The decrease was good news in a state that has wrangled with the nation's highest alcohol-related death rate — one that has been double the national average. The news comes as s

The numbers dropped significantly among women and Indigenous people, but the state's suicide death rate still remains 9% higher than a decade ago.

The New Mexico Department of Health is encouraging people to embrace dry January. Dry January is a global public health initiative to remove alcohol from your diet and start off a new year with healthier habits.

Alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico decreased in 2023 for the second consecutive year, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. In 2023, NMDOH reported 1,896 alcohol-related deaths, down from 2,

New data released by the New Mexico Department of Health Center for Health Protection shows the the states suicide death rate decreased 9% in 2023.

Norovirus cases are rising in New Mexico, the New Mexico Department of Health announced Jan. 3. Five outbreaks have been reported since Dec. 1 in New Mexico, according to the department.

Data from the New Mexico Department of Health shows there was a 9% overall decrease in suicide deaths from 2022 to 2023.

Health care advocates and officials will renew efforts to track harm to New Mexicans’ health from climate disasters in the forthcoming legislative session. Healthy Climate New Mexico, a nonprofit collective of health care professionals concerned about climate change,

Five new behavioral health clinics are now open, all operating under the agency's new community behavioral health clinic program.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Health is encouraging people to embrace dry January. Dry January is a global public health initiative to remove alcohol from your diet and start ...

A newly amended civil complaint alleges New Mexico's child welfare agency allowed a Socorro child born with drugs in his system to return to the care of his mother, leading to the boy's overdose death in 2022.

Since cattle imports were cut off in November, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and some ranchers worry about the ban’s economic impact on beef producers and consumers.