My ‘dry’ January: What I learned from a month without social media
By Jacque Smith, CNN I deleted Instagram and TikTok. I logged out of Facebook and Twitter. I vaguely remembered I still had a Snapchat account and…
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Canada eases Covid-19 testing rules for vaccinated travelers
By Paula Newton and Paradise Afshar, CNN Canada is easing Covid-19 testing regulations for travelers, the country’s health minister announced…
Continue Reading Experimental brain surgery may help some people overcome drug addiction
By Caleb Hellerman When her son bounced up the steep stone steps and through the door of the house he shared with his mother and father, Gina…
Continue Reading Experimental brain surgery may help some people overcome drug addiction
By Caleb Hellerman When her son bounced up the steep stone steps and through the door of the house he shared with his mother and father, Gina…
Continue Reading Covid-19 daily case rates plunge to one-sixth the record high reached a month ago. But thousands are still dying from Covid-19 every day
By Deidre McPhillips and Holly Yan, CNN While new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations keep tumbling, more than 2,000 Americans are still dying every…
Continue Reading Covid-19 daily case rates plunge to one-sixth the record high reached a month ago. But thousands are still dying from Covid-19 every day
By Deidre McPhillips and Holly Yan, CNN While new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations keep tumbling, more than 2,000 Americans are still dying every…
Continue Reading People with autism or ADHD are more likely to die early, review says
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Having autism or ADHD could come with a higher risk of dying earlier than normal, according to new research. Several previous…
Continue Reading Researchers report third case of HIV remission after stem cell transplant using umbilical cord blood
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN A US woman has become the third known person who’s gone into HIV remission, and the first mixed-race woman, thanks to a…
Continue Reading Child Covid-19 hospitalizations rose amid Omicron, especially among children too young to be vaccinated
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children increased as Omicron replaced Delta as the predominant coronavirus variant in…
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New monoclonal antibody treatment available in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces doctor is offering a brand new type of monoclonal antibody therapy to patients. In December, the Food and Drug…
Continue Reading Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 during pregnancy can help protect baby too, new CDC study suggests
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 during pregnancy could offer some protection to babies after they’re born, too.…
Continue Reading You’ve lost your vaccine card. Stay calm and follow these steps
By Megan Marples, CNN Oh no. Your vaccine card is missing. You’ve searched your car, emptied your purse or backpack and torn apart your house,…
Continue Reading Covid-19 booster shot uptake is at all-time low in the US, CNN analysis finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The pace of people getting Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in the United States has dropped to the lowest it has ever been,…
Continue Reading Celebrate yourself this day after Valentine’s Day
By Allison Hope, CNN Hold the flowers and the chocolates and the sappy love poems. Forget Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day and the…
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Love in the time of Covid
EL PASO, Texas – Sal and Maritza Soto survived the worst Covid symptoms inside their UMC hospital room, which the nurse coined, the honeymoon suite.…
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El Paso Children’s Hospital celebrates 10 years of service, looks to future
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Children’s Hospital marks a decade of service in the Borderland. The 10th-anniversary celebration is being marked with…
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Weekly El Paso Covid-19 death totals decrease slightly for CDC week 6
EL PASO, Texas – The number of recorded Covid-19 deaths for the past week decreased slightly. According to city health data, there were 30 deaths,…
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Veterans can use marijuana without losing eligibility for care and services
EL PASO, Texas — Veterans can use marijuana without the fear of losing their eligibility for care and services as more states legalize the…
Continue Reading Federal government makes a push for community health centers to provide virtual health services beyond the pandemic
By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and other digital disease-monitoring tools to become…
Continue Reading Federal government makes a push for community health centers to provide virtual health services beyond the pandemic
By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and other digital disease-monitoring tools to become…
Continue Reading Americans less likely to have sex, partner up and get married than ever
By Harry Enten, CNN Valentine’s Day is a day of love, a special day on which we’re supposed to make sure that those around us know how…
Continue Reading How yoga helps NFL pro bowler Mike Daniels tackle tension ahead of the Super Bowl
By Dana Santas, CNN It might be surprising to people who think of football players training only in the weight room or on the field, but yoga has…
Continue Reading When can younger children be vaccinated against Covid-19? ‘Not yet’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The timeline for when children younger than 5 in the United States might start receiving Covid-19 vaccinations has just…
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In reversal, FDA puts brakes on COVID shots for kids under 5
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have put the brakes on their push to speed Pfizer’s…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine booster effectiveness wanes after four months but still offers protection, study finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines are safe, and they offer high levels of protection…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes new Covid-19 monoclonal antibody that works against Omicron variant
By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment that seems to work against the Omicron…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine authorization for younger children delayed as FDA seeks more data
By Jen Christensen, Brenda Goodman and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Parents will have to keep waiting to find out when their youngest children can get a…
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El Paso Animal Services turns to traveling veterinarians, inmates during shortage
EL PASO, Texas – Facing a shortage of workers, El Paso Animal Services seeks relief for the shelter’s surgical needs and basic animal care. One…
Continue Reading As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity
By Brenda Goodman, CNN The BA.2 virus — a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant — isn’t just spreading faster than its…
Continue Reading The NFL says it has lessons for the country on handling Covid-19
By Amanda Sealy, CNN As the NFL’s 2021 season kicked off with the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Dallas…
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