COVID-19 cases are declining in the US, but the optimistic outlook needs to be tempered by the still-high rate of infections, especially in children.
Continue Reading There’s a Herculean effort to ensure that the most vulnerable get inoculated across the US.
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Idaho officials reported 2,937 new COVID-19 cases and 40 new deaths over the long weekend.
Continue Reading Moderna is urging the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize a half-size booster of its COVID-19 vaccine, according to a briefing document posted Tuesday, ahead of a key meeting of the agency’s vaccine advisers.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Synthetic chemicals found in items such as makeup, perfume and food storage containers have been linked to up to 107,000 premature deaths a year among people ages 55 to 64 in the US, a new study found. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
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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) Tuesday.
Continue Reading This Delta variant could be the last major surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, but now is not the time for the US to grow complacent as it has yet to run its course, an expert said Monday.
Continue Reading Dr. Randy Tobler, CEO of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, has struggled to retain staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, losing 10 of his 57 nurses in the main hospital and three rural health clinics.
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Following an unusually quiet 2020-21 flu season, a Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) official says the need for flu shots remains important to help protect Wyoming residents from influenza as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Continue Reading A federal judge has temporarily allowed health care workers in New York to apply for religious exemptions to the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to an order.
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn. Federal regulators begin tackling that question this week.
Continue Reading The nation’s top infectious disease expert says vaccine mandates work and they’ll help get more people vaccinated against COVID-19.
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s coronavirus death toll has reached another once-unfathomable milestone: 70,000 people. The mark recorded Monday by Johns Hopkins University is the highest in the country. Texas is about 3,000 deaths behind. The milestone comes as California is experiencing the lowest rate of new infection cases among
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The chairman of Moderna says the company has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up their own production is the best way to increase the global supply.
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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A new survey shows that nearly 90% of Washington’s hospital staff statewide are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Officials with the Washington State Hospital Association say that among the remainder, there’s a mix of staff who have started the vaccination process, have either applied for or
Continue Reading More than 140,000 US children have lost a parent or grandparent who takes care of them to COVID-19, CDC researchers reported Thursday, which is as many as one in 500 US kids.
Continue Reading Some people who recently got a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine are noticing swollen lymph nodes.
Continue Reading The pandemic is making me think about Halloween costumes and candy earlier than ever.
Continue Reading It’s what parents around the country have been waiting for: Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they are asking the US Food and Drug Administration for an emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
Continue Reading There’s little doubt now — study after study, in real life and in lab dishes, in the US and elsewhere — that people’s immunity starts to wane just months after they finish the two-dose series of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
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The big picture for COVID-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations decline.
Continue Reading Pregnant women who develop COVID-19 symptoms risk emergency complications and other problems with their pregnancies, according to two new studies. The disease also puts their children at risk.
Continue Reading With holidays approaching, health experts said some festivities can start to return to a sense of normalcy — but they also warned that COVID-19 isn’t defeated yet.
Continue Reading ast winter, the flu was almost nonexistent due to lockdowns and public health measures aimed at cutting down COVID-19 cases, but experts are warning that this year, we may see a resurgence.
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Drugmaker Merck has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its promising antiviral pill against COVID-19, setting the stage for a decision within weeks.
Continue Reading People with learning difficulties died from COVID-19 at a rate nine times higher than the general population during the first wave of the pandemic in the UK, worsening existing inequalities, according to a new study.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,682 new COVID-19 cases and 53 new deaths Friday.
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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team’s exhibition game against the Toronto Raptors.
Continue Reading Children are almost as likely as adults to become infected with coronavirus, but they are less likely to have symptoms, according to a new study published Friday.
Continue Reading Mark Warschauer, a professor of education at the University of California, Irvine, was “tremendously excited” about the authorization of COVID-19 vaccines, and happy when he became eligible to get his first doses.
Continue Reading The US is making headway in its battle against COVID-19 — with infection and hospitalization rates on the decline after a surge fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant.
Continue Reading By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Major life events — like a global pandemic — often lead people to take stock of their lives. And many workers are now taking a closer look at their jobs and realizing it’s not what they want to be doing anymore. In July, four million people quit their jobs, according
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Doctors are warning of the possibility of a surge in cases of a debilitating nervous-system disorder that may be associated with long COVID-19.
Continue Reading Scientists still don’t know a lot about a rare and serious COVID-19 complication that impacts children, but what they do know is that when there is a surge of COVID-19 cases in their area, MIS-C cases will typically follow.
