New Mexico's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending June 10, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 79 deaths from diseases of the heart reported in New Mexico in the week ending June 17, making up 20.4% of total deaths by all causes in New Mexico.
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) announced the introduction of their legislation to form a federal task force to address the widespread problem of catalytic converter theft.
There were 13 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in New Mexico during the week ending June 24, a 18.2% increase over the previous week.
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped access to abortion care for millions of Americans and denied women the freedom to make their own health care decisions.
On June 22, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and U.S. Representative Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) introduced the FCC Legal Enforcement Act, legislation that would provide the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with litigation enforcement authority for violations contained in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regarding robocalls.
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee's bipartisan, unanimous passage of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) bill.
U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to acknowledge and examine the unmet needs of New Mexicans as a result of the 2022 wildfire disasters.
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, welcomes the Senate Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan, unanimous passage of his Fiscal Year 24 (FY24) Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations bill.
There were 19 deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases reported in New Mexico in the week ending June 17, making up 4.9% of total deaths by all causes in New Mexico.
There were 15 deaths from cerebrovascular diseases reported in New Mexico in the week ending June 17, making up 3.9% of total deaths by all causes in New Mexico.
There were 79 deaths with heart disease listed as the underlying cause reported in New Mexico during the week ending June 17, a 21.5% increase over the previous week.
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced important progress on his Continental Divide Trail Completion Act after it was featured during a hearing to consider pending legislation in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks today.
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) in announcing the reintroduction of the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would protect and strengthen the right to contraception.
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) in announcing the reintroduction of the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would protect and strengthen the right to contraception
There were 68 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in New Mexico during the week ending June 17, a 10.5% decrease from the previous week.