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Listeria outbreak linked to queso fresco
Update Feb. 9: The public health investigation has led to the recall of additional food items that contained dairy products connected to the Listeria outbreak. These new recalls include sauces, salad dressings, meal kits and other items sold at H-E-B, Walmart,

CHW Advocacy Day
On April 5th over one hundred CHWs and allies came together in Houston to celebrate the 14th Annual Expanding the Role of Promotores and Community Health Worker Advocacy Day hosted by Dia de la Mujer Latina. This event coincided with the observation

CHW Resource Hub
The Center for Health Equity has launched a dynamic CHW Resource hub designed to freely and effectively disseminate resources, upcoming events, comprehensive trainings, and exemplary best practices throughout the CHW Network, Health Equity Collective, statewide and nationally. It serves as a centralized repository, ensuring

Strengthening Community Health Worker workforce in Greater Houston (by Wes Gibson)
In partnership with the City of Houston Health Department, the Health Equity Collective launched an initiative to strengthen the region’s Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce in 2022. The Health Equity Collective (the Collective) is a systems coalition of over 200

Online Learning and Mental Health: Prioritizing Learner Well-Being
For better or for worse, COVID has altered the online learning landscape so significantly that we are still coming to terms with the resulting effects two years on. Perhaps the most radical shift that students had to face during this
