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.

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.

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.

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

New Mexico is one of ten states selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to offer the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic program (CCBHC).

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said campaigns sounding the alarm about the dangers of fentanyl are working in New Mexico but there is still lots of work to be done. “We credit a lot to all the organizations that are raising awareness,

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.

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.