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on the cover:
Francisco Garza and his family
at home in the Rio Grande Valley.
Garza participates in a community health
initiative sponsored by the UTHealth School
of Public Health in Brownsville.
Table of Contents
30 TMC Spotlight:
Judith McFarlane, RN, Dr.P.H.
35 Curated
40 Solutions
41 On the Side:
Randall Wolf, M.D.
42 Field Notes
44 Calendar
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A Zika Vaccine?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Among other things,
mosquitoes must cooperate.
Mobile Medicine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
On the border
with UTHealth.
My Wedding Dress, Reborn
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A local nonprofit sews burial
clothes for babies.
Bouncing Back
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ellie Ferraro thrives
after open heart surgery.
A Little Extra Love
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Therapy dog Elsa with a
patient at Texas Children's
Hospital, below.