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The Northern Idaho hospital that was the first in the state to institute health care rationing due to surging COVID-19 cases says the situation is growing worse.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,321 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths Thursday.
Continue Reading Two real-world studies published Wednesday confirm that the immune protection offered by two doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine drops off after two months or so, although protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death remains strong.
Continue Reading Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are seeking US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization from for their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
Continue Reading Students began flocking back to the six campuses of the University of Maine this fall hoping for a more normal college experience, one without shutdowns or Zoom classes.
Continue Reading As soon as the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 in the United States, pediatricians’ offices, local pharmacies and even some schools will be ready to help get those first doses into young arms.
Continue Reading The US is making headway in its battle against COVID-19 — with infection and hospitalization rates on the decline after a surge fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant.
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A new study suggests the number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated.
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Health officials say it’s OK to get your COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine at the same time.
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“Call us here, Eastern Idaho Public Health and talk to one of our nurses and let us answer those questions or talk to a provider, you know, and talk to your regular doctor, your regular nurse that you go to and trust and ask them those questions.”
Continue Reading Wyoming’s COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 1,000. Wyoming Department of Health figures show that the recent deaths of 45 more people have brought the state’s official death toll to 1,041.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,367 new COVID-19 cases and 47 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading While much of the US is seeing a decline in hospitalizations for COVID-19, it’s also evident the fight against the pandemic is far from over as eight states are reporting limited numbers of available ICU beds.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,835 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths 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. (MDT) Tuesday.
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of newly identified coronavirus cases has declined in Oregon for a fifth week in a row. Oregon recorded about 10,400 cases in the last week, a 9% drop from a week earlier. That includes the 3,286 cases announced Monday by the Oregon Health Authority for the preceding three days.
Continue Reading Amy Woodyatt, CNN Marc Pilcher, the award-winning hair stylist and makeup designer who won an Emmy for his work on the hit Netflix show “Bridgerton,” has died of Covid-19 at the age of 53, weeks after winning the award. Pilcher’s agency Curtis Brown confirmed the news to CNN on Tuesday, referring to a statement the
Continue Reading Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster shots for its coronavirus vaccine, but has left it up to the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide just who should get their boosters and when.
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recommended legislation that could lead to reconvening the Idaho Legislature if the proposed bill aimed at thwarting President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates gets enough support.
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Eastern Idaho Public Health reports September was a rough month for the community.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,359 new COVID-19 cases and 51 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading The US is “turning the corner” on its current COVID-19 surge but vaccination remains key to ensuring cases continue trending downward ahead of the holiday season, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday.
Continue Reading Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced on Friday early result that indicate their experimental oral antiviral drug molnupiravir might halve the risk of death or hospitalization from COVID-19.
Continue Reading With a first-of-its-kind antiviral pill against COVID-19 potentially headed towards distribution, the health care community may soon have another tool to combat a virus that has claimed the lives of more than 700,000 Americans.
Continue Reading As COVID-19 numbers gradually improve, health experts have an urgent message: Don’t get cocky and let your guard down.
Continue Reading Despite hopes that full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine would convince large numbers of vaccine-hesitant Americans to roll up their sleeves, a federal government analysis provided to CNN suggests approval was not a silver bullet.
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN The UK plans to remove the seven countries remaining on its “red” travel list from November 1. This follows the UK introducing a new system for international travel earlier this month, in which testing requirements were loosened for many fully vaccinated travelers and destinations were designated either “red” or “green.” A week
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation in treating unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge. Doctors are constantly asked to prescribe an unproven parasite drug, and patients sometimes lash out when they are told no. An Illinois family practice doctor has patients tell him that microchips
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has acknowledged what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus. Since early in the pandemic, New Zealand had pursued an unusual zero-tolerance approach to the virus through strict lockdowns and aggressive contact tracing.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,778 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading A pill has cut the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 by half in a study, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday.
Continue Reading Being a nurse means everything to Andrea Babinski, but she is willing to risk it all — the connections to colleagues she likes, the patients she cares for, not to mention the steady paycheck — for a simple belief.
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This means students and employees are required to wear face coverings over their mouth and nose “when physical distancing cannot be maintained”
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Cody Rigsby has tested positive with a breakthrough case of Covid-19. Rigsby’s diagnosis comes days after his partner Cheryl Burke revealed she had tested positive and would be unable to perform live since she would be in quarantine. The two appeared on “Good Morning America” on
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US surpassed 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, 108 days after the country reached 600,000 deaths from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The grim figure comes after another violent round of surging of infections, hospitalizations and deaths fueled by the highly transmissible Delta
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,905 new COVID-19 cases and 53 new deaths Thursday.
