What it means when the Covid-19 positivity rate is rising in your area
As Covid-19 spreads to nearly every community in the country, you may hear the terms “percent positive,” “test positivity…
Continue ReadingAs Covid-19 spreads to nearly every community in the country, you may hear the terms “percent positive,” “test positivity…
Continue ReadingStates are issuing a new wave of mask mandates and social restrictions as record numbers of Covid-19 hospitalizations and soaring daily cases strain…
Continue ReadingFor the transgender people who seek it, gender-affirming hormone therapy can be lifesaving. But if they’re uninsured or their insurance…
Continue ReadingIt’s trending on social media and generating excited media reports — another study showing an ingredient found in mouthwash can kill the…
Continue ReadingPfizer has accumulated enough safety data on its Covid-19 vaccine and is preparing to file for emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug…
Continue ReadingSince Covid-19 hit US shores, Republican governors in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains have largely taken a hands-off approach. The results of…
Continue ReadingChris and John Bjorkman bought their home in De Smet, South Dakota, less than a year ago. The couple, who celebrated their 39th anniversary last…
Continue ReadingChips, cookies, munchies: There is so much snacking going on. It’s no shock that many of us reach for cookies, candy, chips and other…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Dr. Anthony Fauci is recommending “uniform wearing of masks” to help curb the surge of coronavirus cases in the United States.…
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota is, by any measure, one of the epicenters of the coronavirus surge in the United States right now. The state has averaged more than…
Continue ReadingIf you think a negative test result means you don’t have coronavirus, you could be wrong. It can take days before a new infection shows up on a…
Continue ReadingThere is sorely needed good news on the vaccine front: A second US vaccine has been found to have a high success rate against Covid-19. Moderna…
Continue ReadingThere is sorely needed good news on the vaccine front: A second US vaccine has been found to have a high success rate against Covid-19. Moderna…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso hospitals will soon have access to a new line of defense in the local fight against the virus. The region will soon…
Continue ReadingAs the coronavirus fall surge continues to wreak havoc across the US, health care workers are describing scenes of depleted resources at medical…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 13 new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. The death toll now…
Continue ReadingDarkness covers the Norwegian city of Tromsø from late November through January, a long, polar night when the sun never rises at all. The island…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — An El Paso mother and grandparent is now mourning the loss of six family members to Covid-19 after the recent deaths of her aunt…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Three separate teams of 20 military medical providers with the U.S. Air Force have now been in the Borderland for over a week…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas – Walmart has resumed monitoring and counting the number of customers entering its stores in El Paso and across the nation as…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas – El Paso is getting a pilot program where Walmart and several partners are teaming up to use drones to deliver Covid-19 test kits…
Continue ReadingOn a day his state and others reported staggering coronavirus numbers, one Midwestern governor said he could see through the darkness to better days…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — During El Paso County Commissioners Court on Monday, Commissioner Carlos Leon accused City/County Health Authority Dr. Hector…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico on Monday started its two-week lockdown to run past Thanksgiving as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham…
Continue ReadingBlack, Hispanic and Native American people infected with Covid-19 are about four times more likely to be hospitalized than others, data from the…
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden says the outgoing Trump administration’s failure to share specific plans on combating the…
Continue ReadingWith winter on the horizon, it’s getting darker earlier each day, and temperatures are slipping. Seasonal affective disorder could hit…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 20,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths Monday, as Covid-19 continues to surge in the United States. That is…
Continue ReadingOver a million children under 18 have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the United States since the start of the pandemic, the American Academy of…
Continue ReadingIf tossing and turning in bed most nights was a contest on crummy sleep, women win. A new study comparing poor sleep among more than a million adults…
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