Health Archives

September 13, 2019 7:25 PM KVIA ABC-7

Amber Berry, a twelve-year-old girl from El Paso, has battled cancer for the last three years, but this week, she celebrated a milestone in her…

September 13, 2019 10:31 AM KVIA ABC-7

Weakness, fever, joing pain, rash and hair loss. Those are just a few symptoms of Lupus, an autoimmune disease that 73 percent of surveyed Americans…

September 12, 2019 4:57 PM KVIA ABC-7

Health officials have completed the testing of 145 students and teachers for tuberculosis, confirming four cases at Canutillo High School. The…

September 12, 2019 4:24 PM KVIA ABC-7

A measles outbreak in the El Paso area is over, health officials said Thursday, but they still urged vaccination against the disease. The city has…

September 12, 2019 10:43 AM KVIA ABC-7

Josie Ozaeta smushed her lips against the face of her older sister Hailee, landing loud kisses on her cheek, while Hailee groaned. “Wet…

September 11, 2019 7:26 PM KVIA ABC-7

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is declining to join a tentative settlement agreement over the role OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played…

September 10, 2019 7:13 PM KVIA ABC-7

Houston health officials say three teenagers have been hospitalized with serious lung illnesses following electronic cigarette use and vaping. The…

September 10, 2019 1:17 PM KVIA ABC-7

After seven states passed sweeping abortion bans this year, speculation soon arose about the potentially onerous travel burdens the laws could…

September 4, 2019 5:23 PM KVIA ABC-7

While the argument wages on over how to stop gun violence and mass shootings, health professionals focus on what they can do: keep wounded people…

August 30, 2019 8:59 AM KVIA ABC-7

Three more cases of the West Nile virus have been confirmed in El Paso, bringing the total up to 13 for the season. The 11th case is a man in his…

August 28, 2019 6:54 PM KVIA ABC-7

Homeowners in a Lower Valley neighborhood near the Old Ysleta Mission are claiming a victory now that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality…

July 11, 2019 9:30 PM KVIA ABC-7

The Hospitals of Providence is offering woman suffering from uterine fibroids a less invasive treatment option with Acessa. Acessa is a laparoscopic…