Dark chocolate’s benefits: A heart-healthy option in moderation
Open wide. Insert dark chocolate. Chew slowly, savor and lick any bits off fingers. Smile broadly as you bask in the relief that this guilty pleasure…
Continue ReadingOpen wide. Insert dark chocolate. Chew slowly, savor and lick any bits off fingers. Smile broadly as you bask in the relief that this guilty pleasure…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) – Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says she’ll issue an executive order making face masks mandatory outside the…
Continue ReadingThe proof is piling up: Many synthetic chemicals can harm your health and that of your children. Evidence has doubled in the last five years about…
Continue ReadingThe US Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense announced on Wednesday a $1.95 billion agreement with Pfizer to produce 100…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced nine new coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday morning. It’s the second…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As coronavirus testing sites throughout the country struggle with long lines and delayed results, some private companies…
Continue ReadingWhen Covid-19 suddenly ravaged New York, hospitals looked “apocalyptic.” Refrigerated trucks turned into morgues because there…
Continue ReadingJessica Ortiz said she and her twin brother, Jubal, were inseparable. Even when Jubal lay dead in an open casket with plexiglass over his body…
Continue ReadingIf people washed their hands regularly, wore masks, and kept their social distance from each other, these three simple behaviors could stop most all…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday, with Mayor Dee Margo breaking ties, to continue withholding information on the specific…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The U.S. Courthouse in Las Cruces is being shut down for the rest of the week after a coronavirus outbreak at the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — In an interview with ABC-7 on Tuesday evening, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declined to directly address a remark by one of his advisers…
Continue ReadingAfter falling for months, Covid-19 hospitalizations across the US are on the upswing and approaching the peak levels seen in April. The reason is…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — In the last five years, there has been a steep decline in birth rates in El Paso County, according to data Collected by the Vitals…
Continue ReadingHIDALGO COUNTY, Texas — While some big cities in Texas are reporting signs that an alarming surge in cases of the coronavirus may be leveling off,…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University Interscholastic League (UIL) released new guidelines which postpone the start of fall sports for the two…
Continue ReadingLA MESA, New Mexico – In the sleepy neighborhood of La Mesa, the iconic Chope’s Bar and Café began serving patrons long before New Mexico earned…
Continue ReadingThe number of people who have had Covid-19 is much greater than the official case count, according to data and a new analysis released by the US…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump held his first press briefing focused on the coronavirus crisis in nearly three months…
Continue ReadingIf acute flaccid myelitis or AFM follows its usual pattern, 2020 should be a year that sees a spike in US cases — but the country hasn’t…
Continue ReadingGetting old is inevitable, but scientists at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) may be one step closer to being able to delay the aging…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials announced 10 new coronavirus deaths and 307 additional cases on Tuesday, as infection was…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — There have been 377 confirmed cases of coronavirus among inmates and staff at El Paso County’s two jails to date, according to new…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets…
Continue ReadingWomen who don’t need an epidural during childbirth might be carriers of a rare genetic variant that gives them a much higher threshold for…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County surpassed 12,000 confirmed cases Tuesday morning, and health officials also announced three new virus deaths.…
Continue ReadingCinnamon may improve blood sugar control in people with a condition known as prediabetes and may slow the progression to type 2 diabetes, according…
Continue ReadingProfessional diver Emiliano Pescarolo contracted coronavirus in March and spent 17 days in hospital in the Italian port city of Genoa before being…
Continue ReadingWhen Karma Quick-Panwala was pregnant with her second child, she didn’t anticipate relying on the help of a 17-year-old stranger, living almost…
Continue ReadingResults from trials involving three different coronavirus vaccines released Monday, all showing positive results, with evidence the vaccines can…
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