As fewer kids played football, hospitals saw a big drop in ER visits
The rate of kids sports and recreation-related emergency room visits for traumatic brain injuries declined 32% from 2012 to 2018, after more than a…
Continue ReadingThe rate of kids sports and recreation-related emergency room visits for traumatic brain injuries declined 32% from 2012 to 2018, after more than a…
Continue ReadingSome states have reopened too quickly, allowing the coronavirus pandemic to come roaring back, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “There are some…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus is winning the battle in El Centro, California. It’s in almost every patient in the hospital. Tents are being put up to handle even…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In an effort to deliver the most comprehensive coronavirus coverage, ABC-7 has started a weekly feature where we ask Dr.…
Continue ReadingWhen New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced last week that malls in New York could not reopen until they installed high-efficiency particulate air…
Continue ReadingIf you want to be one of the first to receive an experimental vaccine for Covid-19, now’s your chance. Wednesday, a new website —…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Maggie Sillero was 28 weeks pregnant with triplets when she got the terrifying news that she had Covid-19. She wasn’t…
Continue ReadingJust before the lockdown began, London-based writer Valentina Valentini made the choice of a lifetime: She agreed to marry her partner. She…
Continue ReadingA study published Thursday found a significant increase in “broken heart syndrome” at two Ohio hospitals among some patients who…
Continue ReadingThe Food and Drug Administration has added more hand sanitizers to its growing list of products that contain wood alcohol, which is toxic if absorbed…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced one new coronavirus death and 350 new cases Thursday morning. It’s the…
Continue ReadingFrom English cities to the Spanish seaside and Australian housing estates, local lockdowns are cropping up all over the world as countries ease…
Continue ReadingATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas — They called him the “radar” of Atascosa County. As the emergency management coordinator of the Texas…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Nationwide, businesses have had to learn to adapt to life during the pandemic. It can be a particular adjustment for…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the nation’s prison system, causing higher rates of infection and death compared to…
Continue ReadingThe gains the people of Louisiana made against Covid-19 in June have been wiped out over the past three weeks, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday.…
Continue ReadingAs Covid-19 spread across the United States this spring, teachers, parents and students scrambled to move classes to online platforms such as Zoom…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas reported its deadliest day of the pandemic with nearly 100 new deaths on Wednesday as newly confirmed cases continued soaring…
Continue ReadingEven though it’s no longer on the market, new data has emerged around potential side effects of the permanent birth control device Essure. The…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man in his 80s from from Doña Ana County who had been hospitalized with Covid-19 was among eight new virus deaths…
Continue ReadingAdding about a third of a cup of fruit or vegetables to your daily diet could cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 25%, while higher…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico —  It will be up to the New Mexico Supreme Court to decide what authority the state has to enforce certain provisions of…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, July 8: A man accused of killing his wife, leaving her body at a Socorro dialysis center and then fleeing to Mexico was taken into custody…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County recorded 393 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday morning, the highest single-day infection increase since the…
Continue ReadingThe novel coronavirus pandemic could lead to a wave of brain damage in infected patients, warned British researchers in a new study released…
Continue ReadingHey sleepyheads — have you been turning off or covering up all your smartphone and computer lights in your bedroom at night? Blocking indoor…
Continue ReadingA pair of conjoined twin girls with an extremely rare condition have been successfully separated at a hospital in the Vatican City. Ervina and…
Continue ReadingThe World Health Organization confirmed there is “emerging evidence” of airborne transmission of the coronavirus following the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas– El Paso Community College trustee Bonnie Soria Najera, who lost both her parents to Covid-19, was released from the hospital Tuesday…
Continue ReadingThere were two notable announcements in the fight against HIV this week at AIDS 2020, the 23rd International AIDS Conference — a possible case…
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