New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department seeks $1M to reactivate key division
The Long-Term Care Division has been dormant for an undisclosed number of years
Health & Wellness
New Mexico laws lowering taxes, easing access to medication take effect in 2025
One new federal mandate will require some people to prove they have jobs to receive federal food benefits
Peer-led yoga in New Mexico prison aims to cultivate inner peace and employment opportunities
Women incarcerated at the Springer prison in northern New Mexico have found solace in yoga and meditation classes introduced last year.
State Health Care Authority will open 7 behavioral health clinics throughout New Mexico in January
The spending is an attempt to turn around trends that show New Mexico ranking near the bottom in behavioral health outcomes
After federal judge’s order, N.M. fire victims should seek to describe their anguish, lawyer says
Much is still uncertain about how FEMA could begin to compensate vast emotional toll from New Mexico’s biggest wildfire
Foster youth threatened and restrained
In CYFD office buildings, foster youth are monitored by private security. Altercations between kids and guards have injured children.
New Mexico urges people to get vaccinated for flu, COVID-19 and RSV
As of Dec. 9, only 12.4% of New Mexicans had received the updated COVID-19 vaccine
Protect the innocent: the public health promise of Kayden’s Law
A new bill modeled on the federal Violence Against Women Act could safeguard New Mexico’s children from the traumatic and sometimes dangerous consequences of divorce
Clinic for training athletes and coaches set for this weekend
RPR training quickly becoming preferred method for many athletes
New Mexico’s malpractice gold rush
The state is a rich landscape for attorneys who cash in big on medical liability lawsuits. The soaring cost of insurance against such claims is pushing some hospitals to the…
Abuse charges against four eldercare workers underscore gaps in state oversight
AG: ‘These charges send a clear message that abuse of vulnerable New Mexicans will not be tolerated’
Outdoor winter activities for when snow isn’t on the agenda
Winter is only as dull as you let it be
Why New Mexicans addicted to opioids can’t get the medicine they need
Buprenorphine is the best tool doctors have for patients trying to end dependency on drugs like fentanyl and OxyContin. Unfortunately, DEA regulations keep it in dangerously short supply.
E. coli cases climb to 104 in McDonald’s outbreak tied to slivered onions
At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers, federal health officials…
Stansbury announces bill to expand medical residencies in Tribal communities
Bill would create an office within the Indian Health Service to oversee graduate medical programs
New Mexico congressional delegation signs legal brief urging court to recognize federal law on abortion care
Brief argues federal law requires stabilizing emergency room patients
New Mexico in critical nursing shortage
State has 8,800 nursing positions currently open
Survivors, advocates make impassioned plea for RECA expansion
The original RECA funding expired in June
New Mexico’s only detox for young people set to open
The state’s previous youth detox center at Turquoise Lodge shut down about eight years ago
Colorado researcher says people with PTSD are losing out on an effective treatment
Boulder-based therapist Bruce Poulter said a study compiled by research clinics around the world clearly demonstrated the benefits of what’s known as MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty,…