By Brenda Goodman, CNN The BA.2 virus — a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant — isn’t just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19, new research suggests. New lab experiments from Japan show that
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN Actor and comedian Bob Saget had Covid-19 but died as a result of “blunt head trauma,” according to the autopsy report released today by the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office. “It is in my opinion that the death of Robert Saget, a 65-year-old white male found unresponsive in a hotel room,
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Idaho officials reported 2,368 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Thursday.
Continue Reading At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, local mask mandates are disappearing as quickly as toilet paper did from grocery stores shelves two years ago. At the national level, the guidance to wear masks is staying put, at least for now.
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin and Max Foster, CNN Prince Charles is in isolation having tested positive for Covid-19, Clarence House has said. The heir to the British throne, who is 73 years old, had to cancel his attendance at an event in the English city of Winchester on Thursday, according to a statement from his official
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,565 new COVID-19 cases and 40 new deaths Wednesday.
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A bill that would stop any government entity — including local school boards — from issuing a mask mandate passed an Idaho legislative committee on Wednesday.
Continue Reading COVID-19 hospitalizations are dropping quickly in the United States, but a heavy burden persists, and the nation’s health care workers are exhausted under the strain.
Continue Reading People should not delay getting a mammogram because of a recent COVID-19 vaccination, a new study says.
Continue Reading Oregon’s health department and the governors of Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey have announced when their states will end the school mask mandate.
Continue Reading A trucker protest that has clogged the streets of the Canadian capital for weeks has spread to cities across the world, and impeded access to the busiest land crossing between the United States and Canada as drivers and their supporters demonstrate against vaccine mandates and pandemic control measures.
Continue Reading By Gary Tuchman and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Omicron may be declining across much of the United States, but the Monument Health hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, is still running an expanded intensive care unit, in the midst of a Covid-19 surge fueled by low vaccination rates and a lack of coronavirus restrictions. “We are
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COVID-19 cases seem to be dropping locally.
Continue Reading The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is standing by the agency’s mask guidelines, emphasizing Tuesday that now is not the time to change the recommendations or loosen restrictions aimed at preventing COVID-19.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,313 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Tuesday.
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The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MT) Tuesday.
Continue Reading Weeks-long isolation, repeat stints in quarantine and sub-par meals — these are conditions that some Olympic athletes snared in Beijing’s stringent system for controlling COVID-19 say they are contending with, and some are pushing back.
Continue Reading Though the Omicron coronavirus variant may have a reputation for causing a much milder form of COVID-19, in January, Dr. Ashley Keilman and other doctors started noticing something that seemed unique to this variant.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added even more destinations on Monday to its ever-growing list of places considered to be a “very high” travel risk for Covid-19. Level 4, the CDC’s highest, has now swelled to almost 135 places, illustrating the rapid surge of the
Continue Reading As many states see declines in their daily Covid-19 case numbers and hospitalization rates, some have moved forward with plans to lift a significant mitigation measure: mask mandates in schools.
Continue Reading By Solarina Ho Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Scientists and medical experts from around the world have agreed on a research definition for “long COVID” in children, according to a U.K.-based study, the first such consensus for young people. The peer-reviewed paper, published in BMJ’s Archives of Disease in
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 3,338 new COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading The Omicron wave of COVID-19 cases has receded significantly in the US over the past few weeks, but more people are dying each day from the contagious illness than died during the peak of the Delta wave last summer.
Continue Reading By Rafael Romo, CNN’s Senior Latin American Affairs Editor It started as a heated discussion between a father and his son’s doctor. But it quickly escalated to a multi-person fist-fight that shocked the nation. Inside the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Costa Rica’s Heredia province, not far from the capital San Jose, the argument
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is clarifying the COVID-19 vaccination schedule for people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised, it said Friday, to address some of the challenges they may be having in getting an additional dose.
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More than 100 people are now hospitalized in our region with COVID-19.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,428 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 13-0 Friday to support recommending the two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which received full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration this week for use in adults.
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Unvaccinated people are 97% more likely to die of COVID-19 than those who are fully vaccinated and boosted.
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Bonneville School District 93 will move to the Moderate Risk phase next week (Feb. 7 – Feb. 11).
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, strapping on a face mask to head out for the day has become second nature for many — but not every face mask fits every face the same way, leading some to come up with tricks to improve the fit of their mask and thus provide more security.
Continue Reading Three days before Thanksgiving, a planeload of passengers from South Africa touched down in San Francisco. One of them was a woman who was in the early stages of a COVID-19 infection, though she wouldn’t know it for almost another week.
Continue Reading About 18 million children under the age of 5 in the United States could soon be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine — but first, the child-sized shot must go through a rigorous authorization process that’s taking a different path than the COVID-19 vaccines that came before.
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Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed the death of a Bonneville County teen from COVID-19.
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN The US Army will begin discharging soldiers who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, unless the service member has an approved exemption or pending request. “Army readiness depends on Soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in a statement
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,496 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths Thursday.
