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As New Mexico’s film and television industry continues its rapid growth, various sites around the state show up as backdrops. One surprising location – Albuquerque’s Westside Emergency Housing Center – was teed up to be the setting for a show on HBO Max.
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Very few nursing home residents are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccination, and for residents, it’s even lower. New Mexico’s numbers are not much better than the country overall.
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New Mexico has one of the higher rates of kidney disease in the nation and undergoing weekly dialysis can be exhausting. A new study by researchers at the University of New Mexico found that improving mental health through the use of telemedicine also improved patients’ energy and pain severity.
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The federal agency is putting the money towards fixing infrastructure damage and reimbursing mutual aid used to support evacuated residents just after the fire.
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The law ensures people who use state-regulated insurance, such as Medicaid, have access to crucial testing for determining treatment.
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Three years ago we saw a global shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Mexico took an aggressive approach to public safety with mask mandates, limitations on business capacities and public gatherings. Yet a new report shows the state had one of the highest death rates from COVID. Researchers found states with higher rates of poverty, lower levels of educational attainment, lower levels of interpersonal trust, and worse access to quality health care tended to have worse outcomes.
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Just like the rest of the country, New Mexico is still dealing with a triple-demic of COVID-19, RSV, and flu and doctors are reporting surges that haven’t been seen in the past two winters. However, on December 15th most PCR testing sites will officially close down as the state pivots to relying on at-home testing, but any delay in testing could lead to higher hospitalization numbers.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation to redraw election boundaries for seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
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Young people in the last decades have had to study more than academics—they’ve had to learn what to do when a person shows up to your school with a gun…
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In the race for herd immunity, New Mexico is being heralded around the country as an unlikely frontrunner. Over half of the state’s population has gotten…