Plano International Festival – 10th Annual

Plano International Festival - German Family

Plano International Festival: Experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the world

Experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the world at the Plano International Festival, from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday, October 18th, in downtown Plano’s Haggard Park. Enjoy ethnic cuisine, multicultural music and dance performances, cultural displays, a green Village, Family Health Fair, Children’s global village,  a naturalization ceremony and more.  Kids can make free art projects and get their own passports stamped.

Overprescribed Antibiotics Could Lead to C-diff

Overprescribed Antibiotics Could Lead to C-diff

Hospital Council Foundation Initiates Antibiotics Education Push

Coinciding with Talk About Prescriptions Month; area healthcare organizations are on a mission to encourage patients and providers in North Texas to discuss appropriate use of antibiotics to limit C-diff incidences

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation, which unites North Texas hospital and industry leaders to advance quality healthcare in the region, has initiated an antibiotics education push as part of its recently-launched public awareness campaign about “C-diff,” a type of acute diarrhea caused by the Clostridium difficile bacteria. The bacterial infection, which is linked to 20,000 deaths in the United States every year, is prevalent among medical care recipients who are overprescribed or take unneeded antibiotics.