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Study links Covid-19 vaccination to small increase in menstrual cycle length, but experts say it’s no cause for concern

January 6, 2022 4:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN After getting a dose of Covid-19 vaccine, women had an average menstrual cycle length of about one day longer than usual,…

Former Biden health advisers say the US needs to change its Covid-19 strategy to face a ‘new normal’

January 6, 2022 12:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Naomi Thomas, Virginia Langmaid and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Former health advisers to President Joe Biden say the US strategy for the Covid-19…

Covid cases, hospitalizations, rising in El Paso; testing lines get longer

January 6, 2022 11:13 AM Saul Saenz

While all this sounds familiar, El Paso County judge Ricardo Samaniego says conditions will not improve any time soon. Quite the contrary, the county…

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Coming out of Covid-19 isolation doesn’t have to be complicated

January 6, 2022 8:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent With more than a half-million Americans being officially diagnosed with Covid-19 every day, the…

6 creative ways to transform your workouts

January 6, 2022 3:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Most people know working out is good for your health, both physical and mental. But staying motivated —…

Dogs can recognize different languages and nonsense words, study says

January 6, 2022 3:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Wearing headsets, 18 subjects lay quietly while a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (fMRI) droned on around their…

Dogs can recognize different languages and nonsense words, study says

January 6, 2022 3:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Wearing headsets, 18 subjects lay quietly while a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (fMRI) droned on around their…

What’s safe for kids to do, with Omicron spreading quickly? An expert weighs in

January 6, 2022 1:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Katia Hetter, CNN Schools are shutting down and children’s hospitals are filling up with young patients sick from the latest, most highly…

Holiday lights are not just reserved for December in these communities

January 6, 2022 1:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Megan Marples, CNN Homes adorned with twinkling holiday lights are a common sight in December, but by January, many lights are gone. Not this…

An ‘awful’ month of Covid-19 lies ahead, doctor says, but preventative measures will still be key

January 6, 2022 1:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN While the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to drive up Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations — and the…

Child hospitalization rates hit record highs as Omicron variant becomes prevalent

January 6, 2022 1:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell and Mallika Kallingal, CNN Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children are soaring in the United States, with an average of 4.3…

Increased Covid-19 testing numbers are causing delays in results

January 5, 2022 8:17 PM Rachel Phillips

EL PASO, Texas — Five days. That’s how long one El Paso family had to wait for their Covid-19 test results. Terry Speicher told ABC-7 his Mom…

Covid outbreak forces Las Cruces High Basketball games to be rescheduled

January 5, 2022 7:08 PM David Gonzalez

LAS CRUCES, NM — Las Cruces Public Schools Health Services officials say approximately 30 percent of the Organ Mountain High School boys’ varsity,…

CDC recommends Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine boosters for children as young as 12

January 5, 2022 3:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine…

El Paso City Covid-19 operations are back to phase 1, at least partially

January 5, 2022 12:09 PM Katie Frazier

EL PASO, Texas – During the City Council of El Paso meeting on Tuesday, council members discussed the Covid-19 update. While El Paso has been a…

COVID-19 testing sites in El Paso that don’t require a long wait

January 5, 2022 11:00 AM Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas — Borderland residents are driving to various city mega-covid-testing sites, waiting for hours just to get tested. There are options…

El Paso City Council weighs in on COVID testing lines, concerns

January 5, 2022 6:24 AM Brianna Perez

EL PASO, Texas– City leaders met Tuesday to get a COVID-19 response update. Officials said that new cases have increased by 80% daily over the last…

Worried about your drinking? Here’s how to check it

January 5, 2022 2:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN There are lots of great reasons to decide to go “dry” in January and give up alcohol. Perhaps you imbibed a bit…

More military medical personnel are assisting hospitals with Covid-19 treatment as staff shortages mount

January 5, 2022 1:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations now surpass those during the Delta variant surge over the summer and fall, more…

More military medical personnel are assisting hospitals with Covid-19 treatment as staff shortages mount

January 5, 2022 1:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations now surpass those during the Delta variant surge over the summer and fall, more…

Dr. Leana Wen explains the latest risks Omicron poses to families and children

January 4, 2022 2:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Katia Hetter, CNN The United States is facing an unprecedented surge of Covid-19 infections, driven in large part by the very highly contagious…

Dr. Leana Wen explains the latest risks Omicron poses to families and children

January 4, 2022 2:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Katia Hetter, CNN The United States is facing an unprecedented surge of Covid-19 infections, driven in large part by the very highly contagious…

5 ways adults can boost kids’ well-being — and their own — as schools return from break in a Covid surge

January 4, 2022 2:20 PM CNN Newsource

By Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN While a seventh grade boy taught an eighth grade boy how to start a knitting row, a seventh grade girl put the finishing…

El Paso health officials discuss first dozen cases of the Omicron variant in El Paso

January 3, 2022 8:24 PM David Gonzalez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3aEMsaMQQ EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials confirmed Monday 12 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant…

What is ‘flurona’ and how serious is it?

January 4, 2022 11:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Israel’s first known case of a person infected with Covid-19 and the flu has been detected, the country’s Ministry…

What is ‘flurona’ and how serious is it?

January 4, 2022 11:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Israel’s first known case of a person infected with Covid-19 and the flu has been detected, the country’s Ministry…

‘We can’t vaccinate the planet every six months,’ says Oxford vaccine scientist

January 4, 2022 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Niamh Kennedy and Jack Guy, CNN A leading expert who helped create the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine said Tuesday that giving everyone in…

‘We can’t vaccinate the planet every six months,’ says Oxford vaccine scientist

January 4, 2022 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Niamh Kennedy and Jack Guy, CNN A leading expert who helped create the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine said Tuesday that giving everyone in…

5 ways adults can boost kids’ well-being — and their own — as schools return from break in a Covid surge

January 4, 2022 8:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN While a seventh grade boy taught an eighth grade boy how to start a knitting row, a seventh grade girl put the finishing…

El Paso infectious disease doctor weighs in on Omicron variant, flu, common cold

January 4, 2022 7:28 AM Rosemary Garcia

EL PASO, Texas — A local infectious disease doctor is weighing on the Omicron variant and what we know so far. Dr. Armando Meza, Chief of Infectious…