El Paso leaders, survivors reflect on third anniversary of COVID pandemic
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three years after the first confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, El Pasoans are reflecting on the solemn anniversary. On…
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WHO official criticizes China’s ‘inexcusable’ lack of transparency on pandemic’s origins
By Jen Christensen, CNN The World Health Organization still does not have key data from China about the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak, putting the…
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Suspenseful moments, Foster School of Medicine Students find out their residency assignments during Match Day 2023
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Match Day a special day that every medical students look forward to. It is a momentous occasion the tips off the transition…
Continue Reading Life-threatening pregnancy and childbirth risks can vary depending on where you live, study finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The risks of severe complications during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum can vary drastically depending on where the…
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El Paso joins Texas in lack of mental health care, especially for children
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Dr. Felix Carrion, a psychologist in El Paso, is worried about the future of mental health in the community. He’s…
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EPA proposes first standards to make drinking water safer from ‘forever chemicals’
(CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first national drinking water standard for “forever chemicals” that…
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Federal judge at center of FDA abortion drug case has history with conservative causes
When anti-abortion groups wanted to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an abortion-inducing drug, they didn’t file the…
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Water outage for Las Cruces residents
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The City of Las Cruces Water Department will be conducting a water line maintenance that will cause a water outage for some…
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Spring allergies hit El Paso harder than most cities
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Those with seasonal spring allergies will usually see symptoms in March and last through May. Last year The Asthma and…
Continue Reading Child growth and development hampered by PFAS in blood, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Potentially toxic chemicals found in everyday products, including fast-food wrappers, makeup and carpeting, are altering…
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Apple Watch data shows people aren’t getting enough sleep
This week is sleep awareness week. A new study suggests Americans aren’t getting enough sleep, that’s according to new data from Apple and the…
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Tips for surviving the Daylight Saving Time change
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Are you ready to move your clocks forward by an hour? That’s right — for most people in the…
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Family member and doctor urge life-saving screenings during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month a local doctors is urging the public to get screened and learn more about the…
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City offers free screenings during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- In an effort to reduce cancer rates during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the city will provide free screenings for…
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Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication
By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 10, 2023 “Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion…
Continue Reading YouTube star Hank Green’s predictions about the future of the internet
By Andrea Kane, CNN Is the internet — and all that goes along with it: the screens, the technology, the apps — good or bad? That’s been the…
Continue Reading FDA to require mammogram reports include breast density information
By Janelle Chavez, CNN Newly updated US Food and Drug Administration regulations will require mammography facilities to notify patients about the…
Continue Reading Mediterranean diet may lower heart disease risk in women by nearly 25%, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Closely following a Mediterranean diet may cut a woman’s risk of heart disease and death by nearly 25%, according to a…
Continue Reading Your pollen allergies are overwhelming? This might be why
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Pollen has exploded to eye-watering levels this spring in some parts of the country after warm weather pushed plants out of…
Continue Reading Biden administration declares fentanyl laced with xylazine ‘an emerging threat’ in the US
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine — an animal…
Continue Reading Medical tourism to Mexico is on the rise, but it can come with risks
By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a…
Continue Reading Medical tourism to Mexico is on the rise, but it can come with risks
By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a…
Continue Reading Medical tourism to Mexico is on the rise, but it can come with risks
By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a…
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Women denied abortions sue Texas to clarify exceptions to the laws
Five Texas women who say they were denied medically necessary abortions are suing the state, seeking to clarify when the procedure is permissible…
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Free dental clinic for Doña Ana County residents
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Doña Ana Community College and the New Mexico Dental Association Foundation will be offering residents free dental…
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See if you have what it takes to be an agent in the FBI fitness test challenge
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — To ensure special agents possess the necessary levels of fitness to fulfill any duty required of them, The FBI requires…
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New cancer navigation system unveiled in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A navigation program geared toward cancer was unveiled by the Hospitals of Providence. The new…
Continue Reading She flatlined three times, lost both legs and had a failing heart. Yet she told doctors she’s ‘the luckiest person on this planet’
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Her smile is bright, cheery, sometimes goofy and always contagious. But pictures can’t completely capture her upbeat,…
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Parent education around vaping in the Borderland, prevention resources available
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to the American Heart Association, Vaping is the new youth tobacco epidemic with 1 in 5 teens vaping,…
Continue Reading Bempedoic acid improved heart health in patients who can’t tolerate statins, study finds
By Jen Christensen, CNN Bempedoic acid may be an alternative for people who need to lower their cholesterol but can’t or won’t take…
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