UPDATE #1, FEB. 1: New Mexico State University leaders are asking fans to comply with the mask mandate if they want to attend the remainder of the basketball game this season. “There is a potential that we could have no fans,” said Jon Webster, Covid-19 project manager. “We don’t want to do that.” According to
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EL PASO, Texas – According to city health data, the number of El Paso deaths due to Covid-19 was up from the previous week. There were 34 deaths recorded as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Week 4 data. Nine of the deaths were from December, 25 deaths were from January. The
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Manhattan restaurant where Sarah Palin was spotted dining indoors while unvaccinated over the weekend confirmed that the former Alaska governor returned to dine outdoors on Wednesday, just a few days after testing positive for Covid. At issue are current local guidelines that advise people who tested positive to remain in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Since the start of the year, El Paso has seen an increase in pediatric Covid cases and so have hospitals. Officials with the El Paso Children’s Hospital told ABC-7 the hospital has seen close to 300 pediatric patients who have tested positive in January alone. Pediatric patients are anyone under
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Moderna has begun testing an omicron-specific version of its COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults. Moderna announced the study Wednesday. Earlier this week, competitor Pfizer began similar research with its reformulated shots. It’s not clear that global health authorities will decide the vaccines need to be changed. The shots still offer strong
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EL PASO, Texas- The new EPISD mask policy goes into affect today. The new rule gives visitors, staff and students the option to opt out of wearing a mask while on District property. According to the new provision students in athletics and fine arts are exempt while competing, practicing or attending events unless they have
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EL PASO, Texas — The omicron variant makes up nearly all new Covid cases in the U.S. If you’ve recently tested positive, a local emergency room doctor suggests that medications that are likely already in your medicine cabinet could help treat your symptoms. “If you’re otherwise well, you can take over the counter cold remedies
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This month, the Texas’ COVID-19 positivity rate — the percentage of tests with positive results — soared to its highest peak yet amid the onset of the highly transmissible omicron variant. With the most recent surge in cases came a renewed reliance on testing. During the holiday season, Texans scrambled to secure at-home tests and
Continue Reading By Liz Stark The Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses, following the Supreme Court’s decision to block the rule earlier this month. The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it will be withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard for businesses
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – El Paso health officials say 26 new Covid-19 related deaths were recorded in El Paso for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Week 3 data. One of those deaths happened in December. The other 25 deaths occurred in January. All 26 patients had underlying health conditions. They include: 2 men
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EL PASO, Texas — If you are disabled and need your Covid-19 vaccine there is an easier option to lines. Disability Rights of Texas is an organization that can help you get your vaccine if you cannot make it to one of the sites. Executive director, Mary Faithfull, says the organization’s mission is to “protect
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Marisa Diaz y Diaz doesn’t understand why her order for the free federal home Covid-19 tests isn’t going through. The Uniondale, New York, resident rents a single-family home from a friend. But when she entered her information on covidtests.gov on Tuesday, she got an error message stating that the tests were
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By: Arielle Mitropoulos (ABC NEWS) At the beginning of 2020, as the nation celebrated the start of a new year, many Americans were still unaware of the “mysterious pneumonia” that had sickened dozens of workers at a live animal market in Wuhan, China. The illness, later identified as the “novel coronavirus”, began spreading rapidly across the globe. Several studies have
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By Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration will make 400 million N95 masks available to Americans for free starting next week, a White House official told CNN, the latest federal step aimed at reining in the US’ Covid-19 surge. The masks — which are coming from the Strategic National Stockpile — will
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong will euthanize about 2,000 hamsters and other small animals after a pet store worker and several rodents tested positive for coronavirus, as the city pursues an uncompromising zero-Covid strategy two years into the pandemic. The announcement by the Hong Kong government on Tuesday was met with outrage by pet
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP spring semester began Tuesday, but students returned to the classroom at a time when Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the El Paso community. UTEP President Heather Wilson sent out a guide for staff members. In the letter, Wilson repeated the importance of protecting one another. “We value in-person
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El Paso, Texas – After a split vote, the El Paso Independent School District board on Tuesday directed its new superintendent to implement a mask mandate for students and staff. The policy allows them to opt out if they are against the mandate. The vote was 4-3, with trustees Leah Hanany, Israel Irrobali, Josh Acevedo
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DOÑA ANA, NM — Some schools in the Gadsden district will shift to remote learning as they deal with higher levels of Covid-19 cases. According to a district spokesman, La Union Elementary will shift to remote learning for 3 days: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Jan. 19-21. Riverside Elementary, Vado Elementary, Berino, Sunrise, Mesquite Elementary, and Gadsden High School will
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EL PASO, Texas – With the lines at El Paso testing sites growing longer, some ABC-7 viewers say the result times are taking days to arrive, and one viewer says they haven’t been notified in over a week. Terrence Foster tells ABC-7, “I got tested for COVID at the sportsplex Jan. 5th. It’s now the
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By ZEKE MILLER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially launch. The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for “every home in the U.S.” to order four tests, to
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EL PASO, Texas – Covid-19 deaths in El Paso continue to impact patients who are not fully unvaccinated. There were 41 deaths reported for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Week 2. Ten of those deaths were breakthrough deaths. The total spans a period of two months: 14 deaths in Dec. and 27 deaths
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — With the omicron variant surging, more people are trying to get a Covid-19 test. Several agencies nationwide, including the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, said the demand in tests has led to an opportunity for scammers to take advantage of you. The BBB reports scammers are setting up
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EL PASO, Texas — Americans will be able to start ordering at-home Covid-19 rapid tests from the federal government beginning this week. The new federal initiative to increase testing will start on January 19. Senior officials in the Biden administration say that each residential household address is limited to only four free tests at the
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have updated their mask guidance, encouraging more Americans to wear N95 or KN95 masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the updated guidance late Friday afternoon. Those kinds of masks are considered better
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has approved its first two COVID-19 vaccine exemptions based on religious reasons, something no other military service has done so far. The Marines say the two exemptions are the first to be approved by the Corps in 10 years. The Marines said
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders on Wednesday. The announcement on Friday comes as the administration looks to address nationwide shortages, but supplies will be limited to just four free tests per home. Americans shouldn’t
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EL PASO, Texas — Grocery stores are having a difficult time keeping their shelves fully stocked for customers, but it is not because of panic buying. Gary Huddleston, a grocery industry consultant from the Texas Retailers Association, said the empty shelves could be attributed to three problems. During the pandemic, companies have had a difficult
Continue Reading By Andrea Kane and Nadia Kounang, CNN The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is causing Covid-19 cases to spike, with an average of more than 747,000 new cases a day, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University. That’s almost three times the average daily cases from a year ago, when the country was
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free to Americans. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Biden says his administration will also make “high-quality masks” available for no charge. He spoke at an
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