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Fresh food reaches Harding and Union Counties

Partnership delivers 10,000 pounds of local produce to rural communities.


Prescription drugs cause one quarter of overdose deaths

New Mexico had the sixth-highest drug overdose death rate in the nation, and nearly one quarter of these deaths were caused by prescription drugs (including prescription opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and others), based on 2023 data.


State renews order to combat congenital syphilis

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is extending its public health order originally established in 2022, continuing expanded statewide syphilis testing.