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Disney’s “Aladdin” on Broadway canceled performances Friday for the second time this week after more coronavirus cases were detected within the theater company, the show said. The production was paused Wednesday — a day after officially returning — due to Covid-19 cases, and it resumed Thursday. But after more breakthrough cases
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Idaho health care professionals say the state’s unchecked spread of the highly contagious delta variant is sending more kids and babies to hospitals with complications from COVID-19.
Continue Reading By Karl de Vries and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case of coronavirus among the high court’s justices. Kavanaugh, who is fully vaccinated, tested positive on Thursday night, the court said in a statement. The justice’s immediate family tested negative
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Stock traders seek it. Athletes crave it. And it’s something that can help tourists as they navigate the pandemic. It’s “the edge” — a desirable advantage that puts you ahead of the game. And in travel right now, there’s one thing that can deliver that boost: a vaccination card. In many
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Victor Mayor Will Frohlich has issued a modified mask order.
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A constant barrage of misinformation has Idaho health care workers facing increased animosity from some patients and community members.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,684 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading For months, NBA stars and executives have pushed for every player to get vaccinated. Though 90% of the league is vaccinated, according to a CNN source, there are still a few holdouts — and it could cost them.
Continue Reading The show will not go on for the Zac Brown Band.
Continue Reading Dr. Adrian Burrowes has seen hundreds of COVID-19 patients. But he’s especially worried about what will happen this flu season — even more so than last year.
Continue Reading Opinion by Steven Hassan for CNN Business Perspectives In 1974, I was recruited into a cult. Known as the Unification Church, but often referred to as the Moonies, the group was — and still is — a far-right cult founded by the Korean cult leader Sun Myung Moon. The Moonies believe that Moon was greater
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business YouTube will remove videos spreading misinformation about any approved vaccine, not only those aimed at preventing Covid-19, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday. In a statement provided to CNN Business, YouTube also confirmed it would remove the channels of “several well-known vaccine misinformation spreaders” under the new policy,
Continue Reading New data suggests booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines were well-tolerated, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday.
Continue Reading The US is bracing for a combination of threats this winter as both the flu and COVID-19 spread, and the country will likely have to change daily life to cope with both, an expert said.
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With Halloween just more than a month away, it looks like more parents are open to trick-or -treating this year.
Continue Reading 27-year-old Marrisha “ReRe” Kindred Jenkins was due to give birth in October. But the Dekalb County resident was diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia, gave birth to a healthy baby and weeks later, died.
Continue Reading NBA superstar LeBron James confirmed Tuesday he received the COVID-19 vaccine, months after being initially skeptical of it.
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN When Covid-19 restrictions made it difficult for a Canadian bride to have her family at her US wedding, she did the next best thing — she brought her wedding to the border. Karen Mahoney and her new husband, Brian Ray, told CNN they met 35 years ago over a love
Continue Reading Reserving doubts whenever others claim to know what’s best is part of life in Wyoming.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,355 new COVID-19 cases and 40 new deaths Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN As weather grows colder and children spend more time in school, a surge of Covid-19 cases like the one in the South could be in store for the Northeast, but it is not too late to get ahead of it, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. “It is within our power, and within
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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) Tuesday.
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The Idaho office of AARP will host a statewide telephone town hall with Idaho Governor Brad Little and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Dave Jeppesen Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN If NBA players are not vaccinated, they shouldn’t be on the team, basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told Rolling Stone. “The NBA should insist that all players and staff are vaccinated or remove them from the team,” said Abdul-Jabbar. “There is no room for players who are willing to risk
Continue Reading The daily pace of new COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States is the lowest it has been since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started tracking it in mid-January, data shows.
Continue Reading Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday they have submitted COVID-19 vaccine data on children ages 5 to 11 to the US Food and Drug Administration for initial review, but are not yet seeking emergency use authorization.
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The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now available in our area.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 2,638 new COVID-19 cases and 37 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading Leaders of the nonprofit Neighbor2Neighbor had high hopes for their COVID-19 Vax to School clinic in Randolph County, Georgia.
Continue Reading Adequate rates of vaccination can help prevent the rise of new mutations that could force people to get booster after booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday.
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