By René Kladzyk, Phil Galewitz and Elizabeth Lucas | El Paso Matters and KHN Alfredo “Freddy” Valles was an accomplished trumpeter and a beloved music teacher for nearly four decades at one of the city’s ...
El Paso’s June is heating up and the triple-digit heat wave expected to last through next week could pose a health threat to some of the city’s most vulnerable. To help counter the risks, the ...
Next month, Texas Tech University Heath Sciences Center will welcome its inaugural class into the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine. The dental school will be the first of its kind in a border ...
As she prepared for her junior year as a pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin, Carolina Mendez’s life was forever altered on July 3, 2019, when her father was diagnosed with pancreatic ...
The taupe building that was formerly Hill Top Women’s Reproductive Clinic now has an empty parking lot and sprawling real estate banners indicating the space is for sale. A notice on El Paso Planned Parenthood’s ...
More than 90 medical school students are one step closer to donning their white doctor coats after graduating from Texas Tech University of Health and Science Center on Friday at the Plaza Theatre. The in-person ...
El Paso Matters reporter Elida S. Perez moderated a conversation with Dr. Marie Leiner, Dr. Melanie Longhurst and Dr. Shivani Mehta about key things they’ve learned during the pandemic and ways to help more El ...
Emiliana “Emily” Edwards wants El Pasoans to know that she’s a normal kid. The 14-year-old middle schooler loves singing, watching anime, and playing games on her computer. But unlike her cisgender classmates, Emily’s identity as ...
For years, Areli Rosales has struggled with depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder after she was sexually assaulted at age 11. Now 17, Rosales said she managed to keep the worst of her anxiety at ...
More than 70 El Paso Community College graduates were welcomed into the nursing profession Thursday during a rite-of-passage ceremony that dates back to the 19th century. The event, called a pinning ceremony, is an internationally ...
The pandemic has brought mental health issues to the forefront and we’re giving you the opportunity to hear from the experts in El Paso. El Paso Matters reporter Elida S. Perez will talk with Dr. ...
Updated 5:27 p.m. May 17: Revised with additional information The number of younger Texans now able to get the COVID-19 vaccine continues to grow after state health officials announced children 12 or older are eligible ...
Access to reproductive health care in Texas is once again in the spotlight as a controversial abortion restriction measure quickly moves through the Texas Legislature. The new legislation, Senate Bill 8, would ban abortion after ...
By Karen Cano/La Verdad This story was originally published in Spanish by La Verdad. Due to her age and the initial letter of her last name, Sonia Campos was assigned the morning schedule to receive ...
As more El Pasoans receive their COVID-19 vaccines, questions remain about what activities are safe to participate in following the two-week waiting period after the second doses. El Paso Matters asked local infectious disease experts ...
For the first time in her life, Giselle Paredes needs help feeding her family. “Many times I don’t have something to cook so I’m like, ‘what am I going to do?’” Paredes said. “They’re hungry ...
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Department has established three crisis intervention teams to help keep El Pasoans dealing with mental health emergencies away from jail. Crisis intervention teams are designed to improve law enforcement officers’ ...
Legislation that would categorize gender-affirming care for trans children as “child abuse” was discussed in a Texas Senate committee hearing Monday, drawing a sharp rebuke from an El Pasoan parent. “I’m not an abuser, I’m ...
On a clear Sunday morning, sisters Josey and Christina “Teeny” Pickett met up at UTEP’s Centennial Plaza to embark on a strenuous masked run. Although the sisters live on opposite sides of El Paso, training ...
In the past year, telehealth has become the new norm for wide-ranging medical practices. Telehealth was around long before the COVID-19 pandemic, but when the first El Paso COVID-19 case was confirmed on March 13, ...
When Mexico’s president traveled to the White House last summer, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar urged President Donald Trump to put discussion of a binational coronavirus response plan at the top of the agenda. But that ...
Before COVID-19 reached the Borderland and El Pasoans’ lives were turned upside down, mental health providers began anticipating what the pandemic’s impacts for the community could be. El Paso mental health experts braced for how ...
With two full years in operation, the El Paso Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team has helped divert hundreds of El Pasoans dealing with a mental health crisis away from jail, but officials say gaps in ...
Christian Castro had a simple goal for his life: to “make people feel better.” Originally, he thought that goal could be achieved through comedy by making people laugh. “Laughter can make people forget their pain ...
Close to 113,000 El Pasoans have received their first shot in the 10 weeks since COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Texas, something El Paso leaders have celebrated. “While we’re still a long way from herd immunity, ...
By 7:30 a.m., cars were lined up around Horizon City’s Holy Spirit Church even though its food distribution site wouldn’t open for another 30 minutes. Virginia Marin and Martha Montellano took advantage of the wait ...
Close to 100,000 El Pasoans have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and most will soon be due for their second shot. A recent change in the city’s scheduling process has created confusion ...
University Medical Center has refused to release demographic data of those it has vaccinated against COVID-19, making it impossible for the public to know whether the county-owned hospital is protecting El Paso’s most vulnerable residents. ...
El Paso continues to lead Texas urban counties in getting its population vaccinated against COVID-19 and we’ll cross a couple key milestones in coming days. The number of new COVID-19 cases in the past week ...
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By Sandra Nevárez García One in three! This is the number of youth, throughout the United States, who experience physical, sexual, and emotional abuse while in a dating relationship. These abusive relationships often are unseen ...