FDA approves Moderna vaccine, 2nd virus shot to be available
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. added a second Covid-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. added a second Covid-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Some 620,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines are expected to land at 1,100 providers in 185 Texas counties starting Monday,…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas – No two snowflakes are the same, and the same thing goes for newborns. To celebrate the winter holiday season, newborns arriving at…
Continue ReadingSome discover their preferred method of exercise early on and have the self-discipline to stick with it for decades. The rest of us, well, we get a…
Continue ReadingUS officials say they’re “rapidly” working toward issuing emergency authorization for what would be the nation’s second…
Continue ReadingDr. Valerie Montgomery Rice wants to turn vaccine hesitancy into acceptance in the Black community. The dean at the Morehouse School of Medicine took…
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence received the coronavirus vaccine Friday morning — an on-camera event that the Trump administration says is part of…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The national unemployment rate has dropped from its peak during the early months of the pandemic, but still remains more…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 11 new coronavirus-related deaths Friday. The victims included a male…
Continue ReadingVaccines are on everyone’s minds these days. As the first shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are administered in the United States, and as…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Mike Pence became the highest ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday in…
Continue ReadingPain can strike at any time — a stiff neck when you sit down at your work desk, a nagging shoulder pain as you reach for something out of the…
Continue ReadingMichael Siracusa was struggling. Changing his prescription for antidepressants would help, he thought. But getting an appointment turned out to be…
Continue ReadingWithin a week, eight nuns living in the Notre Dame of Elm Grove in Wisconsin died from Covid-19, all of whom, in their own ways, were mentors in the…
Continue ReadingFormer President Jimmy Carter‘s foundation announced Thursday that the 39th President is planning to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. “After…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A pilot Covid-19 test program is coming to El Paso in hopes of helping businesses operations. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas…
Continue ReadingVaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted easily and quickly to recommend that the agency give emergency use authorization to…
Continue ReadingThe number of Americans in the hospital with Covid-19 was at a record high for the 12th day in a row Thursday as the US Food and Drug Administration…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health along with local medical experts hosted a virtual town hall meeting Thursday evening for…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — In a briefing at City Hall on Thursday afternoon, Mayor Dee Margo offered his “compliments to the citizens of El Paso,” proclaiming…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state officials said Thursday they were bracing for and anticipating another surge in…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted on Thursday…
Continue ReadingThe United States has some of the safest drinking water in the world. But its water supply is facing a new challenge — a slimy growth inside…
Continue ReadingDoctors rarely talk about the importance of bubbles. But now they’re urging all Americans to hunker down in their bubbles through this…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texans can expect to see “widespread distribution” of Covid-19 vaccines by March to recipients beyond the front-line health care…
Continue ReadingThe Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine being rolled out across the US should be safe for just about anyone — even the frailest elderly people.…
Continue ReadingThe NFL wants to honor health care workers by inviting some — who’ve had their Covid-19 vaccines — to Super Bowl LV. Frontline…
Continue ReadingGRAPEVINE, Texas — Jennifer Mendoza, of Grapevine gave birth to her fourth child in October. A few days after coming home from the hospital with her…
Continue ReadingTwo workers at an Alaska hospital suffered allergic reactions after receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine this week, and one was kept for…
Continue ReadingA former top Trump appointee urged health officials to adopt a “herd immunity” approach to Covid-19, according to internal emails…
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