By Akanksha Sharma, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has entered self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case. “The exposure event took place on Saturday 22 January during flight NZ8273 from Kerikeri to Auckland,” the New Zealand government said in a press release Saturday. The statement added
Continue Reading The world feared the worst when a worrying new coronavirus variant emerged in late November and ripped through South Africa at a pace not seen before in the pandemic.
Continue Reading By Chandler Thornton, CNN No foreign athletes who have arrived in Beijing for the Winter Olympic Games have tested positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, according to Beijing 2022’s media team. “If any athlete tests positive for COVID-19, he/she will be reported and managed according to relevant requirements,” the media team told CNN on Saturday.
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Idaho officials reported 3,701 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Some would-be concertgoers are disappointed Adele has postponed her Las Vegas residency — just one day before it was set to begin. But last minute event changes in the pandemic may be the new norm, according to one industry expert. The singer attributed the delay to a Covid outbreak among her crew
Continue Reading Three large new studies from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the importance of getting a booster shot to provide the best protection against the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Continue Reading Birthdays are usually joyous occasions for Bonnie Wiener-Bambara, with daylong parties that involve pampering, dinner and friends.
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Just like other Idaho residents, some animals at Zoo Boise are getting vaccinated against coronavirus.
Continue Reading By Lisa Robinson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The extent of potential damage COVID-19 can cause on the lungs and long-term damage can depend on whether a person is vaccinated. The extent of potential damage COVID-19 can cause on the lungs and long-term damage can depend on whether a person
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Marisa Diaz y Diaz doesn’t understand why her order for the free federal home Covid-19 tests isn’t going through. The Uniondale, New York, resident rents a single-family home from a friend. But when she entered her information on covidtests.gov on Tuesday, she got an error message stating that the tests were
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All schools in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District will also be closed Friday due to staffing shortages.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 3,462 new COVID-19 cases and 25 new deaths Thursday.
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance last week that urges Americans to wear the highest quality mask they can wear consistently and that fits well.
Continue Reading By Amanda Watts, Jacqueline Howard, Gabe Cohen and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Some Republican-led states claim they are having a difficult time getting their hands on rapid Covid-19 tests following the US federal government’s plan to send free at-home test kits to households across the country. The Biden administration strongly disputes such claims. “We did order
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Both American Airlines and United Airlines reported better-than-expected financial results, despite problems brought on by the Omicron surge during the holiday travel period. But both said they expect problems from the variant early this year. American, the nation’s largest airline, lost $921 million in the quarter, excluding special items. That
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Idaho leaders demanded Wednesday the Biden Administration uphold state sovereignty and permanently withdraw its vaccine mandate rule for private businesses.
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With this surge of new COVID-19 cases, testing is in high demand around the area.
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Two more area schools are closing due to the current surge of COVID-19 cases.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 4,537 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading New year, new outlook, new travel plans.
Continue Reading COVID-19 case counts in the United States have dipped in recent days, a promising sign that the Omicron wave is starting to subside.
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The omicron variant has led to more people beginning to wonder if they have COVID-19.
Continue Reading Both vaccination and prior infection help protect against new COVID-19 infections, but vaccination protects against hospitalization significantly more than natural immunity from prior infection alone, according to a study published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases globally rose by 20% last week to more than 18 million, marking a slowdown in the surge caused by the omicron variant.
Continue Reading By Gabe Cohen, CNN The new government website where people can order free Covid-19 at-home rapid antigen tests is up and running. With just names and addresses, families can go to COVIDtests.gov and request up to four free tests to be delivered to their homes. The website comes online as the Biden administration faces growing
Continue Reading By Camilo Rocha and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Last June, as Covid-19 cases were surging across Brazil, Camila Basto waited at a São Paulo hospital to find out what was wrong with her 9-year-old daughter, Manuela. Manuela had a fever that reached 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), spots all over her skin and a lump growing out
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Uplift Legal Funding has identified the states with the most federal COVID-19-related worker safety violations, using OSHA data from July 2020, when the agency first issued COVID-19-related inspection guidance, through December 2021.
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The GOP-dominated Utah Senate passed a measure Tuesday to block local mask mandates as the omicron variant of the coronavirus fuels a punishing coronavirus surge. The resolution was introduced on the first day that lawmakers began their work for the year. It would overturn requirements
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 4,722 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths over the holiday weekend.
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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.
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The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially launch.
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The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, yet COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing.
Continue Reading It’s still too early to predict whether Omicron’s rapid spread will help push coronavirus from the pandemic phase to a more manageable endemic phase — but “I would hope that that’s the case,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday.
