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Here is the list of top ten baby names in New Mexico in 2019 as compiled by the Department of Health’s Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health has enacted emergency rules governing the licensure and regulation of boarding homes that residentially house individuals discharged from mental or behavioral health care institutions. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) will be participating in two commemorations this week related to World AIDS Day, a day of remembrance of those lost to the HIV epidemic. The following events, sponsored by partner organizations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, will bring together communities i... « read more »
As temperatures continue to fall, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) and the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center (NMPDIC) remind New Mexicans that they can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning by taking a few protection measures. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) hosted a public hearing today in Santa Fe regarding proposed rule changes to its Medical Cannabis Program, addressing a variety of issues including product packaging for patients, reciprocity for out-of-state medical patients, and additional testing of bot... « read more »
On Friday November 22, 2019 from 10am – 2pm three state agencies will be providing services for the homeless at Mesilla Valley Community of Hope. Taxation and Revenue’s Motor Vehicle Division’s Mobile Unit will assist individuals obtain a Driver’s License or ID, Department of Health’s Mobi... « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health encourages tobacco users statewide to use its free Quitline services as they join thousands nationwide for the annual Great American Smokeout® Thursday, November 21st. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health’s latest New Mexico Drug Overdose Prevention Quarterly Measures Report shows year-to-year improvement in key indicators related to drug overdose prevention in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same time period the year before. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health today reports the number of motor vehicle crashes – the leading cause of death nationally among 15-to-20-year-olds – declined in our state in 2018 compared to the year before. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), in partnership with the New Mexico Immunization Program announce the launch of VaxViewNM, a new public portal for the New Mexico Statewide Immunization Information System (NMSIIS). For the first time, parents and guardians will have access to official imm... « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports the first laboratory confirmed cases of influenza (better known as flu) of the 2019-2020 season. All five cases are adults; three cases reside in Sandoval County, one in Santa Fe County, and there has been one fatal case in Bernalillo County where... « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports an increase in alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico in 2018, when 1,544 New Mexicans died from alcohol-related causes. That is up six percent from 2017, when there were 1,461 alcohol-related deaths. New Mexico has had the highest alcohol-related de... « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports overall drug overdose deaths among New Mexico residents rose from 491 in 2017 to 537 in 2018, an increase of nine percent. The increase is largely due to methamphetamine overdose deaths. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) will join the Navajo Nation Office of Vital Records and Identification and other state vital record agencies from Arizona and Colorado to sponsor a multi-day, multi-state Delayed Birth Certificate Registration Event on September 10, 11, and 12th in Shiproc... « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) would like to clarify that the Alternative Writ of Mandamus, which was signed by Judge Bryan Biedscheid on August 5th (and which proposes to compel NMDOH to issue medical cannabis cards to out-of-state residents) is not a final decision of the Court. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) will join multiple state agencies for the first ever Governor’s Cabinet in Your Community this Saturday, August 10th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Carpenters Local 1319 Union Hall, 3900 Pan American Hwy NE in Albuquerque, where the NMDOH will be providing mu... « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health announced today a new television ad furthering its commitment to reduce opioid misuse, addiction, and overdose deaths in New Mexico. The new ad features New Mexicans who share their real-life stories about how they have been affected by opioid misuse and its wides... « read more »
Compelling, unscripted, original video stories about real-life people who have been affected by abuse, will now be shared across New Mexico as part of the Department’s “There Is Another Way” campaign. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health reports Turquoise Lodge Hospital, the department’s hub for drug and alcohol treatment services in the northern part of the state, will complete its move to its new location next week. « read more »
The New Mexico Department of Health announces today that, effective immediately, several new qualifying conditions for enrollment will be added for the state Medical Cannabis Program. « read more »