Health Archives

How often should you wash your towels?

October 2, 2021 12:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Ada Wood, CNN There is nothing like wrapping yourself up in a fluffy, warm towel after a hot shower or bath. After drying yourself, however, the…

Schools issue new guidance after court halts El Paso’s mask mandate

October 1, 2021 8:04 PM Rosemary Garcia

EL PASO, Texas — After the 8th Court of Appeals required El Paso’s City/County Health Authority to lift his indoor mask mandate for now, local…

US hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall

October 1, 2021 12:58 PM Associated Press

By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone,…

Only 30% of NMSU students submit vaccination proof by deadline

October 1, 2021 12:04 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Initial data from New Mexico State University shows just more than 30% of students submitted vaccination proof by the Sept.…

U.S. Supreme Court justice denies request to block NYC school vaccine mandate

October 1, 2021 3:50 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a request from a group of New York City teachers to block the…

California to require all schoolchildren to get Covid shots

October 1, 2021 11:42 AM Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, California — California has announced the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren. Gov. Gavin Newsom said…

Texans are leaving the state for abortions after Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood clinics say

October 1, 2021 9:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Planned Parenthood clinics have seen dramatic increases in the number of people from Texas going out of state to seek…

Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19

October 1, 2021 6:54 AM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case…

Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization

October 1, 2021 4:12 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by…

US surpasses 700,000 Covid-19 deaths

October 1, 2021 3:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US surpassed 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, 108 days after the country reached 600,000 deaths…

El Paso’s mask mandate put on hold by appeals court

September 30, 2021 9:18 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A state appeals court ruling late Thursday set aside El Paso’s Health Authority order requiring the wearing of face masks at…

The Covid-19 vaccine health care worker holdouts: For them, it’s personal. For their hospitals it’s professional

September 30, 2021 6:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Jen Christensen, CNN Being a nurse means everything to Andrea Babinski, but she is willing to risk it all — the connections to colleagues…

Appeals court says U.S. can keep expelling migrants under Title 42

September 30, 2021 6:10 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit put on hold Thursday a lower court order that would have forced the Biden…

Breast Cancer Trivia

September 29, 2021 11:25 AM KVIA Administrator

Test your Breast Cancer Awareness knowledge with our interactive…

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September 29, 2021 11:29 AM KVIA Administrator

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More than 2 million US teens use e-cigarettes, a quarter of them daily, CDC and FDA find

September 30, 2021 1:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Maggie Fox, CNN More than 2 million US teens say they use e-cigarettes, with a quarter of them saying they vape daily, a new national survey…

Stopping antidepressants may lead to relapse, study finds. Here’s what you can do

September 30, 2021 12:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Over half of people with chronic depression who attempted to stop their antidepressant medication relapsed into depression by…

Back and hip stretches for a more comfortable night’s sleep

September 30, 2021 10:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Stephanie Mansour, CNN Does your back feel sore as you lie down in bed, or do your hips feel tight as you turn onto your side before falling…

Prefer a calm or exciting life? People from 116 countries and territories have their say

September 30, 2021 12:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Megan Marples, CNN Living life in the fast lane has lost its allure, with many people around the world saying they would opt to pull over and take…

Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated

September 29, 2021 11:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe and Christina Maxouris, CNN Some governors are beginning to report encouraging signs in their state’s Covid-19 numbers,…

YouTube to block all anti-vaccine video content

September 29, 2021 7:37 AM KVIA ABC-7, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — YouTube will block all anti-vaccine video content, including Covid-19 as well as measles, the chicken pox, etc., the company…

Manufacturers allowed baby food contaminated with heavy metals to remain on shelves, lawmakers say

September 29, 2021 2:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Gerber and Beech-Nut failed to properly test and remove baby foods with dangerous levels of inorganic arsenic from the market,…