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 testing positive each day, that number is expected to grow. If you’re currently sick with Covid-19 it can be difficult to know whether you should seek medical care. Knowing if symptoms
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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 health pass without actually getting the shot. The nurse ditched the vaccines in a bin and even put bandages on his “patients” so the scam would not be
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EL PASO, Texas — Local health experts are encouraging El Pasoans to upgrade their masks as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly. The El Paso Department of Public health reported more than 11,400 active Covid-19 cases Tuesday morning. Dr. Ogechika Alozie, infectious disease specialist with Sunset I.D. Care, said the Omicron variant of the virus is
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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 world’s second-largest country by total area, Canada has seen a steep rise in cases as the Omicron variant spreads. The country recorded 294,437 new cases for the week ending January 8, according
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all. The move is a reaction to the severe hospital staffing shortages
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
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EL PASO, Texas– With dropping temperatures and rising Covid-19 cases, the deputy director of the Opportunity Center says his shelter is facing capacity issues. Deputy Director John Martin tells ABC-7 that with the rise in cases, quarantine hotels administered by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) are now full. The quarantine hotels are used to
Continue Reading CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden’s most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses. But in a separate challenge, some justices seemed more
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Patrick Kennedy, a nightlife performer in New York City, recently was exposed to Covid-19, he was desperate to find more rapid tests to not only monitor his health but track when he’d be able to return to work. “It’s impossible to find Covid tests because of the shortage
Continue Reading 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 worrisome trend in youngsters too young to be vaccinated. That’s according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Friday. Since early December, as the highly contagious omicron variant has spread
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EL PASO, Texas – Coronavirus, when combined with the flu, creates what’s called ‘Flurona’. According to health experts, ‘Flurona’ is not a new disease nor a new variant of COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu season occurs during the fall and winter months, with the peak activity happening between December
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While all this sounds familiar, El Paso County judge Ricardo Samaniego says conditions will not improve any time soon. Quite the contrary, the county judge says health and government officials are bracing and trying to prepare for another spike. Although there are lessons learned from the first spike, this one will not come without its
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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 started feeling sick on Dec. 31st, 2021 so they got her tested at the Don Haskins Rec Center testing site. At the same time he and his dad
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LAS CRUCES, NM — Las Cruces Public Schools Health Services officials say approximately 30 percent of the Organ Mountain High School boys’ varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams have been impacted by a COVID outbreak. Officials announced Wednesday high school basketball games have been rescheduled and practices canceled to minimize any potential spread. “Our spring
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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 leader in vaccination rates and testing, positive cases are on the rise here in the Borderland and nationwide too. City Manager Tommy Gonzalez compared the partial to fully vaccinated
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EL PASO, Texas — Borderland residents are driving to various city mega-covid-testing sites, waiting for hours just to get tested. There are options available where you can be tested in minutes, many times, in less than an hour. “How long did it take for you to get tested? Just a couple of minutes Are you
Continue Reading 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 two weeks. With that, they said the demand for testing has grown. Tommy Gonzalez, city manager, said they planned for the spike and have been proactive in adding more
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3aEMsaMQQ EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials confirmed Monday 12 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant among patients in the community. Health officials say the specimens were collected on Dec. 21 and 22. Six of the patients are male, six are female. The ages of the patients range from their 20s to 70s.
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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 Diseases at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, says the Omicron variant is responsible for most new infections in the U.S. in the last few days. As for
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Whoopi Goldberg has tested positive for Covid-19, “The View” co-host Joy Behar announced on Monday’s episode of the talk show. Behar told viewers that Goldberg’s case was mild thus far. “They say there’s no place like home for the holidays and that’s exactly where we are this year,” Behar said of the
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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. The Seattle-based coffee giant said Monday it was acting in response to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which issued a vaccine-or-test requirement for companies with more than 100 employees
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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 adviser Allen Blakemore said the lieutenant governor experienced mild symptoms and tested positive for the virus last week but has subsequently tested negative and is completing his quarantine period. “His symptoms
Continue Reading 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 getting vaccinated following her experience.
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine boosters to children ages 12 to 15. The agency also shortened the time needed before receiving a booster shot from at least six months after completion of the initial series to at least five
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. That’s the latest strike against the firebrand whose embrace of conspiracy theories has been called “a cancer” for the GOP and led the House to boot her from committees.
Continue Reading By HOPE YEN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus. That’s according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s top
Continue Reading 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 the beginning of December, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials are asking the federal government for increased COVID-19 testing sites and treatment. The request made Friday follows reports earlier this week that Texas is running low on the antibody treatment that has proved most effective against the surging omicron variant. The Texas Division for Emergency Management and the Texas
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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 for sometimes hours before being seen. “We just got here at 11, my sister just took off, she waited 3 hours,obviously she got tested, and my brother
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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 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The company that runs the state’s program said Thursday that the state’s supply of tests was overstretched. The announcement came hours after
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