Healthcare

Worship Update: The Christian Church

The Christian Church at 92 East Road will offer online worship today www.lachristian.org. Courtesy photo

By Pastor Doug Partin
The Christian Church

Los Alamos, this image asks the question “Why go to a Church Service when you can watch online?” The answer is that we were created to be together.

Our weekly gatherings at The Christian Church at 92 East Road are meaningful, and during this time they will be dearly missed by all of us. Until we can gather again, we have created an online worship experience for you. It is on our webpage: www.lachristian.org

It has links to audio and video recordings of Read More

Skolnik: The Costs Of Unpreparedness

By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

There is a price for everything and, one way or another, the price must always be paid. The economic impact of coronavirus will be exceptional, even if it were to kill only a relatively small number of people. We could save ourselves an enormous amount of economic hardship and ill health if we had invested wisely on a continuous basis in preparedness against emerging diseases. This is a lesson we have foolishly failed to learn from one emerging disease after another, such as SARS and Ebola.

Many Americans don’t understand what we should expect our federal government Read More

LAPS Superintendent Issues Spring Break News

Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus
Los Alamos Public Schools

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus today sent the following letter to parents and families:

Dear LAPS Parents and Families,

As we prepare for a spring break unlike any in the past, here are some thoughts about how to help children, teens and even adults, make the most of your time together.  

These ideas are about:

  • making connections while following CDC guidance on social isolation;

  • taking action to reduce anxiety; and

  • creating positive and productive environments in our own homes with our children.

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New Mexico COVID-19 Cases Now At 57

STATE News:

 

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials today announced 14 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Per the New Mexico Department Of Health, the most recent cases are:

Nine new cases in Bernalillo County:

  • A female in her 70s
  • A female in her 60s
  • Two males in their 40s
  • Two males in their 30s
  • A female in her 30s
  • A female in her 20s
  • A male infant
One new case in Doña Ana County:
  • ​A female in her 20s
One new case in Lea County:
  • ​A male in his 70s
One new case in Sandoval County:
  • ​A female in her 40s
One new case in Santa Fe County:
  • ​A male in his 50s
One new case in Taos County:
  • ​A female in her 50s
Including
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Trump Urges Citizens To Donate Protective Gear To Hospitals

President Donald Trump urging citizens to donate unused PPE to local hospitals today during a briefing at the White House. Screenshot/LADP

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic causing a critical need in hospitals across the nation, President Donald Trump this afternoon in his daily Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the White House is urging citizens to donate unused Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) immediately.

PPE includes masks, gloves, protective clothing, helmets, goggles and other garments and equipment designed Read More

Worship Update: Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church

No regular services Sunday at Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church. Visit bapca.org. Courtesy/BAPC

Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church News:

Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church at 333 Bryce Ave. in White Rock will not hold regular services Sunday, March 22, due to the public health emergency.

Pastor Henry Fernandez said that an abbreviated service will be live streamed and recorded.

It will be made available online at bapca.org and the church’s Facebook page.

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Wiemann: Coronavirus Concerns? Consider Past Health Crises

By SHELLY A. WIEMANN, CFP®
Founder, Wiemann Wealth Strategies, LLC

During the last week of February 2020, the S&P 500 lost 11.49% — the worst week for stocks since the 2008 financial crisis — only to jump by 4.6% on the first Monday in March.1

By all accounts, the drop was largely driven by ever-increasing fears about the potential effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its ultimate impact on the global economy. Although many market observers contend that the market was overvalued and due for a correction anyway, the unpredictability, strength, and suddenness of the historic tumble was Read More

Worship Update: First United Methodist Of Los Alamos

First United Methodist Church will livestream worship services March 22 and March 29. Courtesy/FUMC

FUMC News:

First United Methodist of Los Alamos (FUMC) at at 715 Diamond Dr. has canceled all events and small group meetings including the United Skates program through April 3 due to the public health emergency.

FUMC will livestream Sunday worship services March 22 and March 29. The service begins at 10 a.m. and may be viewed from the FUMC Facebook page, First UMC Los Alamos or at FirstInYourHeart.org.

To hear the Sunday service live, those without internet access may call 1.253.215.8782 and Read More

New Mexico Advises Healthy, Fun, Responsible Ways To Fight Loneliness, Boredom While Self-Isolating For COVID-19

STATE News:
SANTA FE – Social distancing to limit spread of COVID-19 doesn’t have to mean social isolation or boredom.
The State of New Mexico is advising some healthy, fun and responsible ways for those who are isolating to stay occupied during the public health crisis:
ADULTS
  • Connect with friends – on the phone or online. Keep your relationships alive by talking every day to friends, neighbors and relatives. Check in by phone with the elderly people in your life. Use apps like Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, Google Hangouts or Marco Polo to video chat with long-distance friends. Set a goal to call one
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