Views 0 During the pandemic, Medicaid helped provide numerous services for everyone â now that the health emergency is averted, what’s left for the program? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. â New Mexico officials are sounding the alarm for people who have been on Medicaid during the pandemic. New Mexico Medicaid Director Lorelei
Views 0 Earlier this summer, the stateâs 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
Views 0 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 theyâve decided to maintain the ban indefinitely and, despite fears to the contrary, the policy
Views 0 The University of New Mexico has partnered with TimelyCare, higher educationâs 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.
Views 0 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. â “They said they can give you the world. They can say anything you want. Well, make it better,” said a man identifying
Views 0 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.
Views 0 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.
Views 0 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. â âFirst responders recognized the condition Mary was in and transported her to El Paso Medical Center,â Attorney General Raul Torrez said caregivers
Views 0 Searchlight New Mexico’s health reporter Vanessa SĂĄnchez talks with Anthony Moreno about her reporting into the maternal health crisis in New Mexico.
Views 0 A new, cross-campus innovation is going to improve the health and livelihood of New Mexico communities. The inspiring program is called none other than NM-INSPIRES. It all began within the National Institutes of Health (NIH,) and its Environmental Health Science Division.
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