EL PASO, Texas – Some of El Paso’s top law enforcement officials are busy setting up new jail protocols to keep the local inmate population safe from…
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council voted Monday to divert $6.6 million budgeted for street repair to the city’s rainy day fund – known as the…
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Pentagon has ordered military bases and commanders, including El Paso’s Fort Bliss, to stop publicly announcing coronavirus…
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During the coronavirus pandemic, many people are searching for some peace and relaxation any way they can get it — but so many were searching…
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El Paso, Texas — An El Paso city firefighter has tested positive for the coronavirus, city officials acknowledged Monday, and dozens of others were…
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two more deaths from the coronavirus have occurred in New Mexico, state officials said Monday, bringing the state’s death…
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — For four hours on Monday afternoon, the Las Cruces City Council grappled to find a legal way to provide aid to thousands of…
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DALLAS, Texas — Four more people in Texas with Covid-19 have died, as the number of people with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus swelled…
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EL PASO, Texas — A doctor at Las Palmas Medical Center is now the first known case of a healthcare worker in El Paso to be diagnosed with the…
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WASHINGTON, DC — Siding with public health experts’ dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive…
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EL PASO, Texas — A company that analyzes GPS data from smartphones gives the Borderland a “C” grade for social distancing, which is below the…
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Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson plans to begin human clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine by September with a goal of the first batches…
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EL PASO, Texas — A new interactive tracking chart from El Paso Matters shows how the number of positive coronavirus cases have rapidly grown since…
Continue Reading Imagine the challenge of expecting a child without knowing what to expect. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta shares the stories of…
Continue Reading People with heart conditions who live in areas with even minimal air pollution are at increased risk for dementia, according to a new study published…
Continue Reading Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living to live. Coleen Hubbard took her 85-year-old mother out of independent living to…
Continue Reading Just over two weeks ago, I was visiting New York City, and the world felt poised on a precipice. As cases ratcheted up in the city and I girded…
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EL PASO, Texas – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in El Paso County went up by five on Sunday and now stands at 40, with health…
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WASHINGTON, DC — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of infectious diseases for the National Institutes of Health, on Sunday projected the possibility…
Continue Reading The United States will extend its set of social distancing guidelines until April 30, President Trump said in a coronavirus news briefing at the…
Continue Reading Days after a hospital system said it wouldn’t allow women to have visitors during childbirth, New York state quashed that policy. Last week,…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday ratcheted up travel restrictions into Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, while announcing the…
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico – New Mexico state health officials on Sunday announced 29 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, raising the state…
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EL PASO, Texas — Several more El Paso County school districts announced Sunday that they were extending their closures indefinitely as the county…
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Country music legendary singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with chart-topping ballads and honky-tonk…
Continue Reading A 33-year-old member of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ staff has died due to complications from coronavirus. April Dunn served in the…
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I turned 61 last week, and am now, along with millions of others across the globe, within the higher risk group for Covid-19. Before this turn of…
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New York City police lost its first detective to Covid-19, marking the third NYPD death to the disease that has afflicted the department. Detective…
Continue Reading Across the United States, prized chickens are laying life-saving eggs at secret farms. Few people know where the chickens are kept — their…
Continue Reading Misinformation and family While the coronavirus pandemic has isolated family and friends inside their homes, it has in many cases increased online or…
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