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UPDATE: DOH Administering 2nd Pfizer Vaccine Dose At ‘Smith Auditorium’ March 17 … Those Not Contacted By DOH Yet Should Email Emergency Management Office

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County’s Emergency Management Office would like to alert those individuals who received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine Feb. 22 in Los Alamos that the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) will be administering the second (booster) dose of the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday, March 17 at Duane Smith Auditorium (NOT Griffith Gymnasium).

Several individuals have indicated that as of today they have not been contacted with an appointment by the NMDOH. The Emergency Management Office will be coordinating with all individuals who may have been missed by NMDOH in a text/email Read More

Health Department Reports Los Alamos At Turquoise Level!

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The updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning today. Courtesy/NMDOH

NMDOH News:

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health today announced the updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning today, March 10.

Los Alamos and six other New Mexico counties have advanced to the Turquoise Level, which is the least restrictive of all the levels.

Seven counties have moved to the Green Level, at which there are fewer restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activities amid decreased virus risk.

Eighteen counties are at the Yellow Level as of today and only Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 257 New Cases, Total 187,487 With 9 New Deaths And 160,142 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials today announced 257 additional COVID-19 cases.
Los Alamos County reports no new cases today so the total remains 486 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

Today’s update includes 9 more deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:

  • 94 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 7 new cases in Chaves County
  • 3 new cases in Cibola County
  • 4 new cases
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Bill Adding COVID-19 To Workers’ Comp Act Passes House

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Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil

STATE News:

Santa Fe — Monday, essential workers who contract COVID-19, and whose employers have failed to comply with Covid-safe practices, will qualify for Workers’ Compensation benefits under new legislation passed by the New Mexico House of Representatives.  

Sponsored by Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil (D-Albuquerque), Rep. Christine Chandler (D-Los Alamos), Rep. Meredith A. Dixon (D-Albuquerque), Rep. Daymon Ely (D-Corrales), and Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero (D-Albuquerque).

House Bill 268 adds to the Workers’ Compensation Act a rebuttable

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Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Welcome Nearly $1 Million For Broadband And Telehealth Projects In New Mexico

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming announcements from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development that several projects in New Mexico will receive a combined $927,966 through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program.

The funding is made available through the CARES Act that Senators Heinrich and Luján helped pass in 2020. Senators Heirnich and Luján and Rep. Leger Fernández will continue working to support broadband and telehealth Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 209 New Cases, Total 187,238 With 19 New Deaths, 158,616 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials today announced 209 additional COVID-19 cases.
Los Alamos County reports no new cases today so the total remains 486 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

Today’s update includes 19 more deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:

  • 85 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 1 new case in Cibola County
  • 6 new cases in Curry County
  • 37 new cases
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Emotional Healing: Noticing Changes Can Save Lives

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By DR. TED WIARD
Golden Willow Retreat 

COVID-19 continues to be a major focus for most people in the world and rightfully so, as many people continue to become infected by the virus and sickness and death are still major concerns.

Lately, there has been a decrease in infections, hospitalizations, and infection as the vaccine and conscious behaviors are helping decrease people being infected by the disease.

The world is not out of the woods, but as proactive action and healthy behaviors continue, the world will be able to start to re-open its ways of life and find a new norm of how to step back into Read More

Full School Reentry Is Here; All Staff Prioritized For Vaccine

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NMDOH / NMPED News:

  • All educators offered vaccine by end of March; schools to move rapidly to expand in-person learning
  • Goal: All schools in full reentry no later than April 5

SANTA FE – All New Mexico school staff members will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine before the end of March as a gateway to further expanding safe in-person learning with a goal of reaching full reentry by April 5, the Public Education Department and Department of Health announced today.

“I bring you good news today – news you’ve been waiting to hear for a year: We’re going back to school,” Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart Read More