Alerts

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMHealth) is investigating five cases of E. coli O157 potentially associated with McDonald’s. These cases are part of an outbreak that has sickened people in other states: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/e-coli-O157.html. All cases in New Mexico to date hav... « read more »

To address the rising threat of congenital syphilis, the New Mexico Department of Health has renewed a public health order. « read more »

State health and environment agencies will host a town hall in Sunland Park to discuss health impacts of arsenic levels in local drinking water. The town hall will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16 at the Doña Ana Community College (DACC) Sunland Park Center located at 3365 Mc... « read more »

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMHealth) has confirmed a West Nile virus infection in a resident of Union County. The individual was not hospitalized and is currently recovering at home. « read more »

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMHealth) is urging New Mexicans to consider air quality safety and wildfire preparation this week in response to wildfires in the state – particularly in the Lincoln and Otero County areas where the Village of Ruidoso and the lands of the Mescalero Apache Trib... « read more »

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMHealth) announced today two children from Taos County are the first confirmed measles cases in the state since 2021. The children are under 10 years old, live in the same household, were not vaccinated, and developed fever and rash after returning from internat... « read more »

Xylazine has been commonly found in combination with heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl in the eastern United States for years, but this is the first time it has been officially identified in the state. « read more »