A Pandemic Remembered: Stories from the Front Line

A Pandemic Remembered: Stories from the Front Line

Jun 23, 2025 | Mission

The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped healthcare in ways that continue to echo today—but within the walls of Our Lady of the Lake, it also revealed something more enduring: resilience.   Catherine O’Neal, MD, chief academic officer for Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady...
Monkeypox in the Workplace: Key Considerations for Employers

Monkeypox in the Workplace: Key Considerations for Employers

Sep 22, 2022 | Body

Employers should consider updating their current pandemic safety policies to include information about monkeypox, including how the virus is spread and its symptoms. What is Monkeypox? Monkeypox is a viral infection that presents with flu-like symptoms, swelling of...
Monkeypox FAQs

Monkeypox FAQs

Sep 8, 2022 | Body

The ongoing outbreak of monkeypox, a viral disease spread through close personal contact, has raised many questions. Our health system is a key partner in responding to the outbreak, and we are committed to providing the answers as they become clear. Katie Taylor, MD,...
Tips to Support Children’s Mental Health

Tips to Support Children’s Mental Health

Mar 7, 2022 | Children's Health

Parents play a critical role in supporting their children’s emotional and mental development, including helping them process and cope with big feelings. This school year marks the third disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and although we’re all finding new normal...
Preparing Your Child for Pokes

Preparing Your Child for Pokes

Dec 2, 2021 | Children's Health

Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health network is dedicated to making your child’s experience with any poke, from vaccination, IV start or lab draw, as easy and stress-free as possible. We recognize the “poke” (needle stick) may be a bit uncomfortable, but if we work...