New Mexico awarded nearly $1 million for emergency food assistance program
Funding will expand mobile distribution options
Health & Wellness
Addiction medication scripts going unfilled in northern New Mexico
Senator says federal law should “lean more on therapy and less on bureaucracy”
Behavioral health and wellness programs launched for BIE tribal schools
Crisis, on-site support will be a focus of programs
With end of public health emergency, thousands in danger of Medicaid disenrollment without action
Turquoise envelopes from NMHSD are being sent out to notify families at risk of losing coverage
Upcoming immunization clinics planned
Families are encouraged to prepare for school with immunizations
Reproductive groups worry about hospital’s merger with Catholic-based hospital system
Merger draws concern over access to certain care options
Safety, health top priorities at summit
Navajo Nation School Safety and Mental Health Summit welcomes school leaders, health officials, safety officers
Deliverance for downwinders: As the clock winds down on federal compensation, one woman’s mission ramps up
New Mexicans harmed by the world’s first nuclear bomb test will finally win assistance if Tina Cordova has her way.
After 22 years protesting for women’s rights, an activist continues
Incorrect rhetoric spawned interest in activism
More doctors seek abortion training in New Mexico because of Dobbs
An anti-abortion demonstrator debates with abortion-rights activists outside the U.S. Supreme Court building June 27, 2022, in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press file photo)Patrick Semansky Medical residents from other states are…
Air pollution can impact children’s health even before they are born
Prenatal exposure to air pollution can impact key immune genes
Hospital announces childbirth classes
Topics cover childbirth, labor and pain, baby gear
As summer heat increases, so do heat-related illnesses
Farmington temps to remain in 90s
The Bridge to host wellness show
Vendor applications are now open
Pinon Mesa Hyperbarics opens in Farmington
Accelerated healing, other beneficial health effects claimed
Opioid settlement payouts to localities made public
The national opioid settlements are the second-largest public health settlement of all time
San Juan County crisis in midwife employment
New Mexico experiences lack of midwife employment
Mental health, substance abuse top concerns in county
San Juan Regional Medical Center presented community health needs assessment results
Oil and gas setbacks may help protect children from harmful emissions
The moratorium only applies to new leases
Hospital honors nurses with Daisy Awards
San Juan Regional Medical Center nurses Jason Aikele, Jenny Okumura receive awards