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Child care is so scarce in Kate Littlefield’s Vermont community that she joined a wait-list when she was six weeks pregnant. It wasn’t…
Continue ReadingChild care is so scarce in Kate Littlefield’s Vermont community that she joined a wait-list when she was six weeks pregnant. It wasn’t…
Continue ReadingRelaxing the rules on screen time for kids has become more acceptable during the pandemic as parents struggle to balance working from home with the…
Continue ReadingI sat down to write this story at 10 a.m. 10:05: Younger daughter asks for a snack. 10:10: She gets logged out of her online learning program and…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Texas rose by nearly 2,000 Sunday and there were another 24 deaths tied to the disease…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Department of Health reported just 69 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, but five more deaths. That pushed…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Officials at a west-central El Paso nursing home with a confirmed Covid-19 outbreak are offering sign-on bonuses of $2,500 for…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Is El Paso really ready to continue reopening? State and local officials seem to disagree on that answer. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — No new coronavirus deaths were reported Sunday in El Paso, following a week that saw 20 deaths in the county. But double-digit case…
Continue ReadingWatching the unsettling video of George Floyd crying out for his mother while gasping for air made Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner,…
Continue ReadingSANTE FE, New Mexico — New Mexico had over 7,600 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Saturday, but the number of new cases trended downward for…
Continue ReadingCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The city of Juárez recorded six additional coronavirus deaths on Saturday — for a total of 52 this week and 260 since the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported one new coronavirus death on Saturday as the county reached 20 fatalities for the week, the…
Continue ReadingA deep dive into the genetics of the novel coronavirus shows it seems to have spent some time infecting both bats and pangolins before it jumped into…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso hospitals may be starting to feel the impact of the death toll related to Covid-19 in the form of space in their morgues.…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Fans of rolled tacos submerged in spicy sauce and smothered with shredded cheese, rejoice. El Paso food institution Chico’s Tacos…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Corporal Nicholas Herrera is a member of the New Mexico National Guard and for the last several months, he’s been away from…
Continue ReadingMost days, Shannon Miller’s two sons, ages 7 and 4, play outside on their cul-de-sac in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. But as the hours pass, more…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Dona Ana County Commissioners voted recently to make it mandatory for anyone out in public to wear a mask. This was much to…
Continue ReadingOne in 10 coronavirus patients with diabetes died within the first seven days of hospitalization, and one in five needed a ventilator to breathe,…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After Doña Ana County Commissioners mandated masks in all public areas of the county, Sheriff Kim Stewart said she knew…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The New Mexico Activities Association has voted to allow high school athletes to begin practice in June, but with extremely…
Continue ReadingGroups representing infectious disease doctors, pediatricians and general physicians all protested President Donald Trump’s decision to…
Continue ReadingOSAGE BEACH, Missouri — Health officials said Friday that they were seeking to “inform mass numbers of unknown people” after a person who…
Continue ReadingBy the end of March, 1 in 7 New York adults had Covid-19 — about 10 times higher than the official account, according to a new study sponsored…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man in his 90s who died in a local hospital is the third confirmed coronavirus death in Doña Ana County, state health…
Continue ReadingAs the US coronavirus death toll reached the grim milestone of more than 100,000 deaths this week, world health experts are concerned about new hot…
Continue ReadingCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Ministry of Health on Friday announced seven new coronavirus deaths in the city of Juárez, which were among nine…
Continue ReadingAs some companies shifted to working from home, some adults with ADHD hit a wall. The transition has been challenging for many. But for some adults…
Continue ReadingThe United States missed out on an early chance to catch imported cases of coronavirus earlier this year, genetics experts say in a new report. Their…
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was “never blind” to the early spread of the coronavirus in the United States, the…
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