New Mexico schools to reopen by Apr. 5 as state expands vaccine priority to teachers
SANTA FE, New Mexico — In a press conference Monday, New Mexico Department of Education Ryan Stewart said he wants all students back in the…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — In a press conference Monday, New Mexico Department of Education Ryan Stewart said he wants all students back in the…
Continue ReadingIn the fall, waking up to realize Daylight Saving Time ended overnight might feel great — especially when you get that extra hour of sleep. In the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District announced Monday it was undertaking an effort with University Medical Center to vaccinate…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego held a noon news conference Monday at El Paso City Hall to discuss…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic appears to be in decline, but the US is actually in the “eye of the hurricane” right now, according to a leading…
Continue ReadingNew guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely visit with other…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says vaccinated people can gather with those at low risk for the coronavirus without masks…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 12 coronavirus-related deaths Monday morning. El Paso County’s pandemic…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso is set to receive 4,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week, according to data from the…
Continue ReadingHealth experts have long argued that face masks are critical to slowing the spread of the coronavirus and ending the pandemic. But some elected…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — More El Pasoans are set to be vaccinated this upcoming week with Texas being allotted more than one million first doses of the…
Continue ReadingKatharine Dunn got really worried about her son Nolan even as his doctors told her she shouldn’t — the 13-year-old’s fever was…
Continue ReadingWith every Covid-19 vaccination, the United States inches closer to defeating the pandemic that has killed over half a million Americans and left…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported two added deaths Sunday due to the coronavirus, bringing the county’s pandemic death toll to…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Smaller blood drives in El Paso are helping blood banks meet the needs of hospitals as blood donations drop during the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingWith each day and each vaccination, the US inches closer to the finish line of what has been a brutal battle against Covid-19. But it’s not…
Continue ReadingIf they’re vaccinated, they will come. At least, that’s the hope of many state and federal officials who are trying to envision the road…
Continue ReadingThe release of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine and its partnership with Merck means that President Joe Biden expects the US to have…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package after a floor vote. Biden…
Continue ReadingHighly contagious variants will soon have a ridiculously easy chance to spread rapidly across the US. Spring break starts for hundreds of…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso public health officials reported ten additional Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, raising the county’s pandemic fatality count…
Continue ReadingDetroit’s Democratic mayor, Mike Duggan, caused a major headache for the White House and public health officials when he declined an allotment…
Continue ReadingMore states are relaxing measures to protect against Covid-19 as variants circulate in the United States — a combination that means…
Continue ReadingThe pace of Covid-19 vaccine administration in the US continues to improve, each day bringing the country closer to herd immunity — the point…
Continue ReadingAs coronavirus cases and deaths continue to fall in many states, political leaders are facing decisions on when to loosen restrictions meant to help…
Continue ReadingOver the course of the pandemic, many people who previously commuted to office spaces and job sites joined the at-home workforce. Unfortunately, that…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, March 5: Albertsons changed course on Friday, saying it would now continue to mandate masks for customers in its Texas grocery stores when a…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Doña Ana County might be the second most populous county in New Mexico, but as of Friday, its coronavirus vaccination rate…
Continue ReadingNearly a year ago, Brian Wolin got involved because he wanted to help. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, reports from inside hospitals…
Continue ReadingAbout one of every three high school students who said they were misusing prescription opioids when they were surveyed reported they had attempted…
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