First, the bad news: The number of new coronavirus cases reported in Florida each day has increased an average of roughly 46% over the past week,…
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Continue Reading While coronavirus keeps spreading and killing with impunity, the world waits for a vaccine that could quash the pandemic. But details and timelines…
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The pandemic forced many American college campuses to close and move classes online. Some are now wondering whether the high cost of college tuition…
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported one new coronavirus death and a double-digit increase in ICU patients on Monday.…
Continue Reading During these turbulent times, the stress on families is palpable. Parents and children alike are feeling understandably anxious about their futures.…
Continue Reading If you’re a white person in America, social justice educator Robin DiAngelo has a message for you: You’re a racist, pure and simple, and…
Continue Reading Are you a pessimist by nature, a “glass half empty” sort of person? That’s not good for your brain. A new study found that…
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UPDATE: Matthew McConaughey has wrapped up his delivery of face masks to Texas hospitals with a donation to University Medical Center in El Paso. UMC…
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EL PASO, Texas — As El Paso County topped 3,300 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday, news emerged that the hospitalization rate reached it’s…
Continue Reading Shortly after 11 a.m. on December 16, 2019, Cindy Siegel Shepler drew her last breath in a spartan room in Basel, Switzerland. The 62-year-old…
Continue Reading Jazondre Gibbs was up early Saturday morning, packing her car and driving with her mom into the center of Washington, DC. She wanted to be there in…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — No new coronavirus deaths were reported by El Paso health officials on Saturday, but the number of additional cases rose by 85. The…
Continue Reading As the United States erupts in protests and push back against systemic racism, parents are worried. Parents of black kids navigate far more…
Continue Reading Children love to see images of themselves in the books that are read to them and in the books they read. While representation has rarely been a…
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EL PASO, Texas — A group first formed in 2014 that calls themselves ‘White Coats for Black Lives’ held a peaceful protest Friday at UMC. Dr. Nagela…
Continue Reading It’s easy to sight the obvious racism such as using race-based slurs or threats. But there’s a more subtle and insidious form of racist…
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EL PASO, Texas — Trying to maneuver through life during a pandemic while healthy is hard enough. Ahead of National Cancer Survivor Day on June 7,…
Continue Reading It’s been an extraordinary week in America, as anger, pain and heartbreak have swept across the country over the killing of yet another black…
Continue Reading The federal government’s “Operation Warp Speed” vaccine program, with its emphasis on quick production and testing of experimental…
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(Editor’s note: The exact impact of the additional testing and study announcements on El Paso have not yet been detailed.) AUSTIN, Texas — The…
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials on Friday reported the state’s highest peak of infections, and said the record number was…
Continue Reading Covid-19 isn’t the only health crisis threatening our nation right now. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to…
Continue Reading The World Health Organization is now calling for nations to encourage the general public to wear fabric masks in areas where there continues to be…
Continue Reading Researchers in the United Kingdom have put an abrupt stop to an arm of their Covid-19 trial that involves the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine.…
Continue Reading Americans are putting their health at risk while trying to protect it. About a third of Americans surveyed by the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso recorded its youngest fatality yet of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, with health leaders announcing the death…
Continue Reading As we emerge from our pandemic isolation, the world we’re coming back to is far different and more socially confusing than it once was.…
Continue Reading Practice social distancing, wear a mask, wash your hands (for at least 20 seconds) — the recommendations to prevent coronavirus are a familiar…
Continue Reading If you’ve marched in any recent protests, you may want to consider getting tested for the coronavirus. That’s the recommendation of the…
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