Continue Reading Fred Meyer provides free non-surgical N95 masks
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Citing data from Niche on the largest school districts in America, HeyTutor researched each district’s policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the latest Omicron wave.
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Are dates, details and daily tasks feeling a bit fuzzy these past couple of years? It’s not just you, experts say.
Continue Reading A new subvariant of Omicron is spreading rapidly in some parts of the world.
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As the omicron surge continues to impact Idaho and Wyoming, health care professionals are trying to figure out how to best treat those who are sick, but not sick enough to be in the hospital.
Continue Reading By Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves and more variants emerge, experts say it is unclear whether the immunity developed during infection, regardless of vaccination status, may provide long-term, individual protection against future waves. Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts
Continue Reading By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand has announced it will begin reopening to the world, signaling an end to nearly two years of tough border rules that have separated families and shut out almost all foreigners. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern outlined a five-step plan Thursday that will allow fully vaccinated New Zealand citizens to start
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,325 new COVID-19 cases and 28 new deaths Wednesday.
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Teton County Health Department would like to emphasize certain members of the public should receive a COVID-19 booster dose after having gotten an additional dose due to immunocompromising conditions in the late summer.
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Prosecutors are suing an Illinois-based Covid-19 testing company over allegedly storing tests in garbage bags, operating without licensure in some locations and improperly collecting customers’ insurance information. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the lawsuit Monday against the Center for COVID Control (CCC), its testing lab and two of its
Continue Reading Opinion by Rhonda Sideris and Heleena Sideris for CNN Business Perspectives Like many other businesses, we’ve been through our fair share of challenges running our Park City, Utah vacation rental company during the pandemic. We’ve sacrificed millions of dollars in revenue by honoring generous cancellation policies for guests and keeping properties vacant for a day
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,164 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths Tuesday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials have fallen far short of a goal to get COVID-19 booster shots into the arms of an additional 1 million Oregonians by the end of January. Gov. Kate Brown announced the goal in December as Oregon braced for a surge in cases and hospitalizations from the highly contagious
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The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MT) Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Selina Wang, CNN The Beijing Winter Olympics is being hosted inside a veritable fortress — known informally as the “bubble” — that takes weeks of careful planning to successfully penetrate. Designed to prevent the spread of Covid, the bubble is the most ambitious quarantine attempted anywhere since the start of the pandemic. The journey
Continue Reading While the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is not upending the nation’s economy like the virus did at the start of the pandemic, it has wreaked havoc on millions of Americans’ ability to work and pay their bills.
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Ski jumper Marita Kramer will miss the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.
Continue Reading By Scott McLean, Livvy Doherty and Lauren Kent, CNN Denmark has lifted all Covid-19 restrictions within the country, with coronavirus no longer considered a “socially critical sickness,” according to the government. This means that an indoor mask mandate, the use of a “Covid pass” for bars, restaurants and other indoor venues, and the legal obligation
Continue Reading Opinion by Dr. Tom Frieden Although it’s possible that deadly new coronavirus variants could emerge, I’m more optimistic today than at any point since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Here’s why. Despite growing pandemic fatigue and rough weeks ahead as the Omicron tsunami recedes, we’re better defended against Covid than ever. Vaccines and prior infection have
Continue Reading By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech are requesting emergency use authorization for their two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children age 6 months up to 5 years, the companies said Tuesday. Pfizer and BioNTech said they have initiated a rolling submission of data to the US Food and Drug Administration after a request from the agency.
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other people arriving in China for the Beijing Olympics. Local organizers say there were 11 positive tests Monday for athletes and officials on a day 379 arrived at the airport. They were
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Jimin, a member of South Korean supergroup BTS, tested positive for Covid-19 and underwent surgery for acute appendicitis, his management agency said Monday. The singer and dancer, whose full name is Park Ji-min, went to the emergency room on Sunday after experiencing “sudden abdominal pain along with a
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Governor Brad Little activated the Idaho National Guard Monday for the fourth time during the pandemic to alleviate the impacts of COVID-19 in Idaho.
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN After more than six months in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s lower-risk Level 3 travel category, Mexico moved into “very high” risk Level 4 on Monday along with 11 other destinations. Tourism powerhouse Mexico had been listed at Level 3 since June 7. A record-high
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 4,207 new COVID-19 cases and 21 new deaths over the weekend.
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There is now more optimism that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be ending — and as other nations lift certain COVID-19 restrictions, some public health experts question whether US counties and cities should consider easing their guidance on mask-wearing or social distancing, as well.
Continue Reading Heading into the new year, 24-year-old Heather McClintock had hoped she and her fiancé could finally move beyond the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on their future — namely their wedding in September.
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have given full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing additional data on its safety and effectiveness. The decision Monday by the Food and Drug Administration comes after many tens of millions of Americans have already received the shot under its original emergency
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COVID-19 cases have surged in Utah throughout January, and that’s causing a problem for people who are unsheltered and don’t have a place to isolate.
