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States may be scrambling for vaccines now, but the United States could see additional COVID-19 vaccines by the end of March, if not sooner. Millions…
Continue ReadingStates may be scrambling for vaccines now, but the United States could see additional COVID-19 vaccines by the end of March, if not sooner. Millions…
Continue ReadingWalmart is rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine in more states as the Biden administration tries to accelerate distribution. The company has been…
Continue ReadingThe National Football League is inviting 7,500 vaccinated health care workers to be among the 22,000 fans in attendance at Super Bowl LV next month,…
Continue ReadingDespite challenges with distributing and administering COVID-19 vaccines, the US “can and should” vaccinate 70-85% of adults by the end…
Continue ReadingImagine suffering a serious accident and calling 911 but not getting an ambulance immediately. Or having a severe asthma attack and fighting for…
Continue ReadingChildhood sweethearts who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of COVID-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family…
Continue ReadingHand hygiene is an important way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and, when soap and water isn’t available, alcohol-based hand sanitizer is…
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not meet a goal to quickly ramp up surveillance for possibly dangerous coronavirus mutations,…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 612 new COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingA public health doctor in Texas has been charged with stealing a vial of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Spencer Cox is ordering vaccine shots set aside as second doses be re-distributed as first doses to new people if the original patient…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho nurse who made the decision to travel to new york during the height of the pandemic there, has decided to now travel to California which is…
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 death toll in the United States will likely top 500,000 next month, President Joe Biden said in a news conference Thursday, as he…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 119 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingA COVID-19 surge has reached such proportions that Teton County, Wyoming health officials have added a new risk level to the county’s public health…
Continue ReadingAs researchers around the world race to see if new coronavirus variants will pose a problem for the vaccines, a second study in two days says a…
Continue ReadingFOX10 News is hearing from some of the most vulnerable people to COVID-19 who have gotten the…
Continue ReadingThe United States could face as many as 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths in less than a month, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue ReadingTo treat COVID-19 patients with monoclonal antibodies — one of the few lifesaving treatments available — Piedmont Healthcare in Georgia…
Continue ReadingEmergency physician Dr. Alex Yeats had just whipped up what seemed like an appetizing dinner option when his wife let him know she wasn’t…
Continue ReadingDave Russell is a light sleeper, but he never had any issues sharing a bed with his girlfriend, Izzy James, before the pandemic. Things began to…
Continue ReadingFollowing a week-long decrease in statewide COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Governor Brad Little announced Wednesday he is instructing the State…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 810 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 164 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingThe Southeastern Idaho Public Health COVID-19 Hotline will change its call center hours beginning January…
Continue ReadingHealth officials believe the new and more contagious strain of Covid-19 is likely soon to be, or is already in, East…
Continue ReadingState leaders are clamoring for more COVID-19 vaccine doses as newly inaugurated President Joe Biden takes office Wednesday with an eye toward…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden, who plans to make the coronavirus pandemic his top priority, will begin his presidency by asking Americans to wear masks…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,224 new COVID-19 cases and 30 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 203 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho Senate have been told to monitor their health after a Senate staffer tested positive for COVID-19, but that the Senate will…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a briefing about the COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho at 2:30 p.m.…
Continue ReadingIt’s as if 10 of the world’s largest commercial jets fell out of the sky, every day for an entire year. The official global death toll…
Continue ReadingNancy Wilkinson knows her way around the internet. Retired from a career in IT support, the 66-year-old was unfazed by the hurdles her Decatur,…
Continue ReadingThe United States has reported at least 400,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced Tuesday he will seek to increase the number of available Idaho National Guard personnel from 250 to 400 guardsmen…
Continue ReadingEight senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning in Salt Lake…
Continue ReadingThe US just surpassed 24 million official COVID-19 cases — and more than 60% of them have been reported since Election Day. The stunning…
Continue ReadingAt least four new variants of the coronavirus are keeping scientists awake at night. One, first identified in southeast England, has now shown up in…
Continue ReadingWhy on Earth would you take two kids younger than 3 to a remote island in the middle of a global pandemic? I asked myself this question many times…
Continue ReadingNew COVID-19 cases in the United States have been trending down since hitting a peak last week, but experts say it’s too soon to be overly…
