(Editor’s note: Martin initially said it was a pharmacy tech who administered the shot, but later indicated that she learned it actually was a pharmacist.) EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoan Becky Martin went to her local Walgreens store for a flu shot but left with the Covid-19 vaccination shot instead. Martin posted her story
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By Maggie Fox and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of both Covid-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Wednesday and also said any of the three authorized vaccines could be used as a booster in a “mix and match” approach. The FDA gave emergency use authorization
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas- Health officials in Texas are planning for the Covid vaccine rollout for kids 11-years-old and under. On Wednesday, the White House said it’s ready to roll out the Covid-19 vaccines to kids ages 5 to 11, if the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for that age group is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, pending US Food and Drug Administration authorization. The Biden administration has secured enough vaccine supply to vaccinate the 28 million children ages 5 to 11 who would
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EL PASO, Texas — A total of eleven El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with three of those being breakthrough deaths involving fully-vaccinated people, the El Department of Public Health announced Monday. Nine of the eleven latest victims had underlying health issues; the deceased ranged in age from their 40s to 90s
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 deaths across the Borderland are down, as are hospitalizations. In El Paso, vaccination rates are almost at 77%, the closest we’ve been to what health experts consider herd immunity. That’s the good news. The bad news is Covid cases among children are going up.That could be because the Covid vaccine
Continue Reading Covid-19 has been the leading cause of death for US police officers in the last two years, according to Officer Down Memorial Page. CNN’s Ryan Young speaks to two widows who lost their husbands to the virus.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico – New Mexico’s indoor mask mandate will be extended again, through at least Nov. 12, according to the governor’s office on Friday. The indoor mask mandate was re-implemented Aug. 20 and was set to remain in effect until Sept. 15. The mandate was then extended through Oct. 15. Under the latest
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — A day after voting in support of Moderna booster shots for certain at-risk Americans, an independent Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday voted to move forward with Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine boosters. The panel’s decision on J&J was broader then it was for Moderna and Pfizer as it applies
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Throughout August, the risk of dying from Covid-19 was 11 times higher for unvaccinated adults than for fully vaccinated adults in the United States, according to new data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unvaccinated adults faced a six times higher risk of testing positive for Covid-19
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico’s public health order is set to expire Friday. Under the current public health order, all individuals over the age of 2 shall wear a mask in all indoor public settings, except when drinking or drinking. ABC-7 reached out to the governor’s office to learn if the indoor mask
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend a lower-dose booster shot for seniors and other high-risk groups. Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new executive order bans any entity in Texas from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate — a rule that directly conflicts with President Joe Biden’s proposed rules requiring Covid vaccines for federal workers and for large employers. The competing rules create a bind for many companies that rely
Continue Reading Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of Wuhan as part of a probe into the origins of Covid-19, according to a Chinese official. The move comes amid increasing calls for transparency over the emergence of the virus. The
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the United States will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All international visitors will need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Vehicle, rail and ferry travel between the U.S. and Canada
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EL PASO, Texas — More than a year in a half into the Covid-19 pandemic, El Pasoans are still recovering in many ways, especially mentally. But there is help out there for you that you may not even know about. Emergence Health Network’s Covid-19 Counseling Program is completely free for people who live within El
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. The Republican previously sought to ban state and local governments
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico State University professor who publicly opposed campus vaccine and mask mandates will no longer be teaching there. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports David Clements, a business college professor, posted on his social media account on the Telegram platform that he had been “terminated.” The university confirmed Monday
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — A total of ten El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week – and for the first time in a number of weeks, all of those deaths involved non-vaccinated individuals, the El Department of Public Health announced Monday. The ten latest victims – five men and five women – all
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its promising antiviral pill against COVID-19, setting the stage for a decision within weeks. If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, it would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, adding a new, easy-to-use weapon to
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 in what would be a major expansion that could combat an alarming rise in serious infections in youngsters and help schools stay open. If regulators give the go-ahead, reduced-dose kids’ shots could begin
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SANTA FE, New Mexico – The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday reported 10 recent Covid-19-related deaths across the state. The latest deaths included four victims from southern New Mexico… A woman in her 50s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.A man in his 60s from Doña Ana County. The
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UPDATE, Oct. 5: EPISD has now decided not to press charges against 17-year-old student Skyler Brown. He was arrested at Monday night’s school board meeting for disrupting it by refusing to comply with officers and put on a face mask. In a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, an EPISD spokesman said: “The case is now closed
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster shots for its coronavirus vaccine, but has left it up to the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide just who should get their boosters and when. “We’re describing
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego is hoping build upon his idea to vaccinate maquiladora workers and get more Juarenses vaccinated – this time the youth. Samaniego is looking to put Covid-19 vaccine shots into the arms of tens of thousands of Juarez teenagers. The judge admits it will be costly since
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EL PASO, Texas — Kids will be able to go door-to-door trick-or-treating for Halloween this year after El Paso health officials gave the thumbs up. Dr. Hector Ocaranza, the El City/County Health Authority, said the high Covid vaccination numbers and decreasing hospitalizations will allow El Pasoans to celebrate Halloween the traditional way after kids were
Continue Reading 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 fully-vaccinated people who also had underlying health conditions, the El Department of Public Health announced Monday. The nine latest victims – seven men and two women – all had underlying
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EL PASO, Texas — For Leonor Terrazas, her life was forever changed after she contracted Covid-19. An instructional aide at Ascarate Elementary school for 36 years, Terrazas was a dedicated worker who loved what she did, “Oh yeah, that was home, second home.” But after testing positive for Covid-19 and having a rough go at
Continue Reading 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 school districts on Friday released new guidance for their students and employees. Prior to Thursday night’s court decision, school districts in El Paso were enforcing the indoor mask mandate directive
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief. It took 3 ½ months for the U.S. to
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