A. Colleen DeGuzman
Colleen DeGuzman is a staff writer for The Monitor, covering features and general assignments. She can be reached at (956) 683-4424 or [email protected]
State orders Valley businesses to reduce capacity, halts elective surgeries
Businesses in the Rio Grande Valley will have to drop to 50% capacity and elective surgeries will be halted because the state now considers...
Oncologist, fire chief stress safety of COVID vaccine for cancer patients
It’s safe for cancer survivors and patients undergoing chemotherapy to take the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a local specialist.
DHR Health oncologist Dr. Lee Drinkard...
After five years, principal returns to La Joya campus that holds painful memories
Starting this school year, Silvia Elizondo began her new position as principal of La Joya’s Lorenzo de Zavala Middle School — a campus that five...
Hidalgo County to open COVID-19 vaccination clinic Tuesday
Hidalgo County will be opening its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic, which will begin distributing doses to healthcare workers and residents older than 65, on...
Sunshine vitamin observed to lower coronavirus risks
Several studies conducted recently by national health organizations observed that people with low levels of vitamin D are more likely to contract COVID-19 and...
Disney’s beloved characters return to Payne Arena following pandemic hiatus
Disney on Ice is inviting Rio Grande Valley families to be their guest at their newest show, “Dream Big” this holiday season.
And it’s some...
22,000 Moderna vaccines bound for Valley
More than 22,000 doses of the most recently approved COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna will be shipped to the Rio Grande Valley this week.
Most...
UTRGV film student’s documentary selected for Moscow film festival
Sitting in the living room of her house, McAllen native Joann González was trying to decide what story she wanted to tell in a...
DHR Health stresses need for Type O plasma
The DHR Health Institute for Research & Development in Edinburg is urging local COVID-19 survivors to step forward and donate plasma, a component of...
Some of the first to be vaccinated in RGV reporting mild side effects
A medication that does not come without a side effect doesn’t exist, not leaving out the two COVID-19 vaccines recently approved by the Food...