One in 10 coronavirus patients with diabetes died within the first seven days of hospitalization, and one in five needed a ventilator to breathe, according to a new study by French researchers. Diabetes is one of the underlying health conditions that health experts believe put people at greater risk for developing more severe symptoms of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Corporal Nicholas Herrera is a member of the New Mexico National Guard and for the last several months, he’s been away from his family while on assignment in Africa. Not only has he missed the birth of third child, but this weekend, he will miss his daughter’s fifth birthday. “It’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso was the epicenter of the immigration crisis one year ago. Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers were crossing into the U.S. daily. Today, only a few dozen migrants are crossing per day in the El Paso area. “The population we are dealing with here today, are single adults
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A person who partied in the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, area on Memorial Day weekend has tested positive for coronavirus — and was possibly infectious over the holiday weekend. The Boone County resident visited multiple bars on May 24 and 25, according to the Camden County Health Department. They “developed illness” on Sunday and
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The death of George Floyd, a black man who was seen pinned down in a video by a white police officer and later died, caused chaotic protests in the city of Minneapolis yet again Friday and into Saturday morning. Arrests took place as protesters ignored an 8 p.m. curfew and dispersal orders
Continue Reading Groups representing infectious disease doctors, pediatricians and general physicians all protested President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization on Friday, saying it will make it harder to fight the coronavirus pandemic. It could also endanger children, the American Academy of Pediatrics said. “The Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the WHO
Continue Reading ATLANTA, Georgia — Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted Friday in dozens of U.S. cities following the killing of George Floyd after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck while taking him into custody in Minnesota. In Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes and prosecutors want to hold the fired Minneapolis police officer accountable for Floyd’s death. Chauvin, 44, was charged Friday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — two felonies where intent is a key element. CNN has reached out to Chauvin’s attorney
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After Doña Ana County Commissioners mandated masks in all public areas of the county, Sheriff Kim Stewart said she knew she needed to get the public the masks they needed to comply. “We’re having a wonderful time,” Sheriff Stewart said. “We’re building bridges today.” On Friday, her team distributed 3,000
Continue Reading By the end of March, 1 in 7 New York adults had Covid-19 — about 10 times higher than the official account, according to a new study sponsored by the New York State Department of Health. This adds to a growing body of evidence that the virus was much more prevalent early on in the
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WASHINGTON, DC — Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police prompted a brief lockdown of the White House on Friday evening. As protesters arrived at Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Park across the street from the White House, it was put into lock down. It was lifeted after the protests moved
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization carries significant consequences in the US and around the world. The step — which falls in line with Trump’s track record of extracting the US from various international bodies and treaties — leaves the US effectively isolated
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OSAGE BEACH, Missouri — Health officials said Friday that they were seeking to “inform mass numbers of unknown people” after a person who attended crowded pool parties over Memorial Day weekend at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks tested positive for Covid-19. Camden County Health Department said in a release that the resident of Boone County
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office asked for the public’s help Friday in finding a 14-year-old girl who hasn’t been heard from in a week. The Sheriff’s Office said Brissa Rubi Ortiz ran away from her far east El Paso home in 3700 block of Vista Del Este Street. She’s described
Continue Reading Four women identified as Jane Does filed a lawsuit against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein Thursday, alleging he sexually assaulted them. The allegations include the story of one woman who says Weinstein raped her in 1994 when she was about 17. The lawsuit also names as defendants Weinstein’s brother, Robert Weinstein, their company Miramax and Disney, which owned Miramax
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Missing live music? There may be a solution coming to a parking lot near you. Drive-in concerts, with people socially distanced in their cars, are popping up in parts of Europe and throughout the United States as the coronavirus pandemic has brought an end to large public gatherings. Keith Urban and DJ D-Nice are among
Continue Reading George Floyd and the former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on Floyd’s neck before he died worked at the same nightclub, according to the venue’s former owner. Derek Chauvin and Floyd worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club, down the street from Minneapolis’ Third Precinct, according to Maya Santamaria,
Continue Reading Denzel Washington is being called a “good Samaritan” after coming to the aid of a man in distress in Los Angeles last week. A representative for Washington told CNN the actor pulled over to help a man he saw in “the middle of a busy intersection” because he was in “danger of being struck by
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EL PASO, Texas — Sharp Talons, Curved Beaks, Precise Vision. Birds of prey use all of them to hunt mammals for food. For the Harris hawk, a raptor of the Southwest skies, the mission is cooperative before unloading on it’s prey. “They are known as the wolves of the sky, so they would actually form
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EL PASO, Texas — Fort Bliss officials were mum Friday about a crime scene just outside the Cassidy gate to the post. A tent was erected and crime scene tape surrounded a black automobile along Cassidy Road just down from U.S. 54. Military police had cordoned off the area, which is located near Bliss Elementary
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX pressed ahead with its second attempt to launch astronauts for NASA — a historic first for a private company — but more stormy weather threatened more delays. Elon Musk’s company came within 17 minutes Wednesday of launching a pair of NASA astronauts for the first time in nearly a decade
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man in his 90s who died in a local hospital is the third confirmed coronavirus death in Doña Ana County, state health officials announced Friday. The man, who suffered form underlying health conditions, was one of nine additional virus deaths across New Mexico as the state’s death toll grew
Continue Reading As the US coronavirus death toll reached the grim milestone of more than 100,000 deaths this week, world health experts are concerned about new hot spots and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is projecting 123,000 coronavirus deaths by late June. More than 1.7 million people in the US have tested positive for coronavirus
Continue Reading For months now, fans of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida have been anxiously awaiting news of when their beloved resort would reopen. The wait for a date is over: Disney has proposed a phased reopening starting on July 11 with Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. EPCOT and Hollywood Studios would follow along on July
Continue Reading The former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck had 18 prior complaints filed against him with the Minneapolis Police Department’s Internal Affairs, according to the police department. It’s unclear what the internal affairs complaints against the officer, Derek Chauvin, were for. MPD did not provide additional details.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border traffic going into Mexico has declined significantly since the pandemic began and border restrictions and stay-at-home orders were put into place in the region. City of El Paso data shows southbound pedestrian traffic fell 71% in late May compared to the average crossing numbers in 2018. It’s a roughly
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Ministry of Health on Friday announced seven new coronavirus deaths in the city of Juárez, which were among nine throughout Chihuahua state, as it said the region was reaching the top of the curve. That brought the death toll from the pandemic thus far to 314 for the state and
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Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KCAL) — The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted families in a number of difficult ways, from the loss of loved ones to unemployment and the challenges of learning how to educate children from home. But 17-year-olds Sarah Shapiro and Skye Loventhal did not let the quarantine
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOCA RATON, FL (WFOR) — The companionship of a pet makes social distancing and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic a bit easier to tolerate. But for some people, caring for a pet is difficult which is why researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Nursing in Boca
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