A lot of folks know someone like Kathy, maybe a close friend or relative, an acquaintance or a connection of a connection online who spreads misinformation.

While data does represent numbers, facts, figures and correlations, on a deeper level, it also tells stories. Data provides important insight leading to discoveries and ways of solving problems. It has the potential to save lives, and was especially critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As with any virus or infectious disease, it’s a lot like solving a puzzle, looking for pieces of information that fit together, to uncover a trail or series of circumstances leading from person to person.

As published in UNT Health Science Center North Texas Newsroom

Family grocery shopping is a different adventure when your mom is a public health epidemiologist called “Dr. Microbe” by her friends and colleagues. When her daughter was very young, Dr. Diana Cervantes, Director of the MPH Epidemiology program at the HSC School of Public Health, would play a little game of “let’s pretend,” where the whole store was covered in invisible creepy, grody, nasty stuff.

As Published, UNTHSC Newsroom

As more kids find themselves homebound now that families across the country are practicing safe distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it may be important to increase, rather than limit, screen time for children and teens, say two researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health.

As Published, UNTHSC Newsroom

A Fort Worth mother of two discovered some unusual items while unpacking her family’s suitcases on vacation. Turns out, she had found her 15-year-old son’s JUUL pods. He had been secretly vaping, joining the tens of thousands of kids across the U.S. who have fallen prey to the latest hot – and dangerous – trend among adolescents and young adults.

In the fall of 1984, Maria Guadalupe Almaguer was murdered by her estranged husband, David Gonzales. The couple had been separated for two years following a rocky, abusive relationship, and Maria had been saving for a divorce. She had just been promoted at work, and things were slowly starting to go her way. She was feeling upbeat, thinking she might finally be ready to start dating someone new who would treat her right.

UNT Health Science Center, North Texas Newsroom

Dr. Katherine Fogelberg and friends are building a school in Kenya. Their mission is to empower girls, to show them that big dreams are achievable and anything is possible through education and support.