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CHFA Announces $1.8M In Grants For Health-Focused Nonprofits In Northern New Mexico

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CHFA News:

SANTA FE – The Community Health Funder Alliance (CHFA) is accepting applications to its third cycle of Community Grants.

This year’s cycle is open April 1-30. Community Grants are annual, open, competitive grants between $5,000 and $15,000.

These grants, totaling $425,000 this year, will be awarded to new and existing community health programs that enhance and strengthen the system of care in northern New Mexico. 

An additional $1,390,000 will be awarded to Health Impact Grantees for the third year of their three-year grant awards. To date, the Alliance has awarded grants to 54 Read More

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Introduces Bill To Increase Tribal Public Health Security And Preparedness

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representatives Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) introduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act, legislation that would ensure Tribal nations have equal access to funding through the CDC to prepare for public health emergencies.

Currently, Tribal nations are not eligible to apply for the CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement Read More

LAMC Providing Oncology Services Monday-Friday

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Los Alamos Medical Center at 3917 West Road. Post file photo

LAMC News:

Did You Know?

Los Alamos Medical Center provides Oncology services to local and surrounding communities.

Open Monday through Friday, LAMC’s Ambulatory Treatment Unit (ATU) is a place where patients go to get personalized chemotherapy, blood transfusions, and antibiotics for their specific needs.

The nurses within the ATU are certified in ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy and take pride in caring for their patients.

The Northern New Mexico Cancer Care clinic is available for patients 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Read More

Positive COVID Case Reported At Senior Center

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LARSO News:

The Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO) has announced this morning that someone in one of the senior center facilities recently tested positive for COVID-19.

LARSO, the non-profit organization that runs both centers said that it has many protocols in place for notifying members and sanitizing facilities.

“We are in the process of identifying anyone who may have come in contact with the member who tested positive,” LARSO Executive Director Bernadette Lauritzen said. “Our cleaning protocols are complete and today we will be identifying anyone who may be of concern. Read More

Vitalant Blood Drive In White Rock Friday April 22

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Vitalant News:

The next White Rock blood drive is just 3 weeks away, and there are plenty of appointments available. But walk-ins also are welcome.

The blood drive is 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 22 at Bryce Presbyterian Church at 333 Bryce Ave.

Register now here. https://donors.vitalant.org/dwp/portal/dwa/appointment/guest/phl/timeSlotsExtr?token=Ba6uhxbuorwdWZGiKQDYdyKLG7Y5z2lCf%2 Read More

LANL: Pandemic’s Urgency Drove New Collaborative Approaches Worldwide

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Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • SAVE team changed how science is done, spanning 58 institutions

In a paper in the journal Nature, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) scientists Bette Korber, Hyejin Yoon, Will Fischer and James Theiler, among nearly 130 authors from institutions around the world, describe their groundbreaking collaborative work, “Defining the risk of SARS-CoV-2 variants on immune protection.”

Korber, Fischer, Yoon and Theiler are members of a rarified team that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases assembled in January 2021, drawing on experts from Read More

Luján, Klobuchar, Blunt Spearhead Senate Passage Of Bill To Improve Ballot Access For Voters With Disabilities, As Gallego, O’Halleran, Sablan Reintroduce In House

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Ranking Member Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) led the Senate’s passage of the PAVA Program Inclusion Act to ensure all voters with disabilities, regardless of geographic location, can fully participate in the electoral process.

The bill allows two voter Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) to access Help America Vote Act Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) funds on par with the other 55 P&As nationwide. This will enable these two P&As to better serve Native Read More

Mind&Melody Expands Services To Los Alamos & State

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Mind&Melody Program Director Eric Guitian and Co-Founder/President Cristina Rodriguez with the check the nonprofit received at the AARP Connect and Thrive Competition March 9 in Miami. These funds will be used to provide free demonstrations of the program in New Mexico including long-term care facilities and Pueblos. Courtesy photo

Co-Founder and President of Mind&Melody Cristina Rodriguez discusses the nonprofit organization during the American Association of Retired People’s (AARP) Connect and Thrive Competition held March 9 in Miami. Mind&Melody received the Read More