By Maggie Fox, CNN Texas Children’s Hospital is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases — nearly all of them caused by the Delta variant. Not only are kids showing up in greater numbers, but they’re sicker, too. On top of it, many are infected with a second virus at the same time — usually respiratory
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe and Chris Boyette, CNN The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas will not issue letters of exemption for the Covid-19 vaccine on religious grounds, the diocese told pastors Monday. After “careful and prayerful consideration” based on reports from pastors in the diocese that they have received a small amount of such requests,
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A small outbreak of COVID-19 has temporarily shut down Rockford Elementary School in the Snake River School District.
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Idaho officials reported 1,019 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Last week, the number of Covid-19 cases in children in the US reached levels not seen since the winter surge. And with the return to schools, the Delta variant on the rise and this winter approaching, health officials are concerned it could get worse. After a decline in early summer, child
Continue Reading By Jamie Gumbrecht and Jen Christensen, CNN Moderna announced on Wednesday it has completed its submission to the US Food and Drug Administration for full approval of its Covid-19 vaccine for people age 18 and older, and Pfizer and BioNTech announced they have begun submitting data for full FDA approval of a third dose of
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Chris Isidore, CNN Business Delta Air Lines is raising health care costs for employees who insist on staying unvaccinated. The airline said that as of November 1, unvaccinated staff will pay up to $200 a month more for their company health insurance, depending on the coverage. It will also limit the
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney World will require vaccinations for many of its employees at the Florida-based resort after the company made a deal with two of its employees’ unions. The resort, which is located in Orlando, Florida, reached an agreement with the Service Trades Council Union and the Actors Equity Association on Monday.
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By Tara John, CNN Fears are growing about rising Covid-19 infections among children as the United States is turning into a bellwether for other countries, some of which are preparing for a return to school without mask mandates in classrooms and access to vaccines for younger age groups. The US has seen an exponential growth
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau, CNN Business One coronavirus case was all it took to shut down a critical part of the world’s third busiest container port. Now, the Meishan terminal at the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in eastern China is back up and running, according to the state-owned company that manages the port. Operations
Continue Reading By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand authorities reported 62 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases Wednesday — the highest number in a single day since last year as the country wrestles with a growing outbreak driven by the more contagious Delta variant. Last week New Zealand confirmed its first community Covid-19 cases since February, prompting Prime
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At Tuesday’s City Council special meeting, Pocatello councilmembers decided not to reinstate the City’s face covering ordinance at this time.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,032 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Tuesday.
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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Two-thirds of University of Wyoming students and almost 90% of employees report being vaccinated against COVID-19. The university says students and staff were surveyed anonymously as they were tested for COVID-19 in the days prior to Monday’s start of the fall semester. The university reported 72 active cases as of Monday,
Continue Reading By Michael Nedelman, Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Vaccine effectiveness against Covid-19 infection dropped from 91% to 66% once the Delta variant accounted for the majority of circulating virus, according to a study published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “While we did see a reduction in the protection of
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Teton District Health Officer Travis Riddell announced Tuesday he is garnering public comment as to a proposed face covering health order that would include Teton County, including the City of Jackson, Wyoming.
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The Idaho state office of AARP will host a statewide telephone town hall with guests Idaho Governor Brad Little, Dave Jeppesen, Director of the Department of Health and Welfare and state epidemiologist, Dr. Christine Hahn 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 By Michael Nedelman, Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Vaccine effectiveness against Covid-19 infection dropped from 91% to 66% once the Delta variant accounted for the majority of circulating virus, according to a study published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “While we did see a reduction in the protection of
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By Sunshine Kuhia Smith Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Governor David Ige is asking tourists to stay away from Hawaii. This comes after Hawaii’s active COVID-19 case count soared to over 9,300 infections Monday. “It’s not a good time to travel to the islands. Restaurant capacity has been restricted. There
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older. This is the first coronavirus vaccine approved by the FDA, and is expected to open the door to more vaccine mandates. The vaccine will be marketed as Comirnaty, the
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,071 new COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers and Marnie Hunter, CNN The Bahamas and Morocco are now among the highest-risk destinations for travelers, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s regularly revised travel advisories list. People should avoid traveling to locations designated with the “Level 4: Covid-19 Very High” notice, the CDC recommends. Anyone who must
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Melissa Joan Hart wants fans to know that she’s doing much better after contracting Covid-19. The actress recently revealed that despite being fully vaccinated, that she is sick with the virus. “I’m just sending an update because so many people have been checking on me,” the actress said Sunday on her
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A group of Utah parents is suing the state over a law that bans school districts from approving mask mandates.
