
Here’s where we stand on getting a coronavirus vaccine
While coronavirus keeps spreading and killing with impunity, the world waits for a vaccine that could quash the pandemic. But details and timelines…
Continue ReadingWhile coronavirus keeps spreading and killing with impunity, the world waits for a vaccine that could quash the pandemic. But details and timelines…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic forced many American college campuses to close and move classes online. Some are now wondering whether the high cost of college tuition…
Continue ReadingEL 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 ReadingDuring these turbulent times, the stress on families is palpable. Parents and children alike are feeling understandably anxious about their futures.…
Continue ReadingIf 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 ReadingAre you a pessimist by nature, a “glass half empty” sort of person? That’s not good for your brain. A new study found that…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Matthew McConaughey has wrapped up his delivery of face masks to Texas hospitals with a donation to University Medical Center in El Paso. UMC…
Continue ReadingEL 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 ReadingShortly 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 ReadingJazondre 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 ReadingEL 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 ReadingAs the United States erupts in protests and push back against systemic racism, parents are worried. Parents of black kids navigate far more…
Continue ReadingChildren 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…
Continue ReadingEL 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 ReadingIt’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…
Continue ReadingEL 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 ReadingIt’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 ReadingThe federal government’s “Operation Warp Speed” vaccine program, with its emphasis on quick production and testing of experimental…
Continue Reading(Editor’s note: The exact impact of the additional testing and study announcements on El Paso have not yet been detailed.) AUSTIN, Texas — The…
Continue ReadingCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials on Friday reported the state’s highest peak of infections, and said the record number was…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 isn’t the only health crisis threatening our nation right now. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to…
Continue ReadingThe 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 ReadingResearchers in the United Kingdom have put an abrupt stop to an arm of their Covid-19 trial that involves the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine.…
Continue ReadingAmericans 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 ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso recorded its youngest fatality yet of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, with health leaders announcing the death…
Continue ReadingAs 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 ReadingPractice social distancing, wear a mask, wash your hands (for at least 20 seconds) — the recommendations to prevent coronavirus are a familiar…
Continue ReadingIf you’ve marched in any recent protests, you may want to consider getting tested for the coronavirus. That’s the recommendation of the…
Continue ReadingA group of health and medical colleagues has penned an open letter to express their concern that protests around the United States could be shut down…
Continue ReadingIn a little over a week, Americans have gone from taking their first hesitant steps outside again to marching in tightly packed crowds in cities all…
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