By Callie Yardley Plans to open a veterinarian school at the Amarillo branch of the Texas Tech University Health Science Center have become more concrete with the announcement of a target completion date: 2019. Guy Loneragan, a professor of food safety and public health and a veterinarian, said veterinarians have been an integral part of Texas […]
RSV Cases Exceed Epidemic Levels in Lubbock
March 16, 2016 by
By Victoria Landers There’s concerning news for parents across Texas: the entire state has seen a dramatic spike in the number of cases of a virus that can be life-threatening to infants and young children. The disease is called Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and it accounts for nearly 125,000 hospitalizations and 250 infant deaths in the […]
In Body Donation, The Dead Teach The Living
November 6, 2015 by
Large doors open to a clinically bright room, and the harsh chemical smell of formaldehyde permeates the air. A refrigerated unit spans the length of a wall, to hold containers of various sizes, labeled according to the organs and tissue each contains. Used dissection tools fill industrial-sized sinks. Heavy, pitted tables are scattered throughout, some with […]
