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The COVID-19 saliva test kit from Vault Health is a self-administered test. Samples are returned via expedited shipping, and results are generally available 24 to 48 hours after a sample is received. (Courtesy of Vault Health)
SANTA FE It took just a few minutes but a lot of saliva.
Albuquerque resident Kathleen Raskob this week became one of the thousands of New Mexicans to try the state’s new at-home testing option for COVID-19.
The test kit arrived the day after she ordered it, she said. Signing into the website and spitting into a tube while supervised by a medical worker over Zoom took about 10 minutes.
Hospitals prepare to implement crisis standards Written by Geoffrey Plant on December 9, 2020
New Mexico Human Services Department Secretary Dr. David Scrase announced during a press update Tuesday that the state is preparing to implement its crisis standards of care plan, which establishes resource allocation protocols for hospitals that are increasingly overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.
The state’s plan is based on a national framework originally developed in response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009 and codified nationally in 2018, when it was also adopted by New Mexico. Earlier this year, the state’s medical advisory team undertook an update of that plan in an effort led by the state Department of Health informed by 140 health experts divided into work groups. One of their primary tasks was to grapple with the ethical issues of rationing care if resources became so scarce that not all pe
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Mexico State University faced many unprecedented challenges. While a few factors remain uncertain, a new partnership has created several positive outcomes, along with future opportunities that will help faculty and students involved in research.
This summer, Albuquerque-based TriCore Reference Laboratories established a branch lab at NMSU. To date, it has processed more than 15,000 COVID-19 tests.
Because of the partnership with TriCore, this fall NMSU was also able to initiate large-scale testing for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 as part of a random sample study by a group of interdisciplinary researchers seeking to understand the prevalence of the virus in the campus community.
COVID-19 vaccines trickling into New Mexico santafenewmexican.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from santafenewmexican.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Christina Rodriguez Created: December 21, 2020 11:16 AM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The second Pfizer vaccine shipment is expected to arrive Monday at three New Mexico facilities: Presbyterian Hospital, UNM Hospital, and a Department of Health warehouse. The shipment, according to state officials, includes 12,675 doses.
Due to the reduced shipment size, three other hospitals will receive their vaccine shipments from the DOH warehouse instead of directly from Pfizer. Those hospitals are Christus St. Vincent in Santa Fe, Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces and the San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington.
Twenty-two hospitals in total will be receiving the second wave of Pfizer vaccines in the state. The vaccines will be shipped from the DOH warehouse by Tuesday.