Monday, December 01, 2008 NM Woman Dies of Hantavirus Infection Associated Press SANTA FE - A 22-year-old Otero County woman is dead of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. New Mexico Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil says the state Health Department extends its sympathy to the woman's family ... full story
... won a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Journal reporter Tamar Stieber. Then there were the epidemiological battles — helping to figure out what Hantavirus was when it first showed up in 1993; doing a street study of HIV, hepatitis B and C in 1994-95; the struggle with the meningococcal outbreak ... full story
... her most profound images were subjects who might not have been given a second thought in society, people from the Four Corners who were hurt by Hantavirus, Los Angeles street gang toughs, a Duke City nurse holding a Guatemalan child whose cleft lip and cleft palate were surgically repaired, AIDS victims ... full story
... , we'll lose only 330 people in all of 2008. I guess I should be more delighted than I am. If we had one-tenth as many deaths due to plague or hantavirus infection, heads would roll. And Salmonella saintpaul, about which we've heard so much this summer, thanks to those jalapeños or tomatoes ... full story
... for the Journal for the past 20 years and written about topics that range as wide as New Mexico. She was the first reporter to uncover the Hantavirus outbreak that drew national attention to the Four Corners. She was in the state prison when New Mexico revived capital punishment to execute Terry ... full story
... pack rats by examining their fecal pellets. Don't use poisons for rodents because of the smell from a dead mouse. And there is the potential of hantavirus with deer mice. A competent inspector also will point out beneficial insects or harmless insects that may be around the home. Ground beetles ... full story
... they help us out, too.” Krassnitzer points out that, by keeping the mouse population down, rattlers and other snakes help protect humans from Hantavirus and other mice-borne diseases. He said people can protect themselves by simply knowing the habits of snakes and being vigilant. “These ... full story
... half originating on the Navajo reservation, he said. Health officials there have a long history of experience with dangerous diseases such as Hantavirus and plague, Houk said. IHS workers applied many of the same techniques investigating the salmonella outbreak, she said. "Our job is to ... full story
Thursday, March 6, 2008 Hantavirus Death 1st in State in '08 By The Associated Press SANTA FE - A 64-year-old Taos man is dead of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The New Mexico Department of Health said it was the first Hantavirus case in New Mexico this year. The man died last week, an ... full story
... over three other challengers. Unopposed for municipal judge was incumbent Richard S. Hill, who received 420 votes. Taos Man First '08 Hantavirus Death A 64-year-old Taos man is dead of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The state Department of Health said it was the first hantavirus ... full story
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