New parents at home with babies can help aid their infants’ development by having them spend supervised time on their stomachs, according to a new systemic review study forthcoming in the journal Pediatrics. While you have a little extra free time in the house quarantining during the pandemic, it’s a good way to make sure
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There’s new evidence that the coronavirus may have been in France weeks earlier than was previously thought. Doctors at a Paris hospital say they’ve found evidence that one patient admitted in December was infected with Covid-19. If verified, this finding would show that the virus was already circulating in Europe at that time — well
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made a rare appearance at a top Australian government meeting Tuesday, as both countries moved a step closer to establishing a potential coronavirus-free travel corridor. The proposal, known formally as the trans-Tasman Covid-safe travel zone, would allow residents to travel freely between the two neighboring nations, without a need
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday that he does not expect the city to reopen Friday despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that some retail stores could open by the end of the week. As many cities and states throughout the county work to reopen shuttered businesses and return to some ways of life before
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EL PASO, Texas — Thousands of migrant workers are expected to flock to the Borderland to harvest onions and chiles towards the end of May and June, according to Carlos Marentes, the director of Sin Fronteras. Sin Fronteras is a non-profit in El Paso, which provides temporary shelter, food and social services to agricultural workers in
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EL PASO, Texas — “You can spread love and friendship without spreading disease. These measures are not just for our health, this is our social responsibility.” This was the message posted on the City of El Paso’s social media accounts on Monday. But an ABC-7 viewer reached out to us with concerns of city leaders
Continue Reading Australia has its first “loyal wingman.” Boeing Australia presented the country’s Air Force on Tuesday with a prototype of a jet-powered drone that they hope will one day fly alongside manned warplanes while bringing artificial intelligence to the battlefield. The Loyal Wingman, at 38-foot-long (11.5 meters) and with a range of 2,000 miles (3,218.6 kilometers),
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EL PASO, Texas — A fuller picture of the damage being done to El Paso’s hotel industry by the Covid-19 pandemic is now emerging. Billions of dollars have already been lost, according to the El Paso Hotel and Lodging Association. Before the pandemic, El Paso had nearly 100 hotels and motels, keeping a workforce of
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A man accused of shoving an Austin, Texas, park ranger into the water while the ranger was explaining to a crowd the need for social distancing is embarrassed by his actions, his lawyer said. A video that gained attention after it was posted on social media includes the moment a young man pushes the ranger
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AUSTIN, Texas — A man accused of shoving a Texas park ranger into the water while the ranger was explaining to a crowd the need for social distancing is embarrassed by his actions, his lawyer said. A video that gained attention after it was posted on social media includes the moment a young man pushes
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Alvin Yau is exhausted. Like other residents in Hong Kong, he hasn’t had a break in nearly a year, ricocheting from one crisis to the next. When Hong Kong was consumed by anti-government, pro-democracy protests last year, the 25-year-old banking analyst found himself constantly on edge, unable to sleep at night, and so overwhelmed he
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Severe backlash to the Covid-19 shutdown may be felt among a minority of the US population, according to polls, but it has gotten fierce and deadly. A security guard was shot in Flint, Michigan, after getting into a verbal altercation with people not wearing a state-mandated face mask at a Family Dollar store. A man
Continue Reading Dozens of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea for weeks are being quarantined for coronavirus on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after docking in Bangladesh on Saturday. The 29 refugees, mostly women and children, were taken to the cyclone-prone island Bhashan Char — also known as Thengar Char — in order to protect
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — A confirmed case of the coronavirus involving an employee of a meatpacking plant near the Santa Teresa/Sunland Park border has prompted New Mexico health officials to speed testing for the entire workforce to determine if an outbreak has happened, health leaders said Monday night. Officials said tests were being collected
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A lawyer for CNN’s parent company WarnerMedia has written a cease-and-desist letter to President Trump’s re-election campaign over the misleading contents of a new campaign ad. WarnerMedia says the Trump ad is misusing CNN news coverage in a way that’s “false, misleading and deceptive.” In response to a request for comment from CNN Business, the
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday defended her decision along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to decline an offer from the Trump administration to deploy rapid coronavirus testing capabilities to Capitol Hill and said that tests should go to Americans on the front lines of the crisis. Asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The
Continue Reading An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White House is now forecasting that 134,000 people will die of Covid-19 in the United States, nearly double its previous prediction. The model, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, had predicted 72,433 deaths as of Monday morning. Relatedly, a Trump
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An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White House is now forecasting that 134,000 people will die of Covid-19 in the United States, nearly double its previous prediction. The model, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, had predicted 72,433 deaths as of Monday morning. Relatedly, a Trump
Continue Reading A Colorado man who was both a retired firefighter and paramedic died from coronavirus after traveling to New York to volunteer with virus relief, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Monday. Paul Cary, 66, left Colorado Springs with colleagues from the national ambulance company Ambulnz and began working in New York on April 1, Polis said.
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EL PASO, Texas — The Speaking Rock Entertainment Center, a tribal run recreational venue in El Paso’s Lower Valley, announced Monday evening that it plans to reopen next Monday, May 11 at noon. But it will comes with capacity limits and rules requiring face coverings and social distancing. Speaking Rock has been completely closed since
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Despite a federal judge dismissing the US Women’s National Team players’ equal pay claims, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan have made it clear that they are not going away and are not giving up. Appearing in separate locations Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” both called Friday’s ruling a “shock.” “This decision was out of
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s public health director becomes the latest high-ranking city employee to exit amidst the coronavirus pandemic which has also triggered a budget crisis. A city spokeswoman confirmed Monday evening that Robert Resendes will retire as the city’s top health leader come May 21, after being on personal leave since at
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A top executive at United Airlines is telling employees to consider leaving the company voluntarily as it grapples with the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. In a memo to some United Airlines staffers, which was obtained by CNN Business, Greg Hart — the company’s chief operations officer — said the airline will need to “right
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Three family members have been charged in the killing of a security guard who told a customer at a Michigan Family Dollar store to wear a state-mandated face mask, officials said on Monday. Calvin Munerlyn, 43, died at a Flint hospital after he was shot in the head Friday, said Michigan State Police Lt. David
Continue Reading A nationalist tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party has dismissed claims by the Trump administration that the novel coronavirus originated from a laboratory, as the war of words over the pandemic escalates between Washington and Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday in an interview with ABC that there was “enormous evidence”
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EL PASO, Texas — Just a day after citing a decline in hospitalizations due to cornavirus, El Paso health officials on Monday evening said the number of virus patients in the hospital was actually more than double what they had reported. They also announced that the county surpassed a milestone 1,000 total confirmed cases, while
Continue Reading Greg Zanis, who spent more than 20 years building crosses and remembrances for mass shootings and other disasters, died Monday, according to a GoFundMe page created by his daughter. The 69-year-old Crosses for Losses founder was diagnosed late last year with bladder cancer. He was originally given a few years to live, but the cancer
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EL PASO, Texas — A baseball player from Coronado High School is ready to take that next step in his playing career. Jorge Cuevas has committed to play baseball at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). UTSA is a division one program in Conference USA. Cuevas played shortstop for the Thunderbirds and as
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — With thousands of Las Cruces residents asked to stay home during the Covid-19 pandemic, at least one shelter is reporting an increase in domestic violence incidents. According to a city council presentation on Monday, La Casa, Inc. reported a 43 percent increase in domestic violence calls. The shelter also reported
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