Healthcare

Hampton: Support Vote For RECA On House Floor

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By DAVID HAMPTON
Los Alamos

Downwinders are the residents of the Tularosa Basin, who have experienced, and continue to experience to this day, high levels of cancer, infant mortality, and other ailments, since the world’s first nuclear weapon was detonated near their homes in July 1945. These ailments appear to be associated with the effects of nuclear fallout and exposure to plutonium, and are similar to those experienced from the detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as sites associated with nuclear weapons production.

In spite of their suffering, they were initially excluded Read More

Notice Of Completion Of Off-Site Waste Shipment For Final Disposal Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, this email is to notify you that new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

Notice of Completion of Off-Site Waste Shipment for Final Disposal, Compliance Plan Activity 4.0, Site Treatment Plan, Federal Facility Compliance Order, Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More

Stansbury On Lower Prescription Drug Costs For Seniors

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U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury

TATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement Aug. 15 after the Biden-Harris Administration announced they would be lowering prescription drug costs for 10 of the most popular medications for America’s seniors:

“In New Mexico, we take care of our elders – full stop. That is why the continued fight by President Biden to take on Big Pharma and to lower the costs of life-saving medication has been so important, and I’m grateful for his work,” Rep. Stansbury said. “The more than 46,000 New Mexicans on Medicare will Read More

Martz: Regarding Detection Of Plutonium Contamination In Soils Around Los Alamos

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By JOSEPH MARTZ
Los Alamos

Recent new stories regarding detection of plutonium contamination in soils around Los Alamos have received considerable attention. I have a quite personal interest, as I spent nearly 50 years in Los Alamos, and grew up playing in these canyons. The studies report only the levels measured and leave the most important question unanswered: are these levels a hazard? 

As I could find no reporting discussing the actual hazard of this level of contamination, I took the liberty of using the provided data to see if these levels are something I should be concerned about. A bit Read More

Nuclear Watch NM On Plutonium Levels In Acid Canyon

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Acid Canyon study area from Dr. Michael E. Ketterer/LANL study Aug. 13, 2024. Courtesy/NukeWatch NM

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com 

SANTA FE – Nuclear Watch New Mexico issued the following press release Thursday regarding  plutonium contamination based on collected water, soil and plant samples from Acid Canyon in the Los Alamos Town Site:

Today, (Thursday) Dr. Michael Ketterer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, is releasing alarmingly high results from samples taken from a popular walking trail in the Read More

Los Alamos Medical Center Opens New Sleep Lab!

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Gathered for the Ribbon Cutting ceremony Monday at the new Sleep Lab are from left, Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce incoming Director Sandy Jones, LAMC CEO Tracie Stratton, Dr. Michael Lucia and Chamber Director Ryn Herrmann who retired Wednesday. Pictured in the background are County Council Vice Chair Theresa Cull, Sleep Technician Francis Bourget and County Economic Development Program Manager Janice Krish, Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Dr. Carolyn Linnebur stopped by the ribbon cutting and open house for the new Sleep Lab held Monday at LAMC. Here she looks over one of two private Read More

Los Alamos Among 10 Healthiest Communities In America

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This four-bedroom in Los Alamos is priced at $948,000. Realtor.com
By JULIE GERSTEIN
Julie Gerstein

Where you live might be just as important as how you live when it comes to longevity.

Many people might equate wellness with coastal California breezes or Florida sunshine, but the healthiest counties in America actually dominate the Midwest, according to the U.S. News and World Report‘s 2024 ranking of the healthiest communities in the U.S.

Six of the top 10 picks on the list are in Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

But the Mid-Atlantic enclave of Falls Church, VA, took

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Los Alamos Medical Center Awarded Laboratory Accreditation From The Joint Commission

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LAMC at 3917 West Road has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Laboratory Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with performance standards. Courtesy/LAMC

LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) has announced it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Laboratory Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.

LAMC underwent a rigorous, unannounced Read More

Catch Of The Week: Arkansas College Ransomware Attack

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Ransomware attacks are pretty indiscriminate, attackers know they can get a big payout even from smaller targets like community colleges. NWACC (Northwest Arkansas Community College) is the latest college to fall victim to a ransomware attack. NWACC is a community college in Bentonville, AR, with an enrollment of about 8,000 in 2018. The attack occurred July 30.

School officials realized they had been attacked after networked printers began printing out ransom demands across the campus. College officials did not disclose the Read More

Robinson: All’s Fair In Healthcare Worker Recruiting

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

Around Houston Medical Center are six billboards inviting its employees to come to New Mexico, where they will be “Free to Provide”. The message is repeated in full page ads in the Sunday editions of dailies in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.

New Mexico’s governor and state Health Department are taking advantage of turmoil in the Texas medical community caused by changes in abortion laws to recruit healthcare workers.

Our shortage of practitioners is well known; some rural hospitals have closed their obstetrics Read More