I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Swine flu is killing American Indians in New Mexico at a higher rate than other ethnic groups, the Associated Press reports.
New Mexico so far has recorded 40 deaths from the H1N1 virus. But while American Indians make up…
Last week we wrote about the bleak financial picture for New Mexico come January — a possible $1 billion shortfall, and many tough, tough decisions still to come. Well, the Land of Enchantment isn’t the only state to face…
Twelve thousand doses of nasal H1N1 flu vaccine should arrive in the state this week and will be shipped to medical providers statewide, the New Mexico Department of Health announced Monday afternoon.
A 5-year-old girl from Rio Rancho and a Roosevelt County infant are the latest New Mexicans to have died from the H1N1 virus, the state Health Department announced Thursday evening.
Parents of students enrolled at Rio Rancho schools were…
With scant public input, state and federal officials are pushing ahead with plans that—during a severe flu outbreak—would deny use of scarce ventilators by some patients to assure they would be available for patients judged to benefit the most from them.
State and federal health officials have concluded that an extreme flu pandemic would sicken far more people needing ventilators than could be treated by the available supplies.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today advised schools to send sick kids home during a flu outbreak, but not to close schools unless they serve a student body that is all or mostly high risk, for example,…
There are 13 new laboratory confirmed cases of the H1N1, or “swine,” flu today, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 44, spread across 11 different New Mexico counties.
New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil is the featured guest on tonight’s episide of New Mexico In Focus, a weekly show I co-host along with Gene Grant.
The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) said today that it is OK for the activities, including multiple state championship events that have are being rescheduled. Earlier this week, the NMAA postponed all activities because more than a dozen schools…
The New Mexico Department of Health issued a statement giving the OK for schools to reopen after 16 schools closed because of fears about the H1N1 (or “swine”) flu.
Gov. Bill Richardson will be in Las Cruces this afternoon to brief the community on the status of swine flu (or H1N1 flu) in New Mexico and “the state’s efforts to track and stop the spread of…
Amid the fears of the H1N1 (or “swine”) flu, the University of New Mexico announced today that they are suspending all travel to Mexico.
The New Mexico Department of Health issued a statement about the latest on the H1N1 (or “swine”) flu. So far, there are just nine probable cases of the virus out of 97 cases tested so far.
There are still…
KOB-TV is reporting that the New Mexico Department of Health is sending two more “likely” cases of H1N1, or “swine,” flu to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This brings the total of cases sent to the CDC to…
New Mexico is investigating nearly 50 potential H1N1, or “swine,” flu cases according to KRQE. There are still no confirmed cases of the swine flu in New Mexico.
This doesn’t include the death of the death of a Las…
The Office of the Medical Investigator has ruled out swine flu as the cause of the Tuesday death of a 6-year-old Las Cruces boy, Doña Ana County announced this afternoon in a news release.
Gov. Bill Richardson said yesterday there are two potential cases of the H1N1 — or “swine” flu — in New Mexico: One is in Valencia County and the other is in Santa Fe County.
Nevertheless, the governor urged New Mexicans…
In the face of the swine flu outbreak that is spreading across the world, officials are cautioning against jumping to conclusions about the Tuesday death of a 6-year-old boy in Las Cruces.
“We recognize the community…
An autopsy will determine whether the death of a six-year-old boy in Las Cruces was caused by the swine flu, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.
Cody Scarborough, a first-grader at Colombia Elementary School, was pronounced…
The U.S. State Department on Monday evening issued a warning to American citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Mexico because of the spreading swine flu. Soon thereafter, U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, a Democrat who represents the…
