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Families & Youth Innovations Plus, Doña Ana County’s certified community behavioral health clinic, has launched a round-the-clock mobile crisis team dispatched through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to respond to mental health and substance use crises countywide.
The New Mexico Department of Health has launched a statewide initiative to improve health literacy and help residents better understand and act on health information.
The newly renovated Skills and Simulation Center at NMSU’s School of Nursing offers students hands-on training with advanced mannequins, modern hospital equipment and enhanced simulation environments.
New Mexico had the sixth-highest overdose death rate in 2023. NMDOH is promoting safe storage and disposal of medications with events Oct. 23 and Oct. 25.
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez has co-sponsored a bipartisan measure to extend federal health insurance tax credits set to expire this year, aiming to keep premiums stable for thousands of residents in southern New Mexico.
Doña Ana Community College’s dental clinic is now accepting Medicaid insurance, expanding access to low-cost dental services for patients of all ages.
Gov. Lujan Grisham signs SB 3, allowing New Mexico to adopt vaccine guidance from professional bodies beyond federal recommendations.
Republican legislators say a presenter to the interim Health & Human Services Committee underplayed physician shortages in New Mexico, misused national data and ignored state-specific trends.
NMSU studies show COPD or diabetes paired with cognitive impairments greatly raise premature death risk, especially among older Hispanics.
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