It’s time to upgrade your mask as Omicron spreads, El Paso infectious disease expert says
EL PASO, Texas — Local health experts are encouraging El Pasoans to upgrade their masks as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly. The El Paso…
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5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The question hung in the air like a bad odor, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at…
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US reach levels not seen since last winter’s surge
By Travis Caldwell, CNN The spread of the Omicron variant is causing widespread disruption across the US as hospitalizations reach a level not seen…
Continue Reading 19 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care
By Travis Caldwell and Jason Hanna, CNN As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron…
Continue Reading The highly contagious Omicron variant will ‘find just about everybody,’ Fauci says, but vaccinated people will still fare better
By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna, Deidre McPhillips and Christina Maxouris, CNN As the Omicron variant spreads like wildfire across the United States,…
Continue Reading Covid-19 hospitalizations reach record high, HHS data shows
By Travis Caldwell and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The number of US patients hospitalized with Covid-19 has hit a record high — a situation…
Continue Reading Officials across the US enact emergency procedures to help hospitals combat record-high Covid-19 numbers
By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 across the US is the highest it’s…
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Las Cruces boxing gym teaches Parkinson’s patients how to fight off symptoms
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – According to the Mayo Clinic, nearly one million Americans live with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a…
Continue Reading Patient who received genetically modified pig heart in groundbreaking transplant surgery dies
By Carma Hassan and Katherine Dillinger, CNN A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind…
Continue Reading In a medical first, a man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart
By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a…
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In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer U.S. doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life — a first…
Continue Reading Canada deemed ‘very high’ risk for travel
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Canada was moved to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk category for travel on Monday. The…
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Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of…
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Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19…
Continue Reading Replacing full-fat dairy with olive oil may reduce your risk of disease and death, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Using olive oil instead of margarine, butter or other saturated fats may protect you from dying from cancer, cardiovascular…
Continue Reading US coronavirus surge could peak later this month, expert says, but the next few weeks are critical
By Susannah Cullinane, CNN The current Covid-19 surge in the US, fueled by the Omicron variant, could peak later this month — but the next…
Continue Reading US coronavirus surge could peak later this month, expert says, but the next few weeks are critical
By Susannah Cullinane, CNN The current Covid-19 surge in the US, fueled by the Omicron variant, could peak later this month — but the next…
Continue Reading Exercise may protect your brain even if you have signs of dementia, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Exercise is good for you. Breaking a sweat has been shown to improve nearly every organ in the body, fight nearly every…
Continue Reading How to manage mindless snacking from your pandemic home office
By Lisa Drayer, CNN The new year brings with it some old circumstances: working from home, self- isolating again, and having close access to food…
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Local homeless shelter faces capacity issues amid cold weather and Omicron
EL PASO, Texas– With dropping temperatures and rising Covid-19 cases, the deputy director of the Opportunity Center says his shelter is facing…
Continue Reading How our ancestors used to sleep can help the sleep-deprived today
By Katie Hunt, CNN Like many people, historian A. Roger Ekirch thought that sleep was a biological constant — that eight hours of rest a night…
Continue Reading 5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The question hung in the air like a bad odor, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at…
Continue Reading Nearly a quarter of hospitals are reporting a critical staff shortage as Omicron drives a rise in Covid-19 cases
By Dakin Andone and Susannah Cullinane, CNN About 24% of US hospitals are reporting a “critical staffing shortage,” according to data…
Continue Reading Nearly a quarter of hospitals are reporting a critical staff shortage as Omicron drives a rise in Covid-19 cases
By Dakin Andone and Susannah Cullinane, CNN About 24% of US hospitals are reporting a “critical staffing shortage,” according to data…
Continue Reading Despite my health challenges, I choose to heal
By Eryn Mathewson, CNN The last 12 months have been weird for me. I’m a pretty healthy 39-year-old marathon runner. And yet I had a heart…
Continue Reading States are scrambling to keep up with an increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations and the demand for testing
By Travis Caldwell, CNN As a Covid-19 testing shortage compounds a burgeoning crisis of new hospitalizations, more states are racing to help…
Continue Reading FDA warns against using throat swabs for home Covid-19 tests
By Jamie Gumbrecht, Naomi Thomas and Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is cautioning against using self-collected throat swabs…
Continue Reading Supreme Court appears poised to block Biden’s vaccine and testing rules for businesses
CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of…
Continue Reading People desperate for Covid tests are turning to resellers online
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Patrick Kennedy, a nightlife performer in New York City, recently was exposed to Covid-19, he was…
Continue Reading Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
By LINDSEY TANNER and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared to unprecedented levels, a…
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