Kids are still taking pretty big risks, according to several new studies of youthful behavior from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…
Continue Reading As 19-year-old Alyannah Buhman begins her junior year of pre-law studies at Iowa State University, she has ambitions of a career in civil rights law.…
Continue Reading More than 52,000 water guns which are sold only at Target are being recalled by Hasbro, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a notice.…
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States across the US are now seeing a decline in coronavirus cases, a US top official said this week, though he warned things could quickly change…
Continue Reading Students are returning to college campuses across the US, and several universities are already detecting cases of coronavirus that have led to…
Continue Reading Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, confirmed to CNN that he had surgery Thursday morning…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials on Thursday reported an additional 208 coronavirus cases and five more deaths, including a…
Continue Reading With parents spending more time with their children than usual due to the Covid-19 pandemic, their need for discipline that works is greater than…
Continue Reading The more children are exposed to pollution, the greater the risk they will develop their first case of asthma, a large study has found. The study,…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will soon begin regularly releasing information on Covid-19 cases in public school among students and staff members, Texas…
Continue Reading A plan to release over 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022 received final approval from local…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In an effort to deliver the most comprehensive coronavirus coverage, ABC-7 has started a weekly feature where we ask Dr.…
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Excuse me? What’s that mean? When it comes to educating the world about coronavirus, public health organizations around the world uniformly…
Continue Reading The ads are everywhere – germicidal ultraviolet lights that can disinfect surfaces and perhaps help stop transmission of coronavirus. But how…
Continue Reading Russia announced on Thursday that it will begin post-registration clinical trials for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate next week — and 40,000…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced ten new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. The death toll now…
Continue Reading In a move aimed at making it easier to get children vaccinated, the US Department of Health and Human Services said it would authorize any…
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — As the debate over reopening schools continues nationwide, a local school district is trying to make campuses safer…
Continue Reading A US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for blood plasma to treat Covid-19 is on hold, but could still be issued in the near…
Continue Reading A teen girl in Southern California has died of the coronavirus, Orange County health officials announced Wednesday. The girl had “significant…
Continue Reading Black newborn babies in the United States are more likely to survive childbirth if they are cared for by Black doctors, but three times more likely…
Continue Reading Living with a plugged nose isn’t fun, but James Nestor was ready. Plus, it was for science. While researching his recent book, “Breath:…
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating a salmonella outbreak affecting 68 people in nine states that could be linked to tainted…
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — The number of coronavirus patients in Texas hospitals fell below 6,000 Wednesday for the first time since June, but…
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EL PASO, Texas — Thousands of students across the Borderland started the school year online this past Monday. Many students are required to be…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed hope Wednesday that most elementary school students will be able to return to…
Continue Reading After adjusting for population, US states in the South and West continue to report the most daily coronavirus cases even after declines over the past…
Continue Reading The requirement that children receive vaccinations before starting school has come to be accepted by most parents in this country as normal. It is…
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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Wednesday released expanded guidance for reopening schools that “strongly advocates for additional…
Continue Reading There is no denying that vaping is popular among teens, with one-third of US high school students reporting they have vaped or used other electronic…
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