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) and Central District Health (CDH) are announcing the first confirmed infection with the BA.2 sub-variant of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in Ada County.
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Health officials say Oregon hospitals are near their COVID-19 breaking point as the state is expected to reach peak hospitalizations in coming weeks.
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The White House said on Friday some 60 million households have requested free Covid-19 rapid tests so far, with tens of millions tests having “gone out the door” as part of the Biden administration’s program to mail more than half a billion rapid tests to Americans around the
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 3,653 new COVID-19 cases and 35 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading A new spinoff of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is getting attention from scientists as it becomes the dominant cause of COVID-19 infections in some parts of the world.
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Health districts in Idaho are dealing with a backlog of more than 42,000 positive Covid cases which still need to be followed up on, according to the state’s Covid-19 dashboard.
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People with symptoms of COVID-19 that persist weeks or months after they get infected are known as long-haulers. Cognitive FX put together a list of the symptoms most often reported by them.
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Idaho officials reported 3,777 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths Thursday.
Continue Reading For athletes competing at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, arriving at the Games with a clean bill of health is a crucial part of their preparation.
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Bonneville School District 93 schools will be closed Friday, January 28.
Continue Reading Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed cases of the Omicron Variant in Bannock and Bingham Counties.
Continue Reading Hawaii Pacific Health donated 50,000 N95 masks for students, faculty, and support staff with the Hawaii Department of Education.
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The Biden Administration will make 400 million N-95 masks available to the public as soon as next week, primarily through pharmacies.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 4,088 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to send a clear message to pharmacies on a conference call this week: Stop turning away immune-compromised people when they come seeking fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Electric vehicles grabbed a much bigger share of the global car market last year as sales more than doubled despite turbulent economic conditions and a severe shortage of computer chips. Global sales of battery electric vehicles increased to 4.5 million last year from 2.1 million in 2020, according to data
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egislation is heading to the House to extend a legal shield to Idaho businesses, schools and government entities from lawsuits if someone catches COVID-19.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 3,518 new COVID-19 cases and 14 new deaths Tuesday.
Continue Reading During a period when the Omicron coronavirus variant was dominant, severe outcomes for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 — including ICU admission, ventilator use and death — were less common than during Delta or the first winter surge, according to a study published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest health care products company, reported that sales of its Covid vaccine have accelerated, but they’ll still lag far behind other vaccines for the foreseeable future. Its 2021 sales of its single-dose vaccine came to $2.4 billion, the company reported Tuesday, just short of its
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Elton John’s concerts at American Airlines Center in Dallas have been postponed after the singer tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement from the arena. The venue announced the already long-delayed “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour would not run this Tuesday and Wednesday. “It is with great regret that the
Continue Reading The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MT) Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Sara Fili Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraskas (KETV) — An Omaha native nearly lost both her parents to COVID at the same time. Traci Pribyl, of Omaha, was on a ventilator for a month. Her husband was in a hospital bed of his own trying to fight off the virus.
Continue Reading Pfizer and BioNTech have begun a clinical trial for their Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine candidate, they announced in a news release on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The rollout of free N95 masks for the public began this week across the United States, with some pharmacies already handing out the masks and others expecting to do so in the coming days. The program is part of the Biden administration’s effort to distribute 400 million free N95 masks from
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has activated Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) Monday morning in accordance with IDAPA 16.02.09 – Crisis Standards of Care For Healthcare Entities in three local public health districts — Southwest District Health, Central District Health, and South Central District Health – due to severe staffing and blood shortages.
Continue Reading A staff shortage is impacting an Idaho Falls school.
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Masks are again required for all staff in the Teton Idaho School District.
Continue Reading Just as free COVID-19 tests are landing in the mailboxes of people who ordered them, the first free N95 masks for the public have started to arrive at US pharmacies, with more on the way in the coming days.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 4,947 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths over the weekend.
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Former Olympic gymnastics champion Szilveszter Csollany of Hungary has died at the age of 51 after spending weeks hospitalized with COVID-19.
Continue Reading Cruise ships turning around mid-voyage. People placed in quarantine cabins on board. Voyages abruptly canceled. Crew members trying to appease unhappy customers.
Continue Reading Federal regulators are considering limiting the authorization of certain monoclonal antibody treatments that have not proved effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a source familiar with the decision-making told CNN.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson has contracted COVID-19 amid a variant-fueled surge that is sweeping Utah and the Capitol. It’s the second time the 47-year-old Republican has tested positive and follows reports of multiple state lawmakers also testing positive. Henderson’s office said the lieutenant governor was recovering but planned to
Continue Reading By Reuters, Sonia Moghe and An Phung A judge on Monday delayed Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against The New York Times by 10 days to February 3, after the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor tested positive for the coronavirus. The delay was announced by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in
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