184 Views The Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new sensor to detect radioactive materials during proton radiotherapy. Researcher Patrick Doty, among others, created a plan to use an imaging patch, which makes it easier to provide dosages to the correct areas. Doty explains how this can help, especially with
234 Views During the pandemic, Medicaid helped provide numerous services for everyone — now that the health emergency is averted, what’s left for the program? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico officials are sounding the alarm for people who have been on Medicaid during the pandemic. New Mexico Medicaid Director Lorelei
281 Views Earlier this summer, the state’s nicotine prevention and cessation efforts were halted when money the state gets from a settlement with tobacco companies fell millions short of what the Department of Health had projected. Lawmakers overseeing the funds questioned the department about the issue and got a fiscal
238 Views When Isleta Resort and Casino reopened after the COVID shutdown, it implemented a mask requirement that meant no longer allowing customers to smoke inside. Casino officials told an interim legislative committee Wednesday that they’ve decided to maintain the ban indefinitely and, despite fears to the contrary, the policy
305 Views The University of New Mexico has partnered with TimelyCare, higher education’s most trusted virtual health and well-being provider, to offer students free and equitable access to mental health support, medical care and basic needs assistance.
285 Views It’s an operation that has garnered the attention of the FBI and the Attorney General’s Office, and it’s slowly becoming a national problem. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “They said they can give you the world. They can say anything you want. Well, make it better,” said a man identifying
356 Views Early Thursday morning, members of the Union of Hospital and Healthcare Employees joined together outside the University of New Mexico Hospital to protest what they said are unsafe working conditions.
322 Views In a recent draft recommendation, a health task force says that women should start screening for breast cancer at age 40 instead of 50. Scott Brocato spoke with Dr. Elma Gutierrez, an OB/GYN with Mountain View Medical Group in Las Cruces, about the recommendation.
306 Views A 38-year-old woman with autism died with a number of injuries the attorney general calls “some of the worst” he’s seen in his career. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “First responders recognized the condition Mary was in and transported her to El Paso Medical Center,” Attorney General Raul Torrez said caregivers
291 Views Searchlight New Mexico’s health reporter Vanessa Sánchez talks with Anthony Moreno about her reporting into the maternal health crisis in New Mexico.
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