When to seek emergency care if you’re Covid-19 positive
EL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 hospitalizations in El Paso are at the highest level they’ve been since December 2020. With hundreds more El Pasoans…
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Police: Nurse in Italy caught faking shots, ditching vaccine
ROME (AP) — Police in Italy have arrested a nurse on charges he faked giving coronavirus vaccinations to at least 45 people so they could get a…
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It’s time to upgrade your mask as Omicron spreads, El Paso infectious disease expert says
EL PASO, Texas — Local health experts are encouraging El Pasoans to upgrade their masks as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly. The El Paso…
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Canada deemed ‘very high’ risk for travel
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Canada was moved to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk category for travel on Monday. The…
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Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of…
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Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19…
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Local homeless shelter faces capacity issues amid cold weather and Omicron
EL PASO, Texas– With dropping temperatures and rising Covid-19 cases, the deputy director of the Opportunity Center says his shelter is facing…
Continue Reading Supreme Court appears poised to block Biden’s vaccine and testing rules for businesses
CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of…
Continue Reading People desperate for Covid tests are turning to resellers online
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Patrick Kennedy, a nightlife performer in New York City, recently was exposed to Covid-19, he was…
Continue Reading Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
By LINDSEY TANNER and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared to unprecedented levels, a…
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What is ‘Flurona’?- Should El Pasoans be worried?
EL PASO, Texas – Coronavirus, when combined with the flu, creates what’s called ‘Flurona’. According to health experts, ‘Flurona’ is not a new…
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Covid cases, hospitalizations, rising in El Paso; testing lines get longer
While all this sounds familiar, El Paso County judge Ricardo Samaniego says conditions will not improve any time soon. Quite the contrary, the county…
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Increased Covid-19 testing numbers are causing delays in results
EL PASO, Texas — Five days. That’s how long one El Paso family had to wait for their Covid-19 test results. Terry Speicher told ABC-7 his Mom…
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Covid outbreak forces Las Cruces High Basketball games to be rescheduled
LAS CRUCES, NM — Las Cruces Public Schools Health Services officials say approximately 30 percent of the Organ Mountain High School boys’ varsity,…
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El Paso City Covid-19 operations are back to phase 1, at least partially
EL PASO, Texas – During the City Council of El Paso meeting on Tuesday, council members discussed the Covid-19 update. While El Paso has been a…
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COVID-19 testing sites in El Paso that don’t require a long wait
EL PASO, Texas — Borderland residents are driving to various city mega-covid-testing sites, waiting for hours just to get tested. There are options…
Continue Reading El Paso City Council weighs in on COVID testing lines, concerns
EL PASO, Texas– City leaders met Tuesday to get a COVID-19 response update. Officials said that new cases have increased by 80% daily over the last…
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El Paso health officials discuss first dozen cases of the Omicron variant in El Paso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3aEMsaMQQ EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials confirmed Monday 12 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant…
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El Paso infectious disease doctor weighs in on Omicron variant, flu, common cold
EL PASO, Texas — A local infectious disease doctor is weighing on the Omicron variant and what we know so far. Dr. Armando Meza, Chief of Infectious…
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Whoopi Goldberg tests positive for Covid-19
By Marianne Garvey Whoopi Goldberg has tested positive for Covid-19, “The View” co-host Joy Behar announced on Monday’s episode of…
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Starbucks says employees must get vaccine or test weekly
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks says its U.S. workers must be fully vaccinated by Feb. 9 or face a weekly COVID testing requirement.…
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested positive last week for COVID-19 but didn’t tell Texas right away
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, his campaign said Monday. In a short news release, Patrick senior…
Continue Reading A Covid-19 survivor came out of a coma after 65 days. Now she supports vaccinations
Andrea Arriaga Borges spent 65 days in a coma while fighting Covid-19 in 2021. She tells CNN’s Brianna Keilar about her change of heart regarding…
Continue Reading CDC backs FDA’s decision to reduce time between primary series and booster dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Twitter bans Rep. Greene’s personal account for COVID claims
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the…
Continue Reading Fauci: CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic
By HOPE YEN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal…
Continue Reading El Paso bucks national trend of increasing child hospitalizations from Covid
EL PASO, Texas – Nearly 200,000 children nationwide tested positive for COVID-19 during the week of Dec. 16 to 23 – that’s up by about 50% since…
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Texas seeks federal aid for COVID-19 testing and treatment
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials are asking the federal government for increased COVID-19 testing sites and treatment. The request made Friday…
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Long lines for Covid-19 testing in El Paso during the holidays
EL PASO, Texas – Lines at Covid testing sites around the Borderland are longer than usual this time of year. El Pasoans are left to wait in line…
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New Mexico sees test shortage as coronavirus cases top 2,000
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is running short of free at-home rapid tests to detect COVID-19 infections as the state struggles with the spread…
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