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President Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks on COVID-19 vaccinations. The remarks come as the FDA fully approves the Pfizer vaccine.
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Eric Levenson, CNN New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that all Department of Education staff for public schools across the city must be vaccinated against Covid-19, without a testing alternative. The landmark step, which came less than an hour after the US Food and Drug Administration granted full
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Parents, children and experts are still concerned about children returning to school amid surging Covid-19 cases, the prevalence of the Delta variant, lax safety measures and the inability of children younger than 12 to get vaccinated, according to a new poll. Looking at the 2021-2022 school year, parents report that their
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Delta variant of Covid-19, which has caused a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in countries around the world, is a major risk to the recovery from the pandemic. And in some places, clear signs of damage are cropping up. What’s happening: IHS Markit released preliminary readings from its closely-watched
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The head of the World Health Organization has called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coronavirus variants.
Continue Reading By Paul Devitt, Angus Watson and Nectar Gan, CNN Thousands of protesters defied coronavirus lockdowns to hit the streets of Australia’s largest cities on Saturday, as the country recorded its highest single-day caseload since the pandemic began. The states of New South Wales (NSW) — home to Australia’s most populous city, Sydney — and Victoria
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For the first time since early July, data from the Centers for Disease Control shows more than a million people received vaccine doses. That’s 73% more than a month ago.
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The Pocatello City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday, August 24 at 1 p.m. to discuss the possibility of reimplementing the City’s face covering ordinance.
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is “imminent,” a senior federal official told CNN on Friday — but said no date has been mentioned. A person familiar with plan told CNN the decision is expected early next week, and a
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Brigham Young University Provo will also now require masks inside classrooms and any indoor space where physical distancing can’t be maintained as well as other areas as directed even if someone has been fully vaccinated.
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Due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases, Idaho State University has updated its mask policy.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 612 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths Friday.
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By Travis Caldwell and Dakin Andone, CNN With an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, more Americans have recently made the decision to get vaccinated than in the last six weeks. More than 1 million doses of the vaccine were reported administered Thursday, new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed, marking
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Actress Melissa Joan Hart has revealed she’s quite sick with Covid, despite being fully vaccinated and wants to encourage others to “stay safe.” The “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” star took to Instagram (from bed) to tell followers “it’s bad” and that she thinks she may have caught it from one of
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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR), in partnership with Teton Village Association (TVA), announced Friday the cancelation of two upcoming outdoor events.
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The US is extending non-essential travel restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through at least September 21, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday, citing the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN K-Pop’s biggest group won’t be touring after all. BTS‘s “Map of the Soul Tour” has been canceled for now, it’s record label Big Hit Music announced in a statement posted on the fan platform Weverse and verified by multiple outlets. “Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the
Continue Reading By Angus Watson and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand will extend a nationwide lockdown for four days after uncovering several locally transmitted Covid-19 cases. The lockdown began Tuesday over a single infection, the country’s first locally transmitted case since February. That patient had contracted highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus. Authorities have since uncovered
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning of a new COVID-19 scam.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 795 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Thursday.
Continue Reading By Alison Main, Daniella Diaz and Clare Foran, CNN Three US senators — Angus King of Maine, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and John Hickenlooper of Colorado — announced separately Thursday they have tested positive for Covid-19. All three have been vaccinated. King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, said in a statement that he
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To provide clarity and reduce confusion in the community, Teton County Health Department is adjusting its COVID-19 Risk Level Metrics to align with the Centers for Disease Control metrics on COVID-19 transmission risk level.
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By SARA CLINE and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says all teachers, educators, support staff and volunteers in K-12 schools must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Hospitals across Oregon are near capacity, and some don’t even have any intensive care unit beds available. In the western Oregon town of
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United Way announced the concert set for Thursday, August 19 has been canceled due to COVID-19.
