Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine booster shot, urges vaccination
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden received his Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 booster shot on Monday at the White House during an on-camera event.…
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DASH diet and exercise helps uncontrolled high blood pressure, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Nearly half of all Americans live with high blood pressure, a key contributor to diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease,…
Continue Reading ‘How to Raise Kids who Aren’t A**holes’ — or maybe even kind
By Elissa Strauss, CNN The desire to raise good people is fairly universal among adults with kids in their lives. Most of us want our kids to grow up…
Continue Reading Daily pace of new Covid-19 vaccinations is the lowest since the CDC started tracking in mid-January
By Madeline Holcombe and Theresa Waldrop CNN The daily pace of new Covid-19 vaccinations in the United States is the lowest it has been since the…
Continue Reading ‘The writing is on the wall. Why can’t they read it?’: Teens aren’t getting the Covid-19 vaccine even at clinics meant for them
By Jen Christensen, CNN Leaders of the nonprofit Neighbor2Neighbor had high hopes for their Covid-19 Vax to School clinic in Randolph County,…
Continue Reading Want to help prevent more variants down the road? Get vaccinated, CDC director says
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Adequate rates of vaccination can help prevent the rise of new mutations that could force people to get booster after booster…
Continue Reading Make-ahead school lunches that are so much better than basic PB&J
By Casey Barber, CNN By the time your kids get to middle and high school, their tastes are changing, they are feeling very independent, and they have…
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City of El Paso to provide Covid vaccine booster shots
EL PASO, Texas —Beginning Monday, the City of El Paso said it will begin to administer the Covid-19 Pfizer booster vaccine to eligible adults who…
Continue Reading 5 things to know about coronavirus booster shots
By Maggie Fox, CNN Booster shots are here, after much hoopla from the White House and a great deal of discussion and consideration from the teams of…
Continue Reading ‘We will not boost our way out of this pandemic,’ CDC director says as 70 million eligible Americans remain unvaccinated
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Three-quarters of eligible Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and some are now able to receive an…
Continue Reading Do something good for yourself — nothing
By Lisa Selin Davis, CNN Among the many tragedies Covid-19 has wrought, some people have found unexpected gifts. The chance to slow down and…
Continue Reading Researchers who developed the mRNA technology behind Covid vaccines win “America’s Nobel”
By Maggie Fox, CNN Two US researchers who developed the technology that underlies both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines won a…
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Funeral set for prominent El Paso veteran John Ceballos, who died of Covid-19
UPDATE, Sept. 24: Funeral arrangements for prominent El Paso veteran and community leader John Ceballos have been announced. His viewing will be at…
Continue Reading Masks in school help prevent Covid-19 outbreaks and spread, CDC studies find
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 outbreaks are far more likely in schools that don’t require students and staff to wear masks, new data from…
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U.S. House votes to protect abortion rights amid new Texas law
WASHINGTON, DC — Legislation passed by the U.S. House on Friday would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion. But the bill’s 218-211 approval…
Continue Reading 4 tips to help your teenager build resilience through volunteerism and activism
By Phyllis L. Fagell When five teenagers realized during virtual learning that their Glenbard, Illinois, classmates were strugging, they set up a…
Continue Reading CDC leader adds people with risky jobs to COVID booster list
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed COVID-19 booster shots for…
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Pandemic lessons: How El Paso medical school students have had to adapt
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Training to be a doctor in the middle of a pandemic. In many ways, medical students in El Paso have had the opportunity to…
Continue Reading Dinosaurs are colossal beings that shaped our childhood. Psychologists share why they capture kids’ hearts
By Megan Marples, CNN James Kirkland picked up his first dinosaur toy when he was 5 years old in 1959. He remembers it like it was yesterday. Little…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine boosters can begin for some US adults as CDC partially diverges from its advisers’ recommendations
By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Following days of lengthy debate among vaccine experts, booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can now be…
Continue Reading These 18 states have still not vaccinated at least half of their residents
By Travis Caldwell, CNN With a surge in new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, health officials and state leaders have ratcheted up their calls for…
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Juarez Fair runs through Oct. 10 with Covid precautions, but also risk
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An El Paso infectious disease expert says the Juarez fair could be a risk to El Paso if proper Covid safety measures are not…
Continue Reading CDC advisers recommend booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine for certain adults only
By Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argued long and hard Thursday before endorsing giving…
Continue Reading Common painkiller should be investigated for possible risks to developing fetuses, experts say
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN An international group of 13 scientists has released a statement calling for the health care community to carefully consider…
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‘Keep the kids engaged’: El Paso phys ed coach outlines challenges of pandemic weight gain
EL PASO, Texas — After being cooped up at home for quite some time, Borderland doctors are starting to see more kids and teens come in with issues…
Continue Reading Give beets a chance with these easy, tasty recipes
By Casey Barber, CNN Even for vegetable lovers, beets can be a hard sell. Beets are one of those love-’em-or-hate-’em vegetables, with…
Continue Reading Kids are bringing pandemic stress to school. Here’s how to spot it
By Channon Hodge, CNN; Video by Natalia V. Osipova and Tawanda Scott Sambou, CNN With children returning to school, there’s a massive effort…
Continue Reading It’s far from over, but Delta coronavirus wave might be the last major wave of infection, former FDA commissioner says
By Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The current wave of Covid-19 cases driven by the Delta coronavirus variant has the potential to be the…
Continue Reading FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk
By MATTHEW PERRONE, LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. has moved a step closer to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes booster dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for people 65 and older
By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would grant emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer’s…
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