In the News: How a free pop-up health clinic in Texas is reaching a community of fishermen

Reported by Elizabeth Myong for NPR, this story spotlights how the UTHealth Houston Docside Clinics bring care directly to commercial fishermen along the Galveston docks. Serving many Vietnamese immigrant workers, the mobile clinic offers free primary care, chronic disease screenings, and connections to essential services right where people are working. Assistant Director, Kait Guild of Mobile Health Map, who speaks to the power of mobile care to build trust and create welcoming, accessible spaces for care. Together, it highlights how mobile clinics are reaching communities that might otherwise go years without care and strengthening connections to ongoing support.