New York City will once again welcome thousands of people to Times Square for the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop tradition, so long as they show…
Continue Reading Pfizer said Tuesday it signed a licensing agreement to allow broader global access to its experimental COVID-19…
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Some of Spain’s regional governments are asking courts to allow them to introduce virus passports that can help control the rising spread of…
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai and Travis Caldwell, CNN Eight residents of a nursing home in northwestern Connecticut have died since late September following a…
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Idaho officials reported 951 new COVID-19 cases and 17 new deaths over the…
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three popular European nations and a small, idyllic…
Continue Reading The forecast for the coming winter isn’t looking hopeful: COVID-19 likely is not going away for the…
Continue Reading As it is, holiday gatherings with loved ones can be a careful dance of dodging landmines on the way to wonderful memories — and this year, we are…
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Since vaccines were first authorized for use nearly a year ago, swarms of anti-vaxxers have pushed a variety of unfounded claims suggesting the…
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A significant number of patients are reporting symptoms of depression that worsened throughout the pandemic, placing them at higher risk for heart…
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Joe Sutton, CNN With hospitals throughout Colorado facing increases in Covid-19 hospitalizations, state officials announced…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 942 new COVID-19 cases and 32 new deaths…
Continue Reading The coronavirus numbers don’t look so good this week. New COVID-19 diagnoses are up in about half of US states over the past week. Hospitalizations…
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Bonneville School District 93 will stay in the Moderate Risk phase next week, but the district’s numbers are starting to trend…
Continue Reading AstraZeneca has booked its first profit from sales of its COVID-19…
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A missionary held back tears after she received her COVIDÂ vaccine in late October. She had traveled about 7,500 miles to get to this fateful…
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Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has defied federal guidance on COVID-19 booster shots by issuing an order allowing all residents 18 years…
Continue Reading A newborn baby will spend his first night at home Wednesday after contracting COVID-19 over the…
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling…
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A new study suggests that people with specific sleep disorders may be at risk of more severe outcomes if they contract COVID-19, with a 31 per cent…
Continue Reading More than 2 million of Ellume’s at-home COVID-19 tests have been recalled by the company due to “higher-than-acceptable” false…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 724 new COVID-19 cases and 22 new deaths…
Continue Reading As children ages 5 to 11 years old began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine last week, families across the country have been breathing a great sigh of…
Continue Reading Approximately 900,000 children ages 5 through 11 are expected to have received a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by the end of Wednesday, a…
Continue Reading By Arlette Saenz, Kate Sullivan and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new deal it brokered with Johnson &…
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) and Southwest District Health (SWDH) have confirmed the first death of an Idaho child due to…
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The president of the state’s top business lobby group in a letter to Idaho lawmakers says the group will oppose any attempts by the Legislature to…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 738 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths…
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Today is Call to Earth Day, a time to raise awareness of environmental issues and engage with conservation education. How can…
Continue Reading The information landscape about COVID-19 is bewildering, with factual and fictional claims competing for attention. And most American adults have…
Continue Reading The tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival left eight people dead and dozens injured, as the crowd surged during the rapper’s…
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added two northwestern European countries to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations this…
Continue Reading The United States has reopened its borders to vaccinated international travelers, ending a 20-month travel ban at the same moment Europe is battling…
Continue Reading The COVID-19 pandemic caused a 16% rise in expected deaths among the 38 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, hitting…
Continue Reading When Perrysburg School Superintendent Thomas Hosler sent a survey to parents in his Toledo-area district to see how many wanted to get their children…
Continue Reading Double-masking, staying at home nearly 24/7 and rarely seeing people beyond his wife are still the way of life for kidney transplant recipient Andrew…
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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. (MDT)…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,192 new COVID-19 cases and 34 new deaths over the…
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Beginning Monday, no-cost, rapid PCR testing for COVID-19 will be available in Teton County, Wyo.…
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A pill to treat COVID — Pfizer and Merck both generated excitement with news they have pills that could help keep people out of the hospital if they…
Continue Reading It was a big day for Sesame Street’s 5-year-old Rosita, who recently got her first dose of the COVID-19…
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More than 250 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally, according to data from Johns Hopkins…
Continue Reading Pfizer is expected to seek US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for a coronavirus vaccine booster shot for people 18 and…
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AARP Idaho will continue its series of statewide telephone town halls with Idaho Governor Brad Little and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare…
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN The United States flung its doors open to vaccinated international travelers on Monday, welcoming many visitors who’ve…
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Fewer than 100 intensive care unit beds are available across Colorado, the state’s Covid-19 incident commander said…
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This week, the Centers for Disease Control and federal regulators approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 years…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 803 new COVID-19 cases and 15 new deaths…
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Bonneville School District 93 will stay in the Moderate Risk phase next…
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Governor Mark Gordon is announcing the next steps his administration is taking to stop President Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandates.…
