Clint ISD spending $660,000 to install systems to disinfect air in school buildings
HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — As the debate over reopening schools continues nationwide, a local school district is trying to make campuses safer…
Continue ReadingHORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — As the debate over reopening schools continues nationwide, a local school district is trying to make campuses safer…
Continue ReadingA US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for blood plasma to treat Covid-19 is on hold, but could still be issued in the near…
Continue ReadingA teen girl in Southern California has died of the coronavirus, Orange County health officials announced Wednesday. The girl had “significant…
Continue ReadingBlack newborn babies in the United States are more likely to survive childbirth if they are cared for by Black doctors, but three times more likely…
Continue ReadingLiving with a plugged nose isn’t fun, but James Nestor was ready. Plus, it was for science. While researching his recent book, “Breath:…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration is investigating a salmonella outbreak affecting 68 people in nine states that could be linked to tainted…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, TEXAS — The number of coronavirus patients in Texas hospitals fell below 6,000 Wednesday for the first time since June, but…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Thousands of students across the Borderland started the school year online this past Monday. Many students are required to be…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed hope Wednesday that most elementary school students will be able to return to…
Continue ReadingAfter adjusting for population, US states in the South and West continue to report the most daily coronavirus cases even after declines over the past…
Continue ReadingThe requirement that children receive vaccinations before starting school has come to be accepted by most parents in this country as normal. It is…
Continue ReadingThe American Academy of Pediatrics on Wednesday released expanded guidance for reopening schools that “strongly advocates for additional…
Continue ReadingThere is no denying that vaping is popular among teens, with one-third of US high school students reporting they have vaped or used other electronic…
Continue ReadingLoss of smell and taste is more severe in Covid-19 patients than in patients with common colds and that could be due to the effect the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingFrontline healthcare workers, emergency services personnel and the most vulnerable to the virus should be the first to get any eventual coronavirus…
Continue ReadingPlague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The coronavirus death toll now stands at 372 in El Paso County. The Department of Public Health reported six new…
Continue ReadingHoney may be a better treatment for coughs and colds than over-the-counter medicines, a new study has found. Researchers said honey was more…
Continue ReadingHigh blood pressure or hypertension during pregnancy appears to be associated with having “more bothersome” menopausal symptoms —…
Continue ReadingFeeling off-kilter with so many unknowns in the world today? In Part I of this weekly series, we prepared ourselves for a peaceful night’s rest…
Continue ReadingNurses and doctors have gone to creative extremes to reuse the same masks, gloves and scrubs they need to treat contagious coronavirus patients. But…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Texas reported more than 200 additional coronavirus deaths Tuesday as the the total number of infections surpassed 550,000…
Continue ReadingOn your mark. Get set. Go! In the race for conception, most of us have been taught it’s the strength and swiftness of the wiggling ejaculate…
Continue ReadingFaster tests combined with a “robust” immune response against Covid-19 could soon mean a slower spread, researchers said. Tests have been…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces nursing home resident was among five new coronavirus deaths reported by state health officials on Tuesday as…
Continue ReadingLook into your pantry — have you packed it with canned foods since the start of the pandemic? Or are you a receipt hoarder — who keeps…
Continue ReadingGetting the flu vaccine this year is important, experts at the World Health Organization said during a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. It appears…
Continue ReadingThe first coronavirus vaccine trial in the US is moving along at a good clip, but needs more minorities to enroll if it is to succeed, officials tell…
Continue ReadingWhen students return to Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this month, they’ll find a campus transformed by Covid-19. Masks are…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Public Health officials announced five new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. The death toll now stands at…
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