Health Archives

‘Virus spreading like wildfire’: El Paso sets new records for cases, hospitalizations and ICU use

July 12, 2020 8:11 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s County’s top doctor declared Sunday morning that the coronavirus is “spreading like wildfire” as he announced…

Florida woman took dishwashing job so she could visit husband with Alzheimer’s during pandemic

July 12, 2020 3:14 AM CNN

Mary Daniel visited her husband Steve every day at his Florida memory care center until they stopped allowing visitors in March because of the…

Covid-19 continues its grim record-setting pace in Texas

July 12, 2020 12:29 AM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

AUSTIN, Texas — The coronavirus continues to cut its record-setting swath through Texas as state officials reported a record 10,351 new cases for…

Johns Hopkins’ dashboard: The people behind the pandemic’s most visited site

July 11, 2020 7:33 PM CNN

If the year 2020 is good for anything, it’s the lesson that during a crisis, anyone who builds a better mousetrap will find the world beating a…

Otero County woman’s death among 4 more in New Mexico; Dona Ana County has record new case week

July 11, 2020 6:20 PM Jim Parker

SANTA FE, New Mexico — An Otero County woman was among four new coronavirus deaths in New Mexico on Saturday as the state’s death toll rose to 543.…

A family is trying to raise over $2 million to give their baby a gene therapy treatment to save her life

July 11, 2020 4:45 PM CNN

The family of a 3-month-old girl is trying to raise over $2 million for a one-time gene therapy treatment that may be their daughter’s only…

Expert warns the US is approaching ‘one of the most unstable times in the history of our country’

July 11, 2020 3:08 PM CNN

With rising Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations sending many states backward in their reopening plans, one health expert warns that if the US…

Texas morgues filling up, refrigerated trailers sought by some counties to hold bodies

July 11, 2020 11:30 AM Texas Tribune

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas –More than 3,000 Texans have now died from the coronavirus and counties in the state are preparing for even more deaths by…

353 new El Paso virus cases; over 2,100 in a week, tops 9,000 total

July 11, 2020 10:01 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso public health officials reported 353 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, racking up a weekly total of more than 2,100 and a…

Los Angeles Apparel factory ordered closed after over 300 coronavirus cases and 4 deaths

July 11, 2020 6:07 AM CNN

A garment manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles with over 300 confirmed coronavirus cases among employees has been ordered closed after an…

‘The tsunami is here’: Texas surpasses 10,000 patients in hospitals for virus

July 10, 2020 10:19 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

AUSTIN, Texas — On Friday, Texas surpassed 10,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time, capping a week of grim markers that also…

Sun Metro taking additional virus prevention steps after ABC-7 goes on a bus ride

July 10, 2020 9:57 PM Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas — The director for Sun Metro, El Paso’s mass transportation agency, says bus drivers should tell riders they either need…

Florida man and his sons charged with selling toxic chemical as a coronavirus cure to thousands

July 10, 2020 10:00 PM CNN

Three months after President Donald Trump suggested ingesting disinfectants as a treatment for coronavirus, a Florida man and his three sons are…

‘I think I made a mistake’: 30-year-old Texan dies at hospital after attending Covid-19 ‘hoax’ party

July 10, 2020 9:36 PM ABC News

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A doctor from Methodist Hospital in San Antonio said a young man died after attending a Covid-19 party, according to ABC…

68% of a New York clinic’s patients test positive for coronavirus antibodies

July 10, 2020 8:29 PM CNN

New data suggests that working-class and minority neighborhoods hit hardest by coronavirus in the borough of Queens in New York are now…

Florida publicly discloses hospitalizations as the US breaks another case record

July 10, 2020 8:09 PM CNN

Another record-setting day of Covid-19 cases across the US came with a spotlight on Florida, which publicly released its number of coronavirus…

How coronavirus affects the entire body

July 10, 2020 7:59 PM CNN

Coronavirus damages not only the lungs, but the kidneys, liver, heart, brain and nervous system, skin and gastrointestinal tract, doctors said Friday…

Gov. Abbott warns of Texas ‘lockdown’ coming next if virus spread doesn’t slow

July 10, 2020 2:24 PM Texas Tribune

LUBBOCK, Texas — With Texas continuing to break records for new coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations this week, Gov. Greg…

Otero Prison inmate among 6 more state virus deaths; Doña Ana County has 44 of state’s 301 new cases

July 10, 2020 4:19 PM Jim Parker

SANTA FE, New Mexico — An Otero County Prison inmate’s death was one six new coronavirus deaths reported in New Mexico on Friday, state health…

More evidence emerges that a TB vaccine might help fight coronavirus

July 10, 2020 3:24 PM CNN

More research emerged this week in potential support of using the tuberculosis vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a tool in the fight against…

6-week-old Texas infant dies from coronavirus

July 10, 2020 2:05 PM ABC News

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Corpus Christi city councilman said he was notified Friday by the local health district of a Covid-19 related death of a…

New WHO report says airborne coronavirus transmission ‘cannot be ruled out’ in outbreaks in some indoor settings

July 10, 2020 2:06 PM CNN

The World Health Organization on Thursday released a new scientific report detailing how the coronavirus can pass from one person to the next —…

Kazakhstan denies Chinese government report that country has ‘unknown pneumonia’ outbreak more deadly than Covid-19

July 10, 2020 4:08 AM CNN

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Authorities in Kazakhstan have denied a report published by Chinese officials that the country is experiencing an outbreak…

WHO chief blasts ‘lack of leadership’ and calls for global unity as coronavirus cases mount worldwide

July 10, 2020 8:20 AM CNN

The director-general of the World Health Organization has condemned a “lack of leadership” in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and made…

5 new virus deaths, 361 new cases reported in El Paso

July 10, 2020 7:35 AM Mauricio Casillas

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced five new deaths, and 361 new cases on Friday. The death toll now stands…

Pathologist found blood clots in ‘almost every organ’ during autopsies on Covid-19 patients

July 10, 2020 5:03 AM CNN

Autopsies on people who died of the coronavirus are helping doctors understand how the disease affects the body — and one of the most…

This Arizona ICU nurse protested for lockdowns. Now she is stretched thin as public rejects precautions

July 10, 2020 4:38 AM CNN

An ICU nurse who stood in defense of Arizona’s early stay-at-home order and other Covid-19 precautions now says she feels her profession is…

Covid-19 symptoms: What we know now and what to do

July 10, 2020 4:05 AM CNN

It may feel like years, but the world has only been battling the deadly novel coronavirus for months. As scientists feverishly work around the clock…

What we know about coronavirus risks to school age children

July 9, 2020 11:58 PM CNN

As coronavirus cases spike nationwide, most parents are wondering whether it’s safe to send their children back to school. But with most of the…

New Mexico governor orders no indoor restaurant dining, no fall football or soccer due to virus

July 9, 2020 3:45 PM Jim Parker

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called it “a tough pill to swallow for many New Mexicans” as she rolled back the state’s…