By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer is seeking U.S. authorization of its experimental COVID-19 treatment pill. The filing Tuesday sets the stage for a likely launch of a promising treatment that can be taken at home. Pfizer’s pill has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among
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EL PASO, Texas — There were eight El Pasoans who died from Covid-19 over the past week, with all of the fatalities involving those who were unvaccinated, the El Department of Public Health announced Monday. Officials said all of the latest victims had underlying health conditions and there were no breakthrough deaths; the deceased ranged
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More young children are getting vaccinated and older adults are getting booster shots here in El Paso. For parents, that means you have even more vaccination cards that you need to take care of. So here’s what to do in case you lose it. The first thing to do is
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — Six hospitals across New Mexico are now facing “crisis standards of care,” including Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo. Laura Parajon, the Deputy Secretary of Health in New Mexico, said this means people who need immediate Intensive Care Unit care may not get it. “You get a heart attack, get
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — A federal appeals court late Friday extended the block on a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for companies. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to lift its emergency stay on enforcement of President Joe Biden’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 employees or more. Lawyers for the U.S. Justice
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order Friday expanding Covid-19 booster shot eligibility to all New Mexico adults and extending the state’s indoor mask mandate through at least Dec. 10. The moves are in response to surging rates of infection that state health officials are partly linking to waning
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CANUTILLO, Texas – Canutillo Independent School District Superintendent Pedro Galaviz and El Paso City-County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza held a briefing Friday morning to address questions about a surge in Covid-19 cases at Canutillo Middle School and Jose Damian Elementary. Students were participating in remote learning from home on Friday as the two schools were being cleaned and sanitized
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego held a noon-hour Friday briefing at City Hall to discuss a “a very concerning” rise in Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations across the community. The mayor cited a disturbing trend of nearly 800 new confirmed infections over the past two days across El Paso County.
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico indoor mask mandate isn’t going anywhere, according to Dr. David Scrase, New Mexico’s Health and Human Services Department secretary. The state’s current public health order is in effect until Nov. 17, but Scrase said the indoor mask mandate for public spaces would likely stay in place. New
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CANUTILLO, Texas — The Canutillo Independent School District said it would be temporarily closing Canutillo Middle School and Jose Damian Elementary School due to Covid-19 outbreaks. A spokeswoman for the school district told ABC-7 that students from both schools would be returning to remote learning because of an increase in coronavirus cases reported on their
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AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting mask mandates in schools violates the Americans with Disabilities Act — freeing local officials to again create their own rules. The order comes after a monthslong legal dispute between parents, a disability rights organization and Texas officials over whether the state was violating
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health was set to host two virtual community forums with Borderland doctors on Wednesday evening and Thursday evening for interactive question and answer sessions about the safety of the Covid-19 vaccine for children as well as pregnant women. “It is imperative that parents in our community are
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Now that students as young as five-years old can get Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, Las Cruces Public Schools is planning the first vaccine clinic for its youngest students. “Having your child vaccinated is the best line of defense against Covid-19,” said Kelly Jameson, an LCPS spokeswoman On Saturday from 9 a.m.
Continue Reading By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN Approximately 900,000 children ages 5 through 11 are expected to have received a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine by the end of Wednesday, a White House official said. An announcement is expected to come later today. About 700,000 appointments have been made at pharmacies for upcoming
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The news of a Covid-19 vaccine now readily available for kids five to eleven may be welcome news for parents but the thought of getting a shot is scary for some kids. Dr. Sarah Martin, a child and adolescent psychiatrist with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of El Paso said
Continue Reading CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy stressed Tuesday that parents need to recognize that “Covid is not harmless in our children” after actor Matthew McConaughey said his kids aren’t vaccinated and that he’s against mandating vaccines for children. “Many kids have died. Sadly, hundreds of children — thousands — have
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Almost 40 demonstrators met on the NMSU horseshoe Tuesday afternoon to protest the university-wide vaccine mandate. “I say, my body my choice,” said Jody Kincaid, who said he is a retired naturopathic doctor. “This is not about a disease. This is about political control.” According to the university, NMSU receives
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Pfizer and BioNTech said on Tuesday afternoon that they’re seeking emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for a Covid-19 vaccine booster for all individuals age 18 and older. The companies are seeking an amendment to the existing EUA for booster doses for some adults. The companies said the
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Analysis by Chris Cillizza WASHINGTON, DC — The Covid-19 vaccine debate is getting weird. On Twitter, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused Big Bird of pushing “Government propaganda…for your 5 year old!” after the Muppet tweeted about getting the shot in his wing. It’s hard to imagine how we all missed it. After all, an
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — There were nine El Pasoans who died from Covid-19 over the past week, with only one being a breakthrough death involving a fully-vaccinated person, the El Department of Public Health announced Monday. Officials said all of the latest victims had underlying health conditions and eight of the nine weren’t fully vaccinated;
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Rachel Janfaza, CNN A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new vaccine rules that could apply to larger employers, certain health care workers and federal contractors. In the brief order, a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that the petitioners in the case —
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN When Perrysburg School Superintendent Thomas Hosler sent a survey to parents in his Toledo-area district to see how many wanted to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19, he got more than 20,000 “no” responses. His district only has 5,700 students in it. “Clearly someone spent a lot of time in their
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso, Socorro and Ysleta Independent School Districts are partnering with Immunize El Paso to offer Covid-19 vaccines to kids who are now eligible. They’re inviting parents to take their children ages 5 to 11 to get their shot. However, anyone else who’s eligible, including older children and adults, are
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By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced Friday that samples from a variety of animals at the zoo, including the spotted hyenas, were tested after several lions
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% among patients with mild-to-moderate infections. The company announced Friday it will soon ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international regulators to authorize its pill, which is taken twice
Continue Reading CNN’s Brynn Gingras joins Newsroom from an urgent care from New York and speaks with a mother and daughter about getting the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Even if they get a breakthrough infection, vaccinated people don’t get as sick with Covid-19, two different teams of researchers reported Thursday. Both studies show the vaccines strongly protect against severe disease and death, even months after people were first vaccinated and as the more transmissible Delta variant renewed the spread
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly. The new requirements are the Biden administration’s boldest move yet to persuade reluctant Americans to finally get a vaccine
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus antiviral. It’s the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19. The U.K. is the first country to OK the treatment. But it wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the drug known as molnupiravir will be available.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso announced late Wednesday that it had received 10,000 Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 and planned to begin administering shots on Thursday at all city-operated vaccine clinics and sites by appointment. The move comes after the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and
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