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JJAB And Los Alamos Family Council Host Meet And Greet To Connect Local Therapists And Community Providers

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Local therapists and community providers gather for a meet & greet at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos JJAB Resource Specialist Siri Anand Khalsa introduces herself to the large group. Courtesy/JJAB

Los Alamos JJAB News:

Together with Los Alamos Family Council, Los Alamos JJAB hosted a Meet and Greet for local therapists and community providers Tuesday, Oct. 17. The event was held at Fuller Lodge and attended by more than 35 local professionals.

The Meet and Greet allowed participants to network and discuss important issues facing youth in Los Alamos County. Rich discussions Read More

Expert Food Safety Tips For Thanksgiving & Holiday Season

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VIRGINIA TECH News:

Meals at Thanksgiving and other holidays serve as great social occasions for catching up with family and friends — and for the sake of all gathered, the culinary delights on the table should be not just delicious and visually sumptuous, but also safe.

Melissa Wright, director of Virginia Tech’s Food Producer Technical Assistance Network, and Alexis Hamilton, assistant professor of food processing microbiology, are both faculty members in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Food Science and Technology. They shared holiday Read More

Los Alamos High School Key Club Hosts ‘How To Save A Life’ 

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Los Alamos High School Key Club hosts a ‘How to Save a Life’  educational event highlighting the dangers of  Fentanyl Tuesday, Nov. 14 at SALA. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Fire Department Capt. Robert Fuselier speaking to students about the dangers of Fentanyl during LAHS Key Club’s ‘How to Save a Life’  event held Nov. 14 at SALA. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Los Alamos High School Key Club students decided to use some of their cotton candy sales money for a Fentanyl “Harm Reduction” project. They call it “How to Save a Life” and lined up speakers to address Read More

New Mexico Delegation Welcomes $10 Million To Invest In Early Childhood Education And Care

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Congressional News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are announcing $10 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve early childhood education and care in New Mexico.

The grant is funded through the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program, which empowers state governments to better leverage existing federal, state and local early care and education Read More

Skolnik: Staying Healthy During The Holidays

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock

All of us want to stay healthy over the holidays. Unfortunately, however, COVID has complicated our quest for good health. The quest is also complicated by the fact that COVID, RSV, and influenza are circulating at the same time.

It is also unfortunate that New Mexico has one of the highest rates in the US of new cases of influenza and the number of people infected by RSV nationally is rising. We have no data on local COVID infections. However, anecdotally, “everyone knows someone in Los Alamos with COVID.”

Given the above, there is an evidence-based set of practices Read More

MANNM To Host Run/Walk For Diabetes Nov. 18

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MANN News:

November is National Diabetes Month and today (Nov. 14) is World Diabetes Day.

The day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization to bring awareness to the growing problem of diabetes. 

The theme for the day is Access to Diabetes Care. 

Statistics indicate that 1 in 10 adults worldwide have diabetes and over 90 percent of those have type 2 diabetes. This is a condition that can be modified through lifestyle changes and healthy habits. 

It is also for awareness of Type 1 Diabetes which affects not just the patient, but also families and Read More

County Reminds Community Of Public Forums For Development Of Comprehensive Health Plan

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Scene from last week’s public listening session at White Rock Branch Library. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

Scene from last week’s public listening session at White Rock Branch Library. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Social Services would like to remind the community of the two remaining public listening sessions scheduled Nov. 15 in person and Dec. 7 online to collect feedback for the County Comprehensive Health Plan (CHP).

Food will be provided at the Nov. 15 listening session. No advance registration is needed for either session.

Community members who live, work, learn, Read More

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Nearly 600,000 Pounds Of Unneeded Prescription Medications

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DEA News: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oct. 28, 2023, the community once again emptied their medicine cabinets to help dispose of old, unwanted, and expired medications. Nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners collected 599,897 pounds of unneeded medications at 4,675 collection sites nationwide.

For more than a decade, DEA’s National Prescription Take Back Day has removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a majority of people Read More

Canes & Canines Low Vision Support Group To Meet Nov. 14

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COMMUNITY News:

The Canes & Canines Low Vision Support Group for all ages will meet 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 in Room 1 on the 3rd floor at Mesa Public Library.

The topic of the meeting is to discuss activities for next year.

The Canes & Canines Low Vision Support Group meets every 2nd Tuesday at Mesa Public Library.

The group will not meet in December.

For more information, call Janet Montoya at 505.672.9626. Read More

Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Bipartisan Colleagues Reintroduce Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) reintroduced the Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act, legislation to help ensure seniors in rural America have access to health care providers by adjusting the geographic practice cost index (GPCI) to more accurately portray the costs of practicing medicine in rural areas.

The members released the following statements: 

“The last thing rural communities need is to lose health care providers to an outdated, flawed reimbursement index,” Rep. Smith Read More