Drive-up food pantry for those with food insecurity in the Vinton area
VINTON, Texas – Organizers at Bill Childress Elementary School are gearing up to provide food boxes to those with food insecurity in the area of…
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Former Biden advisers, public health experts release Covid-19 ‘roadmap’ with goal for transitioning out of pandemic phase
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Some of the nation’s leading public health experts, including former coronavirus advisers to the Biden…
Continue Reading Florida to recommend against Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children
By Steve Contorno and Carma Hassan, CNN The Florida Department of Health will recommend against Covid-19 vaccinations for healthy children, the…
Continue Reading Florida to recommend against Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children
By Steve Contorno and Carma Hassan, CNN The Florida Department of Health will recommend against Covid-19 vaccinations for healthy children, the…
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Study links even mild Covid-19 to changes in the brain
By Nadia Kounang, CNN Patients with even a mild case of Covid-19 may experience accelerated aging of the brain and other changes to it, according to…
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378 new breakthrough COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths reported by health officials
EL PASO, Texas – The borderland’s health officials report a cumulative total of 3, 330 deaths due to COVID-19. In CDC Week 9 there were 24 which…
Continue Reading Global Covid-19 deaths surpass 6 million
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The global Covid-19 death toll surpassed 6 million on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Global daily…
Continue Reading Global Covid-19 deaths surpass 6 million
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The global Covid-19 death toll surpassed 6 million on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Global daily…
Continue Reading Struggling after her son was born with disabilities, a mom learns to ask for help
By Jaclyn Greenberg, CNN A few weeks shy of giving birth to my middle child, I went to what I thought was a routine ultrasound appointment near my…
Continue Reading Trucker convoy laps Washington, DC, beltway to protest Covid-19 measures
By Gabe Cohen and Dakin Andone, CNN A convoy of vehicles lapped the Washington, DC, beltway Sunday morning to demand an end to Covid-19 mandates and…
Continue Reading NIH needed help reaching communities of color about Covid-19, but grassroots groups say they were not paid properly
By Elizabeth Cohen and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN From the very beginning of his presidency, Joe Biden has pledged to make sure communities hit hardest…
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COVID-19 continues to cause havoc for Borderland Shelter
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico- As people begin to recover from the pandemic, animal services in the Borderland are feeling some unforeseen effects due to…
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What’s behind the newest anti-diet diet
Almond Cow examined what’s behind the newest anti-diet diet craze of intuitive eating—and how perspectives among Americans and scientists are…
Continue Reading The end is near: The new pandemic data looks promising — for some, anyway
By Jen Christensen, CNN While the pandemic is not over, experts say the US may be in for, at the very least, a “near normal” spring and…
Continue Reading The end is near: The new pandemic data looks promising — for some, anyway
By Jen Christensen, CNN While the pandemic is not over, experts say the US may be in for, at the very least, a “near normal” spring and…
Continue Reading Doing 30 to 60 minutes of one exercise weekly could help you live longer, study says
By Kristen Rogers, CNN You might have heard that strengthening exercises most benefit your muscular and skeletal health, but they could have two…
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Area testing sites adjust hours due to decline in Covid-19 testing demands
EL PASO, Texas – The City of El Paso said beginning March 7 the mega testing sites and the convention center site will adjust their hours of…
Continue Reading Goodwill project at California school goes viral
By Matt Villano, CNN Two years into a pandemic with a war in Ukraine and gun violence in schools, churches and synagogues, students at a tiny rural…
Continue Reading You sent us your hiccup cures. Experts put them to the test
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hiccups. Everyone has a cure, and everyone insists theirs is the best. But when they try to pass it along to others, the…
Continue Reading Surgeon general launches effort to get to the bottom of Covid-19 misinformation
By Michael Nedelman and John Bonifield, CNN The office of US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a request Thursday for information surrounding…
Continue Reading Requiring masks in K-12 schools cut Covid-19 infections, study shows
By Brenda Goodman, CNN As states roll back masking requirements for students, a new study shows that masks helped cut Covid-19 infections in public…
Continue Reading These US counties still have ‘high’ Covid-19 levels as their states lift mask mandates, CNN analysis shows
By Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Most people in the United States now live in counties where those who are healthy no longer need to…
Continue Reading Research on the pet-human bond has boomed in the pandemic. Here’s what studies found
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Psst. Don’t tell my bosses, but I have a guilty pleasure. Every time a post pops up in the pet channel of our internal…
Continue Reading Want to sleep better? Lift some weights
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Struggling to sleep? Put some muscle into your efforts by adding resistance training, otherwise known as weight training, to…
Continue Reading Face masks expired? How to tell, plus why you should hold onto them despite easing restrictions
By Megan Marples, CNN Mask mandates may be lifting in many parts of the United States, but don’t ditch your face coverings just yet. Last week,…
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El Paso transgender teen’s family grapple with the newest developments in transgender care at the State level
EL PASO, Texas — A Texas judge has temporarily blocked a state agency to continue investigating a family for child abuse after they provided…
Continue Reading A highly changed coronavirus variant was found in deer after nearly a year in hiding, researchers suggest
by Brenda Goodman An Omicron-like variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 — one that appears to be highly divergent from circulating strains…
Continue Reading Black and brown communities had highest increases in drug overdose death rates during pandemic, study says
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Drug overdose death rates in the United States soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a new study suggests that Black and…
Continue Reading How should you decide whether to keep wearing a mask? Our expert weighs in
By Katia Hetter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new measure for determining Covid-19 community levels.…
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Strategy to clean up wastewater in the Rio Grande ahead of irrigation season
EL PASO, Texas — Months after wastewater was discharged into the Rio Grande, El Paso Water continues a clean-up strategy to ensure the Rio Grande…
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