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Los Alamos Medal Winners Recognized For Revolutionary Contributions

Los Alamos Medal recipients Fred Mortensen and Bette Korber. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Fred Mortensen and Bette Korber were selected for their profound scientific achievements in weapons design and vaccine design

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announced today that two scientists have been awarded the Los Alamos Medal, the Laboratory’s highest honor, for revolutionary scientific contributions to national security and science. Fred Mortensen and Bette Korber are recognized for their distinguished achievements that have enhanced the success of the Laboratory. 

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Whiteside: LAMC Never ‘Declines To Participate’

By JOHN WHITESIDE, MHA, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Los Alamos Medical Center

To date Los Alamos Medical Center has given out over 500 vaccinations and helped train those who will run the local vaccination clinics.

We have worked tirelessly to keep our community healthy and provide outstanding local health care.

Over the last year, during the pandemic, our health care workers at LAMC have taken care of not only COVID-19 patients, but your family, friends, and neighbors with other life threatening illnesses, we have never been able to “decline to participate”.

Our nurses, physicians, respiratory Read More

COVID-19 Testing By Curative Continues At Overlook Park

COUNTY News:

Residents who would like to be tested for COVID-19 have easy access to testing right here in Los Alamos County.

They can visit the Curative-staffed testing site at Overlook Park in White Rock by simply registering online for a test slot and then driving to the park. 

The page to register for the hosted bi-weekly event is below and the event is held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday.

This is the easy-to-do “saliva swab” test that is free and offered by Curative.

After today, the next test will occur Thursday, Feb. 11. Visit: https://curative.com/search#9/35.8585/-106.3172 Read More

Senate Bill 171 To Give New Mexico School Boards Authority To Decide When To Reopen Classrooms Stalls In Committee

Sen. Gay Kernan

By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
SFNM

A bill that would give local school boards in New Mexico the authority to decide when students could return to the classroom amid a state-issued public health emergency order stalled Monday in the Senate Education Committee after a 4-4 vote.

But the proposed legislation, which garnered the support of one Democrat on the committee, hasn’t been expelled.

“Let’s just leave it there for a while and see if [committee members] go back and read some of the information that’s been sent,” one of the primary sponsors, Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, Read More

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