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A leading World Health Organization official says the worst of the coronavirus pandemic — including deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns — could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly. Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking Tuesday on a vaccine inequity panel hosted by
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Stephen A. Smith returned to ESPN‘s “First Take” Monday after a bout with Covid-19, which the commentator said nearly killed him. “For me personally, it hit me differently,” Smith said. Smith explained that he tested positive for the virus late last month and wound up in the hospital over the
Continue Reading Japan’s government is preparing social restrictions in Tokyo and other regions as the omicron variant of the coronavirus infects more people
Continue Reading If the scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had their way, to curb the spread of COVID-19 right now, nearly every US school would cancel football, wrestling, band and loads of other mainstay school activities.
Continue Reading Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy will cancel classes for the week due to the increase of COVID-19 cases. The decision was made with recommendations of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe’s health guidelines.
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its mask guidelines to recommend that people “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.”
Continue Reading Areas that were among the first to get hit hard by the Omicron variant are starting to see their COVID-19 numbers level off or even improve. But that’s not the case for much of the country, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said.
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To continue to meet the demand for COVID-19 testing, the drive-thru COVID-19 Testing Site located at 1999 Alvin Ricken Drive will be open on Monday, January 17, 2022.
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For the second consecutive year, the Simplot Games has had to cancel its annual high school track and field event because of COVID-19.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of people are digging out from a massive winter storm that caused widespread power outages, road closures, and thousands of flight cancellations yesterday — and we could see more of the same later this week. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your
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Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital are running short on monoclonal antibody treatment.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 3,266 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading by Alison Kosik, CNN Two of the biggest retail pharmacies in the U.S. are temporarily closing some stores and pharmacies on the weekends as the latest surge in Covid-19 causes staff shortages. Walgreens said that, like many industries, this latest surge in the Omicron variant is placing a significant strain on its business in the
Continue Reading As COVID-19 hospitalizations reach new highs, more states and health care systems are cutting back services that aren’t urgent and relying on National Guard personnel to fill staffing gaps as infected health care employees miss work to recover and patient demand grows.
Continue Reading Starting Saturday, many Americans can get home COVID-19 tests at no cost through their private insurance. They can obtain the tests from pharmacies, retailers and online vendors.
Continue Reading Bonneville School District 93 reports all schools will be closed Friday, January 14.
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he’s in talks with teachers union leadership and will consider a temporary remote learning option, less than a week after saying virtual lessons had not been effective earlier in the pandemic. “I am working closely with the president
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Due to a high number of staff absences, all schools in Jefferson School District 251 will be closed Friday, January 14.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,338 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths Thursday.
Continue Reading e Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide.
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Continue Reading The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is causing COVID-19 cases to spike, with an average of more than 747,000 new cases a day, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University.
Continue Reading N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious Omicron COVID-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now widely available — but the top N95 manufacturer cautioned parents who are considering buying them for their children.
Continue Reading As a record number of Americans are infected with COVID-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states’ health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units.
Continue Reading These days, it’s much easier to contract the coronavirus as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads worldwide
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If you’ve ever considered donating blood, now is the time to take action.
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Sam Dancy has witnessed it all during his 30 years at supermarket chain QFC in Seattle. But the Omicron variant is pushing him to the brink. Dancy is a front-end supervisor overseeing the store’s cash registers, self-checkout kiosks, customer service and liquor departments. In late December he worked 11 straight
Continue Reading By Dalal Mawad and Camille Knight, CNN Changes to France‘s Covid-19 testing protocol for schools are causing “constant chaos” and “putting teachers’ lives in danger,” a spokesperson from one of the country’s teaching unions said Thursday, as thousands of teachers nationwide went on strike. The French Ministry of Education told CNN that about 31% of
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The director of Africa’s Centers for Disease Control says the organization is talking to Pfizer about bringing its COVID-19 treatment pill to the continent, which has just passed 10 million cases.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,821 new COVID-19 cases and 17 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading As the Omicron variant spreads like wildfire across the United States, it’s likely just about everybody will be exposed to the strain, but vaccinated people will still fare better, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert said Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Grocery store shelves across America are wiped clean, and they’re staying empty as stores struggle to quickly restock everyday necessities such as milk, bread, meat, canned soups and cleaning products. Disgruntled shoppers have unleashed their frustration on social media over the last several days, posting photos on Twitter of bare
Continue Reading If you’re still wearing a cloth or surgical mask when you’re out and about, it’s time to rethink your face covering.
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By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Distrust, misinformation and other factors have combined to produce what authorities say are alarmingly low COVID-19 vaccination rates in U.S. children ages 5 to 11. As of Tuesday, just over 17% of these youngsters were fully vaccinated, more than two months after shots for them became available. There was
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 across the US is the highest it’s ever been, pushing officials to enact emergency procedures amid an ongoing case surge fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant. More than 151,000 Americans were in the hospital with Covid-19 nationwide on
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s northern port city of Tianjin and central province of Henan have further tightened Covid restrictions as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to spread, posing the gravest challenge yet to the country’s zero-Covid strategy. Tianjin, which detected China’s first community spread of Omicron on Saturday, is rolling out a second
Continue Reading The City of Victor will make thousands of KN-95 face masks available for free to residents beginning Wednesday at City Hall during regular business hours.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,319 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths Tuesday.
