We won’t know for weeks whether the coronavirus response is working
The danger and extent of the COVID-19 outbreak is now universally accepted. But how to deal with it remains the subject of much debate — among…
Continue ReadingThe danger and extent of the COVID-19 outbreak is now universally accepted. But how to deal with it remains the subject of much debate — among…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico – With thousands of New Mexico students out of school for weeks, daycare providers must make the difficult decision to…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hosted a video conference with Texas hospitals on Tuesday to talk about the spread of the coronavirus amid…
Continue ReadingWriting this was hard. Practically speaking, I’m feeling overwhelmed. I am behind on work because we kept my runny-nosed but otherwise…
Continue ReadingAround the world tens of millions of people use cannabis. It’s legal for recreational use in 11 US states and Canada. In these and some other…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule Tuesday that requires tobacco companies to place new graphic health warnings on cigarette…
Continue ReadingOn the surface, West Virginia might have seemed immune to coronavirus. While the other 49 states had reported more than 5,000 cases combined, West…
Continue ReadingPandemic: It’s a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and worse ones, too. Consider the influenza pandemic of 1918, often…
Continue ReadingComedy legend Mel Brooks and his son, Max, have teamed up in a new video to give us just what the doctor ordered: Comedy and facts to keep each other…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — Two more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in New Mexico, bringing the number of confirmed…
Continue Reading“That sounds kind of fun. Can I tag along?” “You mean you want to bat mitzvah crash?” my friend replied. “Yeah, why…
Continue ReadingA study by UK epidemiologists predicts that attempts to slow, or mitigate — rather than actively halt, or suppress — the novel…
Continue ReadingThe drastic measures enforced by China during the coronavirus outbreak have slashed deadly air pollution, potentially saving the lives of tens of…
Continue ReadingTens of millions of people around the world have suddenly found themselves under various forms of lockdown as governments scrambled to impose new…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic…
Continue ReadingCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua’s Health Department announced Tuesday that a 29-year-old man is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the…
Continue ReadingIt took a mere 52 smokers to kill one person via secondhand smoke in 2016, according to a new analysis of worldwide statistics on the impact of…
Continue ReadingWhether you’re housebound for the next couple of weeks from a COVID-19 quarantine, or simply trying to survive a school or work shutdown,…
Continue ReadingWe’ve all done it. We’ve chosen a diet or workout plan that will get us in shape; said we’re going to spend less time on our…
Continue ReadingA novel coronavirus vaccine trial in the US has now given a dose to its first participant, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases…
Continue ReadingEach day more Americans are finding new restrictions put on their lives as the deadly novel coronavirus infects more people. Governments are being…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — With the coronavirus hitting the United States as it has, the Borderland is preparing for anyone who may show signs. University…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A teenage girl, identified as a UTEP student who traveled overseas, is the third confirmed case of coronavirus in El Paso County,…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — Four more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New Mexico, bringing the total number of confirmed cases…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — In an effort to minimize the contact between drivers and riders during the coronavirus pandemic, the city of Las Cruces has…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Public places and businesses are closing down or changing protocols across the country. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — With the coronavirus affecting students of all ages all over the country, one school in the Borderland has to take extra…
Continue ReadingLas Cruces, New Mexico — Bishop Peter Baldacchino on Monday announced the Las Cruces Catholic Diocese will stop celebrating public Mass in order to…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — It is an all hands on deck situation for the largest food bank in El Paso. The El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank has issued a…
Continue ReadingThe White House advised all Americans to avoid groups of more than 10 and urged older people to stay at home in a set of new guidelines designed to…
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