The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has issued a health advisory to hunters or anyone who consumed or captured wildlife between 2010 and 2024 from Holloman Lake near Alamogordo, New Mexico. This follows a new environmental report revealing record-breaking levels of contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentrations
The decrease was good news in a state that has wrangled with the nation's highest alcohol-related death rate — one that has been double the national average. The news comes as s
Newly published data from New Mexico shows a promising drop in deaths by suicide among the state’s Native American population.
New Mexico 2023 suicide death numbers declined significantly from 2022 among women and Indigenous Peoples, New Mexico Department of Health data indicated. The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) Center for Health Protection shows the number of New Mexico women who died by suicide decreased by 42% from 116 deaths in 2022 to 67 deaths in 2023.
Anyone who captured and/or consumed wildlife from Holloman Lake near Alamogordo between 2010 and 2024 should be aware of a new health advisory, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH).
The office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that 26 rural healthcare providers will receive a combined $40.6 million from the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund, including
Five new behavioral health clinics are now open, all operating under the agency's new community behavioral health clinic program.