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Idaho’s coronavirus cases are increasing faster than the state can track them, causing a lag in case counts that some public health leaders fear could lull residences into a false sense of security.
Continue Reading by Pete Muntean, CNN United Airlines said it is reducing its flight schedule in hopes of stemming Covid-related staffing shortages that have caused thousands of flight cancellations across the industry. In a new company-wide memo, CEO Scott Kirby said the airline is “reducing our near-term schedules to make sure we have the staffing and resources
Continue Reading The Omicron variant is forecasted to infect more than half of all Europeans in the next six to eight weeks, a World Health Organization official said Tuesday as he urged nations to strengthen mask rules and warned that the window to act was closing.
Continue Reading The number of US patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has hit a record high — adding strain to health care networks and pushing states toward emergency staffing and other measures as they struggle to cope.
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By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was hoarse and had a sore throat after testing positive for COVID-19. But López Obrador predicted Tuesday that “this virus is on its way out” and that “things will get back to normal very soon.” The president appeared
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Julia Jones, CNN As the Omicron variant sweeps the nation, it’s disrupting everything from garbage collection and emergency services, schools and travel as employees are out sick or in quarantine. In New York, trash is going uncollected and three subway lines are closed because so many workers are out sick. Schools
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby and Katherine Dillinger, CNN Health insurers must cover the cost of home Covid-19 tests starting January 15, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. The new requirement means that most consumers with private health insurance can buy at-home tests online or in stores and have them paid for at
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Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN As Los Angeles students and staff prepare to return to school Tuesday, about 62,000 have tested positive for Covid-19, school district data show. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is requiring all students and employees to show a negative test result before returning. It is the nation’s second largest district,
Continue Reading Canada was moved to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk category for travel on Monday.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,881 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading The current COVID-19 surge in the US, fueled by the Omicron variant, could peak later this month — but the next couple of weeks are critical, a health expert says.
Continue Reading About 24% of US hospitals are reporting a “critical staffing shortage,” according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services, as public health experts warn the COVID-19 surge fueled by the Omicron variant threatens the nation’s health care system.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — GOP Gov. Spencer Cox exempted from a mask mandate the Utah Capitol and other state facilities Monday as conservative lawmakers prepared to begin meeting for the year, but the Salt Lake County mayor is pushing back. Democratic Mayor Jenny Wilson says Cox doesn’t have the authority to create exemptions from
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Savannah Guthrie, host of NBC’s morning show ‘Today,’ announced Monday that she has Covid-19 — just a few days after her co-anchor Hoda Kotb announced she was positive for the virus. Kotb, meanwhile, returned to Studio 1A this week after recording two negative tests less than a week after her
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Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck as the omicron variant of COVID-19 rages across the nation.
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN An incoming tide of patients is slowly drowning UMass Memorial Medical Center, and the US military’s National Guard is working to plug the gaps. In wave after daily wave, the emergency crews pull up to the ambulance bay, dropping off patients for which there is no room. “It’s just the perfect
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN One mom said she feels like she’s endangering her kids’ health. Another said she feels lonely and exhausted by the pressure of what to do. And a father said he and his wife live in fear that their daughter’s school will close. These were among just 10 of
Continue Reading A snow leopard has died after contracting COVID-19 at Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois.
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U.K. government advisers have recommended against giving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and people over 80 because data shows that a third shot offers lasting protection against admission to the hospital.
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases continue to rise dramatically, leading to brutally long lines at testing sites and empty shelves at stores where at-home rapid test kits were once in stock.
Continue Reading JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Members of an Alabama high school marching band that led off this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade with “Yankee Doodle Dandy” have tested positive for COVID-19 since returning home from California. An email sent to band parents at Homewood High School in suburban Birmingham and obtained by
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration is cautioning against using self-collected throat swabs for COVID-19 tests and says people should use the tests as instructed.
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This week, Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) has seen its largest daily COVID-19 case count of the pandemic with 432 cases being reported Thursday.
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New COVID-19 cases continue to increase sharply over the last week in Teton County, Wyo.
Continue Reading The state reports data for the most recent 2-week period are incomplete. Due to the recent surge in cases, approximately 8,000 outstanding positive laboratory results are pending local public health district review and follow-up.
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Teton County Health Department would like to share several COVID-19 vaccine updates.
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three schools in Portland, Oregon, were closed on Friday due to staffing shortages and “excessive” absences caused by COVID-19. Officials from Portland Public Schools, the state’s largest school district, said 431 staff members had called out by Thursday evening. At least 175 of the positions were unable to be filled by
Continue Reading With COVID-19 tests hard to find in many parts of the country and the Omicron variant spreading rapidly, health experts are advising those with symptoms to isolate themselves if they even only suspect they have the virus.
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