EL PASO, Texas — Most teens spend their Friday nights hanging out with their friends, but for Kaitlyn Llanez she spent hers living out a dream. Llanez has spent the majority of her life in and out of hospitals. At just seven years old she was diagnosed with an extremely rare cancer called Adenocarcinoma. “Being
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By Harry Enten, CNN Admit it: If you see someone wearing glasses, you think that person has a better chance than not of having an above-average IQ. As a former Bronx assistant district attorney and author of the legal article “Eye See You: How Criminal Defendants Have Utilized the Nerd Defense to Influence Jurors’ Perceptions,”
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EL PASO, Texas – Our windy season will soon be wrapping up. It’s typically June when we can say goodbye to our almost consistent windy days. We’ve had an above-normal amount of wind, dust and dirt this season. But did you realize that our winds blow more than just grit and dust into our mouths?
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – With gratitude for the doctors who saved her life as an infant, a Las Cruces teen graduating Friday plans to become a pediatrician and help children of all ages. “I think it’s just important to give back to the community that’s given a lot to you,” said Sienna Torrez, a
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are closely tracking recent clusters of monkeypox infections around the world — and possible cases in the United States. Currently, the CDC is monitoring six people in the United States for possible monkeypox infections after they sat near an infected traveler
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EL PASO, Texas — The warmer months are here, and with the heat comes mosquito season. Jason Sarate program manager for Vector Control says El Paso hasn’t seen as many mosquitos as it did last year. “The rains hit the El Paso region very early, so early on we just had a really big increase
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DALLAS, Texas – Dak Lopez, who loves all things dinosaurs, turtles, and water-related, is battling an aggressive form of leukemia. He is only 4-years-old, yet needs a bone marrow transplant to save his life. The catch is, Dak needs a Hispanic donor- someone who has a similar ancestry! On top of that, according to Lopez-
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EL PASO, Texas — Coco the therapy dog is back to giving snuggles after more than two and a half years. Del Sol Medical Center welcomed her back this month for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “She was working here about three months prior to COVID, and once COVID hit
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By Megan Marples, CNN Children with strong family connections are associated with a high likelihood of flourishing in life, a new study found. Numerous studies have shown that strong family bonds lower the chances of poor outcomes in children such as risky behaviors and drug abuse, but this study revealed that there may be positive
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN Children with strong family connections are associated with a high likelihood of flourishing in life, a new study found. Numerous studies have shown that strong family bonds lower the chances of poor outcomes in children such as risky behaviors and drug abuse, but this study revealed that there may be positive
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN On Thursday, Claire Holland graduated from sixth grade. It was a happy day. She made the honor roll and she won her class’ big science award, but her day was not without worries. The 12-year- old for Mandeville, Louisiana is caught up in the formula shortage that has left countless families
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN On Thursday, Claire Holland graduated from sixth grade. It was a happy day. She made the honor roll and she won her class’ big science award, but her day was not without worries. The 12-year- old for Mandeville, Louisiana is caught up in the formula shortage that has left countless families
Continue Reading Brenda Goodman The global toll of sudden and unexplained hepatitis in children has risen to 621 cases from 34 countries, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said in an update on Thursday. About half of those cases come from just two countries—the United States and the UK. On Thursday, investigators from both those
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman, CNN As waves of new coronavirus variants circulate the globe, one thing has become clear: human immunity against the virus fades over time. To maintain durable protection against the virus that causes Covid-19, scientists are working around the clock to develop next-generation vaccines. But some of the
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El PASO, Texas — Officials are warning of baby formula scams. Several moms taking to social media for formula have already fallen prey, nationally, though none have been reported locally. The dire shortage is forcing moms to take desperate measures and turn to the internet. The Better Business Bureau of El Paso, says moms are becoming a target for scammers seeking to exploit
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on boosters for 5- to 11-year-olds following the independent vaccine advisers recommendation for an additional dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine following a primary series. The CDC’s vaccine advisers voted 11-1, with 1 abstention Thursday to support recommending a booster dose,
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on boosters for 5- to 11-year-olds following the independent vaccine advisers recommendation for an additional dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine following a primary series. The CDC’s vaccine advisers voted 11-1, with 1 abstention Thursday to support recommending a booster dose,
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are closely tracking recent clusters of monkeypox infections around the world — and possible cases in the United States. Currently, the CDC is monitoring six people in the United States for possible monkeypox infections after they sat near an infected traveler
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN An extremely rare disease called monkeypox, a cousin of smallpox, has again made its way to the United States. A case of monkeypox was reported Wednesday in a patient hospitalized in Massachusetts who had recently traveled to Canada in private transportation. In 2021, two people traveling from Nigeria to the US
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN An extremely rare disease called monkeypox, a cousin of smallpox, has again made its way to the United States. A case of monkeypox was reported Wednesday in a patient hospitalized in Massachusetts who had recently traveled to Canada in private transportation. In 2021, two people traveling from Nigeria to the US
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Thursday, 40 seniors from Rio Grande Preparatory Institute were rehearsing for the real thing happening this weekend. At the Field of Dreams in Las Cruces, Rio Grande and 5 other high schools will be reaching the major milestone in one’s life – their high school diploma. ABC-7 spoke to
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz and MJ Lee, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday that it had secured its first batch of infant formula from overseas and was preparing to fly it through the newly created Operation Fly Formula program, as White House officials face pressure to provide important details on how they
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, CNN A group of Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden to appoint someone to oversee the baby formula shortage as it continues to devastate families across the country searching for supplies. Sen. Patty Murray, the chairwoman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – The shuttered baby formula factory tied to a national shortage could be up and running by next week, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s commissioner. “We had to really wrestle this to the ground with Abbott ending up in a consent decree with the Justice department to make sure as
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coke knows that its soda caps often end up as litter. So it’s trying to solve the problem by tethering them to the bottle, at least in the United Kingdom. Earlier this week, the British arm of the beverage company announced that it has started rolling out new versions of
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Independent School District will offer free meals at 35 schools this summer as part of its Seamless Summer Option meal program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The meals are provided for all children in the community from ages 1 to 18. Meals include breakfast and lunch,
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet Thursday to discuss updates on Covid-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness for children ages 5-11 years, CDC guidance on boosters for that age group and the framework for that booster dose. The committee will vote
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman and Nadia Kounang, CNN Three-year-old Alexis Tyler survives on Gerber Lil Crunchies cheese puffs and the chocolate flavor of a specialty nutritional formula called Neocate. Her mother hasn’t been able to buy that formula for her since March. In the next few days, doctors will start the process of admitting Alexis to
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman and Nadia Kounang Three-year-old Alexis Tyler survives on Gerber Lil Crunchies cheese puffs and the chocolate flavor of a specialty nutritional formula called Neocate. Her mother hasn’t been able to buy that formula for her since March. In the next few days, doctors will start the process of admitting Alexis to the
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The United States is preparing to welcome more displaced Ukrainians now that the Biden administration has approved the first group to enter through the new Uniting for Ukraine program. Ukrainians began arriving through the program this month. In early May, “the first notices authorizing Ukrainian nationals to travel to the United
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