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that had tested postiive for Covid-19, his office shared that he was treated with a therapy not yet approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, but one of the few shown to be effective against the virus: monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal antibodies such as
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are livid with the district’s lax Covid-19 protocols and dangerous misinformation being disseminated by a school board member via his official email account. Some parents, including those with children suffering from asthma and one whose 13-year-old has
Continue Reading By Kyle Feldscher, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to get Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they are cleared to take them, the President said in an interview aired Thursday. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that Americans will be able to get Covid-19 vaccine booster shots starting on September 20,
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN As kids return to in-person schooling every year, parents are usually prepared for their children’s immune systems to reckon with a few weeks of colds and other illnesses. Add to that list this year: a deadly pandemic, with some symptoms that can mimic other illnesses. As children head to school now,
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,217 new COVID-19 cases and 22 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond and Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he is directing all nursing homes to require their staff be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to continue receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding. Biden said he is directing the Department of Health and Human Services to draw up new regulations making
Continue Reading By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee says all public, charter and private school teachers and staff must be fully vaccinated or else risk losing their jobs. The COVID-19 vaccine mandate announced Wednesday includes those working at the state’s colleges and universities, including coaches. Washington State football coach Nick
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Garth Brooks is putting his live music party on hold. The country superstar on Wednesday said he’s canceling the next five stops on his tour, the last of which was supposed to take place on October 9. “In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling behind us. Now, watching this
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN US health officials and medical experts announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be offered this fall, subject to authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration and sign off from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We are prepared to offer
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine generated a big spike in antibodies, the frontline immune system defenses against infection, the company reported Wednesday. People who received a booster six to eight months after their initial J&J shots saw antibodies increase nine-fold higher than 28 days after the first
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By MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. The plan, as outlined by the director of the Centers for Disease
Continue Reading Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives The US economy’s immediate prospects appear inextricably tied to how the wave of infections and hospitalizations set off by the Delta variant of Covid-19 plays out. While it seems unlikely that the variant would become so disruptive that it undermines the recovery, there are mounting reasons to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An analysis of COVID-19 data from Ontario last year has found that after adjusting for testing rates, younger age groups and young men in particular had much higher rates of COVID-19 infection than previously thought. Much of the focus during
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The pace of Covid-19 hospitalizations is surging across the US, with the rates for children and adults under 50 hitting their highest levels yet, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every age group under 50 has surpassed its previous record of hospitalizations, which were recorded in
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospitals are reporting record numbers of COVID-19 patients on ventilators and public health officials have reactivated a “crisis standards of care” task force. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare warns that based on the current rate of spread, Idaho could see as many as 30,000
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School districts across the area are deciding on whether to require masks in classrooms.
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State health officials say the biggest tool to slow the spread of COVID-19 is to increase vaccination rates. That is the message from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Tuesday.
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A group is sending a cease-and-desist letter to the CEOs of St. Al’s, St. Luke’s and Primary Health as well as Idaho leaders.
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, CNN The Transportation Security Administration will extend its US federal transportation mask mandate through January 18, the agency confirmed late Tuesday afternoon. The mandate was set to expire on September 13. TSA said the purpose of the mask directive is “to minimize the spread of Covid-19 on public transportation,” and the extension
Continue Reading By Christina Carrega, CNN A licensed pharmacist was arrested in Chicago on Tuesday for allegedly selling dozens of authentic Covid-19 vaccination cards on eBay, the Justice Department said in a news release. Tangtang Zhao, 34, allegedly sold 125 Covid-19 vaccination cards from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to 11 different buyers for
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN The calls and emails about Covid-19 boosters have already started coming in to Dr. William Schaffner’s medical center in Nashville, Tennessee. It started last week, when the US Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended an additional dose for certain immunocompromised people who had been
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 904 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Tuesday. Abbott, a Republican, is fully vaccinated against the virus, his office said in a statement, adding that he is tested daily and this is his first positive result. He is currently isolated in the governor’s mansion and is
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A third vaccine dose is now being recommended for a limited group of Wyoming residents with certain medical conditions, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).
Continue Reading By Naomi Thomas, CNN More than 121,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US in the last week, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. After declining in early summer, child cases have “steadily increased” since the beginning of July. From August 5 to August 12, a total of 121,427 child
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Those unvaccinated against Covid-19 aren’t just risking their own health — they’re also jeopardizing medical care for others and fueling a surge that’s forcing more students to quarantine, doctors say. Covid-19 hospitalizations have doubled over the past three weeks, with 83,693 people hospitalized this week, according to data
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A new study suggests younger children may be more likely to transmit COVID-19 compared with older children, with the highest odds of transmission being observed from children three years old and younger.
Continue Reading U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot.
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By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor says the state will not return to a statewide mask order or require COVID-19 vaccines despite a resurgence of the virus. Gov. Mark Gordon imposed a statewide mask mandate in December and lifted it in March. Even so, Gordon said in a news conference
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,357 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths over the weekend.
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The National Park Service (NPS) is immediately requiring visitors, employees and contractors to wear a mask inside all NPS buildings and in crowded outdoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status or community transmission levels.
