The reorganization is the latest in a string of challenges for Genesis HealthCare and its approximately two dozen facilities in New Mexico.
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CYFD offices by day, shelters by night
With overnight office stays now prohibited, advocates say foster youth spend all day in CYFD offices and leave each night to sleep on couches at youth homeless shelters
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New Mexico sees drops in syphilis, other sexually transmitted infections
The decreases come after years of ramped-up screening, awareness campaigns and ensuring prompt reporting of positive tests.
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Lawmakers spent big to give New Mexico health care system shot in the arm
Legislators directed hundreds of millions to a new medical school facility, expansion of rural residencies and faculty raises.
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Española students, others working on glove to treat Parkinson’s disease
Project leaders hope others can replicate the high-tech wearable glove, which was developed using open-source software.
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‘Too soon to tell’ how delays in federal family planning grants might affect New Mexico
The latest round of federal family planning funding — which was slated to go into effect Wednesday — is stuck in bureaucratic limbo.
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New Mexico providers: Moving federal drug discount program to rebate model would be costly
Under a proposed pilot program, clinics and hospitals would pay full wholesale price, then request an after-purchase rebate.
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New Mexico says new effort to aid drug-exposed newborns is working
Very few children have returned to their biological homes under the New Mexico’s new strategy, and most are in foster care.
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CDC report highlights New Mexico as measles response model
Outreach efforts during the outbreak coincided with an uptick in vaccine doses administered from January to September 2025.
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‘Support for mom is the number one thing’: New Mexico WIC offers breastfeeding help
“Whether you’re breastfeeding or formula feeding, feeding a baby is hard,” said peer counseling program manager Liz Jaramillo-Lopez.