In counties where states require masks, Covid-19 case and death rates slow down — but in counties where states allow on-site restaurant dining,…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been nearly a month since independent, outdoor youth sports were allowed to return in El Paso. Some parents are…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 31 coronavirus-related deaths Friday morning. The latest deaths include 3…
Continue Reading As more patients and friends get fully vaccinated, Dr. William Schaffner’s phone has been ringing constantly, his email box flooded. The fully…
Continue Reading Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
Continue Reading Leaders and businesses across the US are pushing back against states lifting mask mandates by doubling down on their commitment to enforcing Covid-19…
Continue Reading The risk of death from Covid-19 is about 10 times higher in countries where most of the population is overweight, according to a report released…
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Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas– Much has been made about the new Covid-19 vaccine to enter circulation. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine received emergency use…
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EL PASO, Texas — In a highly personal letter where he recounts the Covid-19 deaths of his mother and brother, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser wrote to…
Continue Reading Concerned that there weren’t enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Roughly one in seven people in El Paso County have now had Covid-19. Hospitalizations are decreasing, but health experts say…
Continue Reading Katie Mehnert is CEO of ALLY Energy, ambassador to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Equity in Energy program and author of Grow with the Flow.…
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center of El Paso finally closed registration for 3,000 vaccination appointments for “super seniors” – those 70…
Continue Reading While tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every week, ABC-7 anchor Mauricio Casillas will speak to Dr. Edward Michelson. Dr. Michelson is the chairman of the…
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — In April 2020, an optimistic Gov. Greg Abbott announced at the Texas Capitol that he would soon take initial…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Dr. Ogechika Alozie, a member of Texas’ infectious disease preparedness task force, joined ABC-7’s Good Morning El Paso live…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 35 coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. The deaths include a woman…
Continue Reading For many teens, the pandemic has created an environment in which most of their lives take place in the shadows. Our kids have become increasingly…
Continue Reading The director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually “do the right thing”…
Continue Reading The United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart.…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The U.S. government needs to boost vaccine supplies if it wants New Mexico to meet a new mandate for getting at least one…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Masks are still required in Texas public schools unless local school boards decide to make them optional, the Texas Education Agency…
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EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego on Wednesday implored El Pasoans to continue wearing masks in the wake of…
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EL PASO, Texas — The ramifications of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that he will remove the statewide mask mandate and allow all businesses…
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EL PASO, Texas — The Catholic diocese of El Paso announced Wednesday that it will continue restrictions at churches on the number of people allowed…
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Exactly 1,000 doses of the newly approved, single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine have arrived at Memorial Medical…
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday that school and child care personnel are now eligible to be…
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A corrections officer is suing Dona Ana County over a requirement that first-responders and other employees be vaccinated,…
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