
Why picking your nose isn’t just gross — it’s dangerous in the time of coronavirus
We teach kids not to do it. It’s unsanitary. It’s just plain gross to see. Let’s be real, though. Most of us pick our noses —…
Continue ReadingWe teach kids not to do it. It’s unsanitary. It’s just plain gross to see. Let’s be real, though. Most of us pick our noses —…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — One of the Borderland’s most prominent experts on infectious diseases has contracted Covid-19. Dr. Ogechika Alozie, the co-chair of…
Continue ReadingIn an instant, nursing director Chelsey Earnest can recall the worst day at work she has ever had. Sometimes it comes back without her trying to…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — It was last Wednesday when the city of El Paso received their Covid-19 vaccine for the at-risk populations. The next day, the…
Continue ReadingWhen China first reported cases of coronavirus to the World Health Organization on December 31, 2019, it was described as a mysterious new strain of…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House has voted to increase Covid-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico is seeing its daily Covid-19 case totals decline, but health officials have been worried about whether the…
Continue ReadingWhile the coronavirus pandemic continued to surge throughout the summer and fall, federal government officials repeatedly offered a ray of hope:…
Continue ReadingMore people traveled through US airports on Sunday than any other day this pandemic, setting the stage for waves of new infections across the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Incoming El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser has now lost a second family member to Covid-19. Word of his older brother’s death comes just…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — At 81-years-old, Henrietta Devins was first in line on Monday to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at the Village at Northrise -…
Continue ReadingMore people traveled through US airports Sunday than any other day this pandemic, setting the stage for waves of new infections across the country.…
Continue ReadingAn independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Select skilled nursing facilities and long-term care facilities in Texas will begin the processing of vaccinating residents…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 1,400 Monday morning, marking a grim milestone nearly 10 months since the…
Continue ReadingLives lost, families torn apart, economies ruined — these tragedies are just some of the devastation caused by the deadly novel coronavirus as…
Continue ReadingAs the US prepares to grapple with potential holiday Covid-19 surges, hospitals across the country have reported more than 100,000 patients for the…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Department of Health reported 747 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 30 additional deaths Sunday. Seven of…
Continue ReadingDecember has been the nation’s deadliest month since the Covid-19 pandemic’s start — with more than 63,000 Americans lost to the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Susan Eisen of Susan Eisen’s Fine Jewelry and Watches did not waste time when she and her partner contracted Covid-19. Eisen’s son,…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The yams, the ham and perhaps event the tamales might have to be put on hold for some people this holiday season. Holiday heart…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico on Sunday began providing Covid-19 vaccinations to 15,000 people who work or live at long-term care…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s death toll from Covid-19 neared 1,400 on Sunday as health officials reported five added deaths just a day after…
Continue ReadingI received my first rosary when my second grade class at a Catholic school in Baltimore received the sacrament of the first Holy Communion. The boys…
Continue ReadingWith Christmas in the rear view mirror, public health experts are bracing for yet another surge in Covid-19 cases, similar to those seen after other…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — State officials on Saturday reported an additional 609 known Covid-19 cases and nine additional deaths, increasing the…
Continue ReadingThe United States reached a grim milestone on Saturday: 1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since the nation’s first reported…
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced new testing requirements for travelers arriving from the UK, but research by the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported 331 new coronavirus cases on Saturday morning, but for the first time in months there were no…
Continue ReadingA health care worker who experienced an allergic reaction after receiving a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Boston Medical Center on Christmas Eve tells…
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