Category Archives: COVID News

Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests Available Through USPS Again

COVID Tests Available for Ordering

Beginning Monday, September 25, every U.S. household can again place an order to receive four more free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to their home.

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It's time for your updated COVID-19 vaccine! APHA, American Public Health Association

Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Available

Updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are currently available in New Mexico. CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 illness this fall and winter.

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Stay Up To Date With Your COVID-19 Vaccines

Stay Up To Date with COVID-19 Vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are effective at protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and dying. As with other vaccine-preventable diseases, you are best protected from COVID-19 when you stay up to date with the recommended vaccinations.

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Free COVID-19 Test Kits Available for Pickup at ILRC Main Office

Free COVID-19 Test Kits

Free COVID-19 test kits courtesy of NM Department of Health are available at the ILRC main office in Albuquerque for people with disabilities. Self-testing when you are feeling sick or after you come into close contact with someone with COVID-19 helps keep the virus from spreading.

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CDC is launching the Bridge Access Program in Fall 2023 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults

COVID-19 Vaccine Bridge Access Program

To help ensure that millions of uninsured and underinsured American adults continue to have access to no-cost COVID-19 vaccinations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching the Bridge Access Program for COVID-19 Vaccines this fall.

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Bernalillo County Relief of Emergency Needs For Tenants (RENT) Assistance Program with Bernalillo County logo on a background with a grey sky and a multistory apartment building

Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) Assistance Program

The BernCo Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) Assistance Program is for income-eligible Bernalillo County renters that live in Bernalillo County, outside the City of Albuquerque, experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Funds from this program can be applied towards past rent and utilities due starting April 2020 through September 2025, rental and utility assistance payments.

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