New Mexico releases plan for re-opening schools amid pandemic
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s public schools now have rules and suggestions for how to reopen in the fall in what could amount to…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s public schools now have rules and suggestions for how to reopen in the fall in what could amount to…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas education officials are envisioning a largely hands-off approach to helping school districts bring students back to campus…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Ysleta Independent School District officials said Tuesday evening that the start of Hanks High School summer sports workouts would…
Continue ReadingFor older adults, your current belly size could be a key indicator in whether you develop dementia within the next decade or two. For women that risk…
Continue ReadingIf you have inflammatory bowel disease, you may be at greater risk for developing dementia, a new study suggests. Inflammatory bowel disease, which…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported seven new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, two of which occurred in Doña Ana County,…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A Texas National Guardsman who worked at the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank has tested positive for Covid-19, an official…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday —…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is more likely to lead to a baby bust than a baby boom in the United States — possibly leaving the nation with about…
Continue ReadingThe ability to work from home is a privilege for many, but it also comes with unique stressors. While working remotely decreases your exposure to the…
Continue ReadingInstitutional racism in the United States contributes to the disproportional impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on the Black community, the…
Continue ReadingA group of Democratic senators has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator whether the agency is shipping enough personal…
Continue ReadingIt’s an unprecedented effort: the US government is investing more than $3 billion to come up with a vaccine against the coronavirus.…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The coronavirus death toll in El Paso County now stands at 122. The Department of Public Health announced two new deaths and…
Continue ReadingPeople of color are dying from Covid-19 in America in shocking numbers, victims to a disease that attacks those in poor health the hardest. This…
Continue ReadingA new study suggests that as many as 8.7 million Americans came down with coronavirus in March, but more than 80% of them were never diagnosed. A…
Continue ReadingNo less than $900 million is spent each year in the advertising industry, including marketing snack foods, video games and sugary drinks to kids each…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Just a few months ago, it would’ve seemed strange to see someone walking around with a face mask. Now, it’s the new normal.…
Continue ReadingOne-third of Medicare recipients diagnosed with Covid had to be hospitalized, and more than a quarter of that group died, according to federal data…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday struck a newly urgent tone about rising coronavirus numbers in Texas but said “closing down…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a news conference Monday to acknowledge that the numbers of Covid-19 cases and people gong to the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — An El Paso woman is a fighter. Staff of Las Palmas Medical Center lined the hallway as 61-year-old Maria Soto was finally…
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — There will be no hot air balloons lifting off this fall as part of an international event that draws hundreds of…
Continue ReadingThe major thrust of new coronavirus cases in the United States is in the South and West, where officials say more young people are ignoring social…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico, for the first time in over two months, reported no new deaths from the coronavirus on…
Continue ReadingSUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Twenty Sunland Park Police Department officers are now back on the job after a coronavirus scare. The group has all…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, on Monday called Gov. Greg Abbott’s leadership during the coronavirus pandemic a “total…
Continue ReadingWe are over four months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and the U.S. still doesn’t have the testing capabilities, contact tracing or political…
Continue ReadingCities, states and nations have been turning to sugar taxes as a potential way to improve public health in their communities, but the jury has been…
Continue ReadingOfficials in states across the South have warned that more young people in their 20s and 30s are now testing positive for the novel coronavirus. This…
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