May Ortega
Public Health New Mexico ReporterMay is from the other Rio Grande Valley, in south Texas. She came to New Mexico in early 2017 following various internships and part-time jobs at newspapers around the country. She previously worked as a technology and health care reporter with Albuquerque Business First. May joined KUNM's Public Health New Mexico team in early 2018. That same year, she established the New Mexico chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and received a fellowship from the Association of Health Care Journalists.
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Recent mass shootings in El Paso and Ohio have locals looking for solutions to gun violence. Bernalillo County will host a series of community…
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We’re two weeks into the school year and school-based health centers around New Mexico are still waiting on the state to finalize funding contracts.Most…
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The University of New Mexico School of Medicine has created a new office to address mistreatment of students, residents and fellows. The Dean of the UNM…
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The Trump administration has issued a new rule that could deny visas and green cards to some immigrants if they use government assistance programs like…
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Studies about kidney disease in the United States have historically left out Native Americans, but a pair of researchers at the University of New Mexico…
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When folks in New Mexico need a liver transplant, it marks the start of a long, difficult journey. You have to fight the odds just to qualify for one. You…
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When a liver is available for donation anywhere in the country, there are federal rules that dictate who gets it. The sicker you are, the sooner you get…
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We’ve been exploring the difficulties New Mexicans face when they need a liver transplant, like the fact that we don’t have a place to get one in the…
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If you live in New Mexico and you need a liver transplant, you better pack your bags because you can’t get that surgery anywhere in the state. Rio Rancho…
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If you are staff at the University of New Mexico, you haven’t been offered paid leave when you have a baby or adopt a child – until now.UNM’s paid…