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Companies are running the numbers this week as they comb through recently released guidance on how to implement…
Continue Reading Even if they get a breakthrough infection, vaccinated people don’t get as sick with COVID-19, two different teams of researchers reported…
Continue Reading Drugmaker Pfizer said Friday its experimental pill designed to fight coronavirus reduced the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk patients…
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Shares of drug giant Pfizer surged nearly 11% Friday after the company announced positive test results for an…
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Millions of children in America became eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine this week. And some officials are sweetening…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 622 new COVID-19 cases and 29 new deaths…
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Idaho and Wyoming will join a multistate lawsuit against the Biden administration over an emergency rule mandating that employers with more than 100…
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U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo joined U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and 38 of their Senate Republican colleagues to formally disapprove…
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Idaho State University is presenting their students with a system called cash for vax. It is a chance for them to get rewarded for being…
Continue Reading Nine-year-old Parson Harrington had to isolate more than most during this pandemic — and the lung transplant recipient hopes the COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Now that health officials in the US have issued emergency use authorization for a vaccine for younger children, the next step in vaccinating children…
Continue Reading Moderna fell short of profit and sales expectations for the third quarter, and the COVID vaccine maker warned that its full year shipments of the…
Continue Reading By Jason Hoffman, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday that its vaccine rules applying to private businesses with 100 or more employees,…
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Stacker compiled a list of 25 virology terms to help individuals and communities gain a better understanding of the science of outbreaks and…
Continue Reading Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) announced they will be ready to begin vaccinating this age group starting next…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,244 new COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths…
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In the hours after the COVID-19 vaccine was formally approved for use in younger children, social media pages lit up with eager parents seeking…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccine for children…
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle…
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When 8-year-old Nate Wittenborn saw a photo of Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, he jumped up and…
Continue Reading Families are getting an early gift this holiday season: the chance to protect their children between the ages of 5 and 11 against COVID-19 through…
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Teton County Health Department will host COVID-19 vaccine clinics specially for children 5–11 years old due to the different vaccine storage and…
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Idaho colleges and universities will abide by President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates even as the state fights the rules by joining a federal…
Continue Reading US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday evening she was endorsing a recommendation to vaccinate…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 924 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths…
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Idaho Division of Public Health Administrator Elke Shaw-Tulloch says the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations and newly confirmed coronavirus cases has…
Continue Reading The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the country’s first COVID case since the start of…
Continue Reading Millions of child-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are being shipped from the company’s facilities to distribution centers across the country…
Continue Reading Pfizer reported that earnings and sales more than doubled in the past quarter, and it raised its outlook for results the full year, thanks greatly to…
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers US health officials have given the final OK to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as…
Continue Reading The go-ahead for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11 could happen this…
Continue Reading IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Idaho officials reported 1,445 new COVID-19 cases and 37 new deaths over the weekend. That brings the total confirmed and…
Continue Reading If you’re vaccinated against COVID-19 and wondering if you’re eligible for a booster shot, the answer is probably…
Continue Reading Many pediatricians have already placed their orders for child-sized doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and are anxiously awaiting their…
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The number of people who have died from COVID-19 around the world has surpassed five million, according to data held by the Johns Hopkins University…
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New research into the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot suggests getting a third dose significantly reduces the risk of…
Continue Reading It’s among parents’ top worries around kids getting vaccinated against COVID-19: Could the vaccine somehow impair their child’s future…
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 on Sunday, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday…
Continue Reading Singer Jon Bon Jovi tested positive for COVID-19 before a Saturday performance, prompting the cancellation of a Florida…
Continue Reading By Philip Wang and Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga reported its first case of Covid-19 on Friday, spurring thousands of…
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,076 new COVID-19 cases and 25 new deaths…
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Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill has joined a ten-state coalition led by Missouri in filing a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for…
Continue Reading Vaccination protects people against coronavirus infection much better than previous infection does, a team of researchers led by the US Centers for…
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Leavitt’s Women’s Health Care is working on a new way to take a COVID-19 test, from the comfort of your home. They are working on a new study to get…
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Bonneville School District 93 will stay in the Moderate Risk phase next…
Continue Reading Rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have sunk significantly in the US since a wave driven by the highly contagious Delta variant…
Continue Reading By Allison Hope, CNN At dinnertime, you nab the best-looking pork chop for yourself from the family-style platter. When it’s time to watch TV,…
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