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November 8th marks the date for the U.S. midterm elections, but it’s also when the Navajo Nation will pick its next president. New Mexico in Focus Correspondent Antonia Gonzales with our media partner New Mexico PBS sat down with current Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez to discuss his last four years in office, and ask why Navajo residents should put their trust in him to lead them out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham praised President Biden’s pledge this week to codify abortion protections in federal law if the Democrats secure a majority in congress. She characterized the move as a commitment to “echo” the work being done here in New Mexico, and tells KUNM she "absolutely" would pursue codifying the right to an abortion in state law if reelected.
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Though the death rate in rural America has decreased since the end of September, it is still significantly higher than in urban areas.
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A few of the states with the most home births are in the Mountain West, and the region also includes two states that saw some of the country's largest increases from 2019 to 2020.
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Source New Mexico's Austin Fisher speaks with Julia Goldberg of the Santa Fe Reporter about rising COVID cases in New Mexico and the lack of public messaging from the Department of Health.
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The pandemic has challenged schools and universities in ways big and small. In medical schools, including at UNM, the anatomy labs are struggling with a lack of bodies for dissection.
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Discussion of "mild" Omicron as a definition, clinically and individually.
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On this episode we talk with two University of New Mexico scholars about why Indigenous communities have such high rates of vaccination against COVID-19, despite a long history of colonization that has created distrust in government and medical institutions.
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New Mexico Department of Health officials reformatted the delivery of their regular COVID-19 update on their Wednesday presser. This change raises some questions about government transparency at the height of New Mexico’s omicron surge. KUNM reporter Jered Ebenreck spoke with All Things Considered host Nash Jones about this new format.