This chart shows the seven-day average number of COVID-19 diagnoses versus date in Los Alamos. Both New Mexico (19,275 cases) and Los Alamos County (224 cases) had record numbers of diagnoses this week. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
This chart shows the number of COVID-19 diagnoses by age group for the past week in Los Alamos County. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More
COUNTY News:
With the latest uptick in COVID-19 cases, residents who need to visit the Customer Care Center in the Los Alamos County Municipal Building are reminded that it may be safer and simpler to conduct that business remotely.
“The workplace challenges posed by the omicron variant are becoming more serious and difficult,” Deputy Utility Manager Heather Garcia said. “We strongly encourage our customers to move their business to the phone, email and web whenever possible. It’s important to us to keep our staff and our customers safe and limiting in-person interactions is one of the most Read More
Prostate Cancer Support Association News:
The Prostate Cancer Support Association of New Mexico has announced topics for its first six organization meetings of 2022.
The free meetings, held virtually until further notice, begin at 12:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month.
Login information is available the Tuesday prior to each meeting on the support group’s website.
Schedule and topics:
By JACCI GRUINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
Pregnancy and motherhood are journeys we sign onto for a lifetime. Think of the last journey you planned. How did you prepare? Did you read a book about your destination? Did you contemplate what to pack? Maybe, if the journey was physical you started training.
Imagine preparing for this journey being surrounded by a group of other women training for the same event. This is the greatest benefit to participating in a Prenatal and/or Baby and Me yoga class. A sense of community and camaraderie is developed with other women going through the same experiences. Read More
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Metta in the Buddhist tradition means loving-kindness and Metta meditation involves sending thoughts of loving kindness to yourself and others.
For those of us who are new to meditation, Metta meditation is a great way to get started because it is an active practice and we are not required to clear our mind to gain benefits.
When we are working toward loving ourselves and others unconditionally, our daily life gets less stressful.
From a neuroscience perspective, our brain cannot focus on positive and negative thoughts at the same time. Research published Read More
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, here we are in the new year and we’re still stuck with the same problem—that ol’ COVID just keeps on lingering. Many are exasperated and cry out: “I’m tired of this!” Well, yes … but like gravity, it doesn’t care whether you’re tired or not; it just keeps acting according to its nature. And, as with adverse weather, we have to deal with it, like it or not.
As with many natural tragedies—or even with notable events like unusual eclipses and celestial events—the doomsayers come out of the woodwork, and we certainly have no shortage of them in our present challenges. As tragic and Read More
Beginning Monday The Food Depot, 1222 Siler Road in Santa Fe will be closed to the public. Courtesy photo
FOOD DEPOT News:
SANTA FE — The Food Depot in Santa Fe prioritizes the health and safety of staff, volunteers and the communities it serves.
The Food Depot will continue to enforce its vaccine requirements adopted in August 2021. All staff and volunteers are required to be fully vaccinated. Fully vaccinated means both doses of Pfizer, Moderna or the single dose of Johnson and Johnson and a booster shot.
With the percent positive rate of COVID-19 cases in Santa Fe County at 17.7 percent, The Food Read More
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is part of a bicameral group of lawmakers that introduced the Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act.
This legislation guarantees that the Indian Health Service (IHS), Tribal health authorities, and urban Indian organizations have access to the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), a federal repository of drugs and medical supplies that can be tapped if a public health emergency could exhaust local supplies.
Currently, IHS and Tribal health authorities’ access to the SNS is limited and not guaranteed in the SNS Read More
Richenda Fox, left, and Michah Trujillo display the Certificates of Appreciation they received from NNMC to recognize their work with NMDOH vaccination clinics on the NNMC campus. Courtesy/NNMC
Richard Roose, Richenda Fox, RN; Michah Trujillo, RN; Dr. John Ogren, NMDOH Regional Health Officer for the Northeast Region; Dr. Ana Malinalli x Gutiérrez Sisneros NNMC’s Nursing Department Clinical Coordinator/Associate Professor; Nick Boukas, MPA, NMDOH Public Health Division Northeast Region Director and NNMC President Dr. Rick Bailey. Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — Northern Read More
The bars in this chart display the number of COVID-19 diagnoses by school for the seven-day period ending Jan. 8. Source: Los Alamos Public Schools (