La Union Maze open until Nov. 7 pays tribute to health workers
LA UNION, New Mexico — Each year the La Union Corn Maze changes the design of the maze and this year was no exception. This year’s design is…
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Trick-or-treating returns for Halloween this year in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Kids will be able to go door-to-door trick-or-treating for Halloween this year after El Paso health officials gave the thumbs…
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Study confirms pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos harder than Whites
By Maggie Fox, CNN A study published Monday confirms that the pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos far harder than Whites early…
Continue Reading High blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain sizes and dementia, a study finds
By Megan Marples, CNN High blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain size and increased risk of dementia, a new study has found.…
Continue Reading Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…
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3 fully-vaccinated El Pasoans among 9 new Covid deaths
EL PASO, Texas — A total of nine El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with three of those being breakthrough deaths involving…
Continue Reading Brain stimulation acts ‘like a switch’ to turn off severe depression for one patient
By Maggie Fox, CNN After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain…
Continue Reading Europe’s drug regulator advises Covid-19 booster shots for the immunocompromised
By James Frater and Lindsay Isaac, CNN The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that a booster shot of the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna…
Continue Reading Full FDA approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine had only a modest impact on uptake. Here’s what mattered more
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Despite hopes that full approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine would convince large numbers…
Continue Reading How chili peppers helped Nobel Prize winners understand how we feel heat
By Ivana Kottasová and Katie Hunt, CNN The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for…
Continue Reading Covid-19 numbers are improving. Don’t let history repeat itself with yet another resurgence, doctors say
By Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN As Covid-19 numbers gradually improve, health experts have an urgent message: Don’t get cocky and let…
Continue Reading How to fall asleep more quickly — the healthy way
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Is falling asleep when your head hits the pillow what you’re dreaming of? A fast fall into the land of nod may seem like…
Continue Reading ‘Every one of those deaths is unnecessary,’ expert says of rising Covid-19 US death toll as tens of millions remain unvaccinated
By Travis Caldwell, CNN With a first-of-its-kind antiviral pill against Covid-19 potentially headed towards distribution, the health care community…
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Covid-19 forces early retirement for long-time El Paso educator
EL PASO, Texas — For Leonor Terrazas, her life was forever changed after she contracted Covid-19. An instructional aide at Ascarate Elementary…
Continue Reading What would an antiviral pill mean for the fight against Covid-19?
By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced on Friday early result that indicate their experimental oral antiviral drug…
Continue Reading Covid-19 antiviral pill could be a game changer, but vaccines are still America’s way out of the pandemic, experts say
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A pill that could potentially treat Covid-19 is a “game-changer,” but experts are emphasizing that it’s not…
Continue Reading How often should you wash your towels?
By Ada Wood, CNN There is nothing like wrapping yourself up in a fluffy, warm towel after a hot shower or bath. After drying yourself, however, the…
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Schools issue new guidance after court halts El Paso’s mask mandate
EL PASO, Texas — After the 8th Court of Appeals required El Paso’s City/County Health Authority to lift his indoor mask mandate for now, local…
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US hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall
By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone,…
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Only 30% of NMSU students submit vaccination proof by deadline
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Initial data from New Mexico State University shows just more than 30% of students submitted vaccination proof by the Sept.…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court justice denies request to block NYC school vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a request from a group of New York City teachers to block the…
Continue Reading California to require all schoolchildren to get Covid shots
SAN FRANCISCO, California — California has announced the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren. Gov. Gavin Newsom said…
Continue Reading Texans are leaving the state for abortions after Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood clinics say
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Planned Parenthood clinics have seen dramatic increases in the number of people from Texas going out of state to seek…
Continue Reading Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON, DC —Â Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case…
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Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by…
Continue Reading US surpasses 700,000 Covid-19 deaths
By Travis Caldwell and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US surpassed 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, 108 days after the country reached 600,000 deaths…
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El Paso’s mask mandate put on hold by appeals court
EL PASO, Texas — A state appeals court ruling late Thursday set aside El Paso’s Health Authority order requiring the wearing of face masks at…
Continue Reading The Covid-19 vaccine health care worker holdouts: For them, it’s personal. For their hospitals it’s professional
By Jen Christensen, CNN Being a nurse means everything to Andrea Babinski, but she is willing to risk it all — the connections to colleagues…
Continue Reading Appeals court says U.S. can keep expelling migrants under Title 42
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit put on hold Thursday a lower court order that would have forced the Biden…
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