Moderna to seek FDA emergency authorization after virus vaccine is 94% effective in final analysis
NEW YORK, NY — Moderna announced Monday it will ask the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization (EUA) for…
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Experts urge Thanksgiving travelers to get tested for Covid-19 as hospitalizations are at their highest
As millions of people in the United States travel back home from the Thanksgiving holiday, Covid-19 hospitalizations are inching closer to 100,000…
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Black churches enlist mental health pros to support community
Wilma Mayfield used to visit a senior center in Durham, North Carolina, four days a week and attend Lincoln Memorial Baptist Church on Sundays, a…
Continue Reading How to deal with grief — and persevere — mid-pandemic
Maggie Smith‘s poem “Good Bones” made the rounds again on social media amid the post-election vote-tallying limbo that fanned the…
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Medical tents removed from UMC; patient surges to be handled at El Paso Convention Center hospital
EL PASO, Texas — Medical mobile tents provided by the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force for triage are no longer erected outside University…
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‘Beloved’ Las Cruces teacher dies after being hospitalized with Covid-19; LCPS ‘devastated’
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Public Schools officials said the “pandemic just hit home for us” as they announced the death of a longtime…
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UTEP halts football program in wake of ‘multiple’ positive virus tests, cancels Dec. 4 game
EL PASO, Texas – In the wake of several members of the Miners football program testing positive for Covid-19, which forced the cancellation of…
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New Mexico ranks high for virus diagnosis, death rates; new deaths occur in Doña Ana, Otero counties
SANTA FE, New Mexico — A rolling average of daily statewide deaths from the coronavirus has surpassed 25 as New Mexico nears the end…
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CDC Covid-19 vaccine advisers call emergency meeting to vote on who gets one first
Advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to vote on who they recommend should be…
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‘A natural disaster … in all 50 states’ is unfolding just as travelers disperse nationwide after Thanksgiving
As millions of Americans head home after Thanksgiving, the coronavirus could be hitching a ride — threatening to plant seeds of infection…
Continue Reading ‘A natural disaster … in all 50 states’ is unfolding just as travelers disperse nationwide after Thanksgiving
As millions of Americans head home after Thanksgiving, the coronavirus could be hitching a ride — threatening to plant seeds of infection…
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Fauci tells ABC News: U.S. may see ‘surge upon surge’ of virus in weeks ahead due to Thanksgiving travel
NEW: “We may see a surge upon a surge. We don’t want to frighten people but that’s just the reality,” Dr. Anthony Fauci tells @MarthaRaddatz,…
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More than 91,000 people — the most of the pandemic — are hospitalized with coronavirus in the US
Following a month of skyrocketing Covid-19 cases, the US has reached its highest number yet of hospitalizations due to the virus. The US surpassed…
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No new virus deaths, under 400 added cases in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — There were no new Covid-19 deaths reported Sunday morning in El Paso County, and the number of added infections grew by under 400.…
Continue Reading Dona Ana County has 10% of New Mexico’s daily virus cases and 17% of deaths
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico on Saturday reported 2,142 additional known Covid-19 cases and 23 new deaths. There were 218 new cases in Doña…
Continue Reading US is ’rounding the corner into a calamity,’ expert says, with Covid-19 deaths projected to double soon
As Thanksgiving week draws to an end, more experts are warning the Covid-19 pandemic will likely get much worse in the coming weeks before a possible…
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El Paso County begins moving mobile morgues to new central location
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County has begun the process of moving the refrigerated trailers used to store bodies to a central morgue facility, the…
Continue Reading El Paso sees 4 more virus deaths as active infections remain above 37,000 for new all-time high
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported 635 additional Covid-19 cases and four more deaths Saturday morning. The county’s…
Continue Reading Why Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine could do more for the world than other shots
In the days since Oxford University and AstraZeneca unveiled the results of the partnership’s Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials, a growing number…
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One-on-one with Oscar Leeser on why he wants to return to the mayor’s office, pandemic strategy
EL PASO, Texas — Oscar Leeser was the 53rd mayor of El Paso from 2013 to 2017 and now he is running to try to get his job back. He was the top…
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New Mexico to utilize ‘red to green’ virus risk system to determine when counties can reopen
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Lujan Grisham and state officials announced on Friday that New Mexico will transition into a tiered “red to green”…
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Health experts warn of Black Friday shopping risks, but many El Pasoans head to stores anyway
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s a day known for large crowds and long lines. This year during the pandemic, Black Friday did not look like it used to.…
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Mexico has record number of new virus infections as Juarez surpasses 2,000 deaths
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico reported a record daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases Friday, with 12,081 more infections reported.…
Continue Reading Holiday season starts under pall of more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases. And 20 states did not report numbers on Thanksgiving Day
America enters the somber holiday weekend following a Thanksgiving Day that saw more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases and 1,200 deaths —…
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Holiday season starts under pall of more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases. And 20 states did not report numbers on Thanksgiving Day
America enters the somber holiday weekend following a Thanksgiving Day that saw more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases and 1,200 deaths —…
Continue Reading FAA supports first ‘mass air shipment’ of Covid-19 vaccine
The Federal Aviation Administration says it has supported “the first mass air shipment” of a Covid-19 vaccine. “As a result of the…
Continue Reading Biden will let health experts decide who will get a Covid-19 vaccine first
Because risk for Covid-19 can vary among different groups of people, prioritization for a vaccine will be tricky, and President-elect Joe Biden will…
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Los Angeles issues stay-home order as coronavirus surges out of control, banning most gatherings
LOS ANGELES, California — Los Angeles County has announced a new stay-home order amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the nation’s most populous…
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New Mexico’s virus cases headed back upward; 35 more deaths including 2 in southern NM
SANTE FE, New Mexico — While New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed Covid-19 cases had been trending downward over recent days from the record…
Continue Reading Should you quarantine after Thanksgiving? Yes, CNN’s Dr. Leana Wen explains
Thanksgiving is over. Many people celebrated with just their household unit, but many others did not. In fact, up to 50 million Americans are…
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