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High blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain sizes and dementia, a study finds

October 4, 2021 2:52 PM CNN Newsource

By Megan Marples, CNN High blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain size and increased risk of dementia, a new study has found.…

Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics

October 4, 2021 2:26 PM Associated Press

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…

3 fully-vaccinated El Pasoans among 9 new Covid deaths

October 4, 2021 11:47 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A total of nine El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with three of those being breakthrough deaths involving…

Brain stimulation acts ‘like a switch’ to turn off severe depression for one patient

October 4, 2021 9:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Maggie Fox, CNN After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain…

Europe’s drug regulator advises Covid-19 booster shots for the immunocompromised

October 4, 2021 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By James Frater and Lindsay Isaac, CNN The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that a booster shot of the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna…

Full FDA approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine had only a modest impact on uptake. Here’s what mattered more

October 4, 2021 5:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Despite hopes that full approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine would convince large numbers…

How chili peppers helped Nobel Prize winners understand how we feel heat

October 4, 2021 4:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová and Katie Hunt, CNN The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for…

Covid-19 numbers are improving. Don’t let history repeat itself with yet another resurgence, doctors say

October 4, 2021 1:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN As Covid-19 numbers gradually improve, health experts have an urgent message: Don’t get cocky and let…

How to fall asleep more quickly — the healthy way

October 3, 2021 5:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Is falling asleep when your head hits the pillow what you’re dreaming of? A fast fall into the land of nod may seem like…

‘Every one of those deaths is unnecessary,’ expert says of rising Covid-19 US death toll as tens of millions remain unvaccinated

October 3, 2021 1:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With a first-of-its-kind antiviral pill against Covid-19 potentially headed towards distribution, the health care community…

Covid-19 forces early retirement for long-time El Paso educator

October 2, 2021 12:04 PM Katie Frazier

EL PASO, Texas — For Leonor Terrazas, her life was forever changed after she contracted Covid-19. An instructional aide at Ascarate Elementary…

What would an antiviral pill mean for the fight against Covid-19?

October 2, 2021 10:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced on Friday early result that indicate their experimental oral antiviral drug…

Covid-19 antiviral pill could be a game changer, but vaccines are still America’s way out of the pandemic, experts say

October 2, 2021 1:07 AM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A pill that could potentially treat Covid-19 is a “game-changer,” but experts are emphasizing that it’s not…

How often should you wash your towels?

October 2, 2021 12:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Ada Wood, CNN There is nothing like wrapping yourself up in a fluffy, warm towel after a hot shower or bath. After drying yourself, however, the…

Schools issue new guidance after court halts El Paso’s mask mandate

October 1, 2021 8:04 PM Rosemary Garcia

EL PASO, Texas — After the 8th Court of Appeals required El Paso’s City/County Health Authority to lift his indoor mask mandate for now, local…

US hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall

October 1, 2021 12:58 PM Associated Press

By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone,…

Only 30% of NMSU students submit vaccination proof by deadline

October 1, 2021 12:04 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Initial data from New Mexico State University shows just more than 30% of students submitted vaccination proof by the Sept.…

U.S. Supreme Court justice denies request to block NYC school vaccine mandate

October 1, 2021 3:50 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a request from a group of New York City teachers to block the…

California to require all schoolchildren to get Covid shots

October 1, 2021 11:42 AM Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, California — California has announced the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren. Gov. Gavin Newsom said…

Texans are leaving the state for abortions after Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood clinics say

October 1, 2021 9:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Planned Parenthood clinics have seen dramatic increases in the number of people from Texas going out of state to seek…

Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19

October 1, 2021 6:54 AM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case…

Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization

October 1, 2021 4:12 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by…

US surpasses 700,000 Covid-19 deaths

October 1, 2021 3:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US surpassed 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, 108 days after the country reached 600,000 deaths…

El Paso’s mask mandate put on hold by appeals court

September 30, 2021 9:18 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A state appeals court ruling late Thursday set aside El Paso’s Health Authority order requiring the wearing of face masks at…

The Covid-19 vaccine health care worker holdouts: For them, it’s personal. For their hospitals it’s professional

September 30, 2021 6:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Jen Christensen, CNN Being a nurse means everything to Andrea Babinski, but she is willing to risk it all — the connections to colleagues…

Appeals court says U.S. can keep expelling migrants under Title 42

September 30, 2021 6:10 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit put on hold Thursday a lower court order that would have forced the Biden…

Breast Cancer Trivia

September 29, 2021 11:25 AM KVIA Administrator

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September 29, 2021 11:29 AM KVIA Administrator

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More than 2 million US teens use e-cigarettes, a quarter of them daily, CDC and FDA find

September 30, 2021 1:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Maggie Fox, CNN More than 2 million US teens say they use e-cigarettes, with a quarter of them saying they vape daily, a new national survey…

Stopping antidepressants may lead to relapse, study finds. Here’s what you can do

September 30, 2021 12:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Over half of people with chronic depression who attempted to stop their antidepressant medication relapsed into depression by…