The New Mexico Advisory Team has endorsed and begun implementing the updated vaccination booster recommendations issued by the Centers onr Disease Control Jan. 5.

“We’re gratified to see that the federal government has expanded eligibility for boosters,"N. M. Department of Health Deputy Secretary Dr. Laura Parajon said. "With Omicron on the rise, as more parents and children get vaccinated and boosted, they protect themselves and their communities against COVID-19.”

Despite breakthrough cases, getting up to date on vaccines - including a primary series and a booster - remains the most powerful tool to protect against severe illness, hospitalization, and death. The vast majority...

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DEB HAALAND NOMINATED AS INTERIOR SECRETARY

Deb Haaland of the New Mexico Laguna Pueblo was confirmed as the first Native American Cabinet secretary in the history of the U. S. and took office March 16.

She is also one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress.

As the Secretary of the Interior Department, she is in the unique position of being an Indigenous leader with a position in the U. S. Government that allows her to take measures to countermand many of the Department’s damaging moves against sacred...

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REHOBOTH MCKINLEY CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE SERVICES

RMCHCS continued to experience turbulence throughout 2021 as doctors and nurses left the hospital and community members expressed concern about the administration and the hospital’s financial condition. The Wellspring Recovery Center suspended operations on May 14 and the Women’s Clinic was closed for most of October after its last ob-gyn doctor, Dr. Hannah Palm, announced her resignation. A group of doctors...