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe and Jen Christensen, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday they have submitted initial data to the US Food and Drug Administration to support the use of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine. The booster dose elicited a significantly higher antibody response against the initial strain of coronavirus and the Delta and Beta
Continue Reading By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As the Covid-19 Delta variant continues to spread, companies are warning that they expect pandemic fears to harm their businesses. The hospitality and entertainment industries, in particular, are feeling the pain. Although economists don’t expect a repeat of the kind of shutdowns that gutted industries in 2020, the risks posed
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Vaccine makers are preparing for a next possible phase of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout: booster doses. The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized third doses of both the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for certain immunocompromised people: solid organ transplant recipients or “those who are diagnosed with conditions that
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, Jamie Gumbrecht and Eric Levenson, CNN The US could soon see more than 200,000 new cases of Covid-19 every day as the Delta variant spreads at a rapid pace, particularly among unvaccinated people, the director of the National Institutes of Health predicted. “I will be surprised if we don’t cross 200,000 cases
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economic recovery is slowing down — and it’s not just the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 that has economists and government officials on alert. Chinese officials on Monday released new data on industrial production, investment and retail sales for July showing signs of weakness in the economy.
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Taliyah Rice returns next week for her final year of high school in suburban Chicago. She’s anxious about going back to in-person learning, but it has little to do with coronavirus fears or first-day jitters. Taliyah is mostly worried about facing social pressures she hasn’t had to deal with in more
Continue Reading By Paula Newton, CNN Canada will require most commercial passengers traveling by air, rail or large ship to be fully vaccinated by fall. The vaccination requirement “includes all commercial air travelers, passengers on inter-provincial trains and passengers on large, marine vessels with overnight accommodations such as cruise ships,” said Omar Alghabra, Canada’s transport minister, during
Continue Reading The Teton County Wyoming School District says it will wait a little while longer before it makes any decision on masks in the classroom.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — COVID-19 cases are “spreading like wildfire” among adults as well as children in Washington and state health officials said Friday they are extremely concerned. Department of Health officials said in a news release the rapid acceleration in cases is demonstrating the delta variant’s potential to unravel the state’s hard-fought progress toward
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Due to an upward trend in COVID-19 cases in Teton County and the spread of the more contagious Delta variant, the Teton County Centennial Committee made the decision to postpone the County’s Centennial Celebration Picnic.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Coronavirus patients are filling Utah hospitals beyond capacity. Officials with the state’s largest health care system said Friday that intensive care units are at 102% capacity. Intermountain Healthcare doctors about 90% of the hospitalized coronavirus patients are not vaccinated. Infectious disease physicians say the surge driven by the highly contagious
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 780 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths Friday.
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Americans are extremely worried about the Delta variant and the spike in Covid-19 cases. A key survey of consumer confidence plunged in August below where it was in April 2020 when the first Covid-19 outbreak slammed the brakes on the US economy. The University of Michigan said that
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN An Arkansas father of a 1-year-old hospitalized with Covid-19 is telling people to get vaccinated so another parent doesn’t have to face the uncertainty and fear that he’s living with. When Carter Butrum started showing cold-like symptoms last week, his parents got him tested for Covid-19. That test came back negative,
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By Alta Spells, CNN A doctor in Middle Tennessee began his message with a stark and simple warning. “No beds. There are no beds.” Dr. Geoff Lifferth, Chief Medical Officer at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, detailed the overwhelming impact of the Delta variant on the state’s healthcare facilities in a Facebook post,
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN With the Biden administration expected to announce that booster doses will be needed for most people who received the Covid-19 vaccine, many people have questions: Are boosters safe? Does the fact that we may need boosters mean that the vaccine isn’t working? And who should get them? To get the answers,
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips and Naomi Thomas, CNN Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have been growing for more than a month, and at the current pace — more than 2,500 patients added each day over the past week, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services — the US will surpass
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business Disney shares are up more than 5% in premarket trading after the entertainment giant added more steaming video subscribers than Wall Street expected and reported a strong recovery for its theme park business. But the company still can’t escape the coronavirus pandemic. Disney shares have gained less than 1% this
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business A growing number of major companies are exploring vaccine mandates for their employees as the Delta variant continues to spread through America and around the world. The Business Roundtable, a powerful lobbying group chaired by Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, has surveyed member companies on their vaccine requirement plans, a person
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Carnival cruise on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week is headed back to Galveston, Texas. The Belize Tourism Board said in a statement earlier this week the positive cases were among 26 crew members and one passenger
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