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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández Applauds Signing Of 2-year Extension Of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández during her floor speech today applauding the signing of a bill to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Screenshot/LADP

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) applauded the signing of a bill to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).

The Congresswoman led the House effort to pass the two-year extension through Congress with bipartisan support last month. The program was scheduled to sunset in July 2022.

Leger Fernández and U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens Read More

New Mexico Department Of Veterans Services Cabinet Secretary Smith Appointed To VA’s Research Advisory On Gulf War Vets Illnesses Committee

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DVS Cabinet Secretary Sonya Smith

DVS News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Cabinet Secretary Sonya Smith has been selected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to serve on its Research Advisory on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Committee (RACGWVI).

The committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the VA secretary on proposed research studies, research plans, and research strategies relating to the health consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Gulf War. 

This region encompasses Iraq, Read More

Los Alamos COVID Impact: 144 New Cases For Week Ending June 6, 2022 

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Los Alamos COVID-19 Impact:

COVID-19 statistics for the week ending June 6, 2022, show cases doubled over previous week in Los Alamos County:

 

  • 825 tests
  • 144 diagnoses (77 previous week) (105 in Los Alamos, 39 in White Rock) 
  • 0 deaths

Source: New Mexico Department of Health. By Eli Ben-Naim.

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Chart 650: COVID Diagnoses Climbing In Los Alamos

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This chart shows the seven-day average number of COVID-19 diagnoses in Los Alamos versus date. On a scale of 0 to 100, the diagnoses index quantifies the current level of diagnoses by using a comparison with daily levels since the start of the pandemic (the higher the index, the more severe the current state of the pandemic is). The current number of diagnoses is higher than 97% of preceding days. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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U.S. Sen. Heinrich Statement On Bipartisan Agreement On Toxic Exposure Legislation

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, issued the following statement on a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive legislation to deliver all generations of toxic-exposed veterans their earned health care and benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the first time in the nation’s history:

“I am optimistic that this agreement means that soon, veterans who were exposed Read More

Leonard: Hurting All Over? Two Powerful Anti-Inflammatory Herbs Worth Trying

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By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos

Willow Bark is the active ingredient in willow tree bark is salicin, which was used in the 1800s to produce aspirin.

Salicin’s effects on pain take longer than aspirin to kick in, however some research points to the effects being longer lived.

Willow bark is considered a prodrug (metabolized to the active compound after ingestion) because it is converted in the lower intestine by intestinal bacteria to salicylic acid. Willow bark has been shown to reduce fevers, inflammation and pain.

“No serious adverse effects were reported from trials of Read More

Chart 649: Los Alamos & Neighboring Counties Remain Yellow On CDC Map

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today its weekly update to the COVID-19 community level map. The CDC framework designates community level based on diagnoses and hospitalization levels (link). Masks are recommended for at-risk (for example, immunocompromised) individuals in counties at the intermediate, yellow, risk level. Source: CDC. Map: mapchart.net. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More

County: Available Tools To Protect Against COVID-19

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COUNTY News:

According to the New Mexico Department of Health, 95.5 percent of Los Alamos County residents have completed their COVID-19 vaccine primary series.

However, Los Alamos County officials remind the community that the COVID-19 virus has not disappeared, but continues to mutate and change in ways allowing community transmission to occur despite vaccine availability and a high prevalence of prior infections. 

Highly transmissible variants of the Omicron variant continue to spread globally, and the US, including New Mexico and Los Alamos County, are now undergoing yet another Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow Bette Korber Honored By Caltech With Distinguished Alumni Award

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Los Alamos National Laboratory fellow Bette Korber honored by her doctoral alma mater, the California Institute of Technology, as one of three distinguished alumni for 2022. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Bette Korber, a Laboratory fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has just been honored by her doctoral alma mater, the California Institute of Technology, as one of three distinguished alumni for 2022.

The Distinguished Alumni Award is Caltech’s highest honor, presented each year to a small number of alumni in recognition of personal and professional accomplishments that Read More

NACo Partners With National Council For Mental Wellbeing To Deliver First Aid Training To County Workforce

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NACo News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Council for Mental Wellbeing and the National Association of Counties (NACo) today announced a new partnership to make Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training available to county employees across the country.

MHFA at Work is a skills-based training that teaches participants to identify, understand and respond to mental health and substance use challenges their colleagues and others may be facing.

While one in five adults in the U.S. report living with a mental health challenge, only 10 percent of employees feel their workplace is free of stigmas Read More