Nearly all states require some form of parental or guardian consent for vaccine providers to administer Covid-19 shots to people ages 12 to 15, a CNN…
Continue Reading The US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday lowered the recommended age to start screening for colon and rectal cancers from 50 to 45. The task…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced two new coronavirus-related deaths and 76 new cases Tuesday morning. Both fatality…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Many can see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. But after more than a year of…
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Several days since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated Americans can — for the most part — ditch their…
Continue Reading At first, the news sounded great: Fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks indoors, with just some exceptions, the US Centers for…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas on Monday joined the growing number of states that will stop paying the federally funded $300 in extra…
Continue Reading New York will adopt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines to not require masks or social distancing for vaccinated…
Continue Reading Days are getting longer and warmer, summer is surely coming. For millions of children, that signals the end of school and fun-filled days at camp.…
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Target, CVS Pharmacy and Starbucks are joining the list of businesses that say fully vaccinated people no longer need to…
Continue Reading A coronavirus variant first detected in India in February has now gone global, spreading to dozens of countries and raising fears that the strain…
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The president of the country’s largest nurses’ union has spoken out against updated federal guidance which says that — with a few…
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t lift its mask requirement until June 15 to give the public time to prepare and ensure cases stay low.…
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The governor of New Mexico might have dropped the state’s mask requirement for vaccinated residents, but there are still…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with the world in the…
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will decide whether states can ban…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The families of more than 65 million children will start receiving enhanced child tax credit monthly payments of up to $300 on…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Your Covid-19 vaccine record card is likely one of the most important documents you will receive all year. Health providers…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported four coronavirus-related deaths and 53 new cases Monday. The latest…
Continue Reading Communities across the US ushered in a quick return to normalcy over the weekend as the country responded to the latest mask guidance from the…
Continue Reading Rosalie Lacorazza already has lived through two 17-year cicada events and dreads what’s coming. As the periodical cicadas in Brood X begin to…
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El PASO, Texas — There is a great deal of progress we are all making on the Covid-19 front worthy of celebrating. This past week, the FDA and CDC…
Continue Reading The news flashed across the country — mask-free at last! People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer have to wear masks inside…
Continue Reading Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Sunday that people have to be honest with themselves when…
Continue Reading We’re starting to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control, at least in some parts of the world, but the pandemic won’t be over until most…
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso public health officials on Sunday reported 68 new Covid-19 cases, but there were no new deaths. Active infections numbered…
Continue Reading In the past week, America took two big steps closer to a semblance of the normalcy we’ve longed for. On Monday, the Food and Drug…
Continue Reading Here’s some information about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus,…
Continue Reading No more masks? As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced fully vaccinated people can stop masking or physical distancing, except…
Continue Reading Isaac Rothbart’s twins had always known their daddy doesn’t like fireworks. But he’d never told his kids why. Then, while…
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