Continue ReadingYou can participate in an hour-long statewide telephone town hall with Idaho Governor Brad Little and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director…
Continue ReadingIn honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, Idaho State University’s Diversity Resource Center is hosting a week of Covid-safe…
Continue ReadingCalifornia has become the first state in the nation to record more than 3 million COVID-19 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and…
Continue ReadingA Texas family who lost their sense of smell because they have coronavirus nearly died when a fire engulfed their house and they couldn’t smell the…
Continue ReadingDespite a steady growth in coronavirus deaths, a medical expert says the United States now has an opportunity to “get a hold of the…
Continue ReadingSteve Martin is apparently a half full-half empty kind of guy. The comedic actor tweeted Sunday about receiving a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and…
Continue ReadingJust a little more than halfway into January, the US has added a staggering 3.9 million new COVID-19 cases and more than 51,000 virus-related deaths.…
Continue ReadingAs many people postpone necessary medical care due to the pandemic, medical professionals are worried that their patients will get sick or even die…
Continue ReadingAs if we needed any more reason to ruminate over pandemic life’s daily plights, today (January 18) is Blue Monday — the third Monday of…
Continue ReadingIn less than a year, COVID-19 has killed almost 400,000 Americans. And in just the next month, another 100,000 lives could be lost to the disease,…
Continue ReadingWhile some states are seeing improving outlooks in their battle against COVID-19, other parts of the nation are hitting tragic records. “Things…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 278 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that, as of Tuesday, January 26, all air passengers ages two and older…
Continue ReadingThe Southeastern Idaho Public Health COVID-19 Hotline will be closed on Monday, January 18 to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 806 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 99 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Health confirmed Saturday the state’s first case of the “UK variant,” or B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant, has been…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,112 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingIn the Bonneville County School District, students only had a half-day today to allow employees to get vaccinated at Hillcrest High…
Continue ReadingEducators at the Idaho Falls School District got their COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 screenings will continue on the Idaho State University campus in…
Continue ReadingThere was a big jump in coronavirus cases this week on the campus of Idaho State University in…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 207 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingJefferson School District 251 employees received the COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingUtah health officials confirmed the state’s first case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom on…
Continue ReadingThe US has counted more COVID-19 deaths these last two weeks than any other 14-day stretch of the pandemic. And at this rate, the nation’s…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, it’s also taking more than a…
Continue ReadingAt the current rate of daily fatalities, the US death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic may surpass 400,000 before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 994 new COVID-19 cases and 27 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingBonneville School District 93 Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme has announced schedule changes for the district so employees can receive the…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 188 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingOnce one of the world’s most powerful travel documents, the might of the US passport has shriveled during the COVID-19 pandemic. With US…
Continue ReadingRegional hospitals report the number of new COVID-19 cases is improving slightly, despite fears of a surge of disease after the holidays.…
Continue ReadingMore than 38,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 in the first two weeks of the new year. Another 92,000 are projected to die from the virus over…
Continue ReadingThe US keep breaking records in the coronavirus pandemic. The latest: 3 million new cases in the first two weeks of the year. But some experts say…
Continue ReadingA “super” COVID-19 vaccination site at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened Wednesday, CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS reported.…
Continue ReadingA new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that COVID-19 cases among younger children remained low even after schools…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,091 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 200 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deatsh in the area Wednesday.…
Continue ReadingDue to the recent increase in new COVID-19 cases in Teton County, health officials are re-issuing Recommendation #11.…
Continue ReadingDollar General wants its employees to get COVID-19 vaccines, so it’s offering to pay them to do it. The chain said Wednesday that it will give…
Continue ReadingThe US reported its highest daily number of COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday with more than 4,320 fatalities attributed to the virus. It marked the second…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,034 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingA federal judge says he won’t order the Idaho Legislature to require stricter coronavirus precautions while a lawsuit from two lawmakers moves…
Continue ReadingMost patients who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 still suffered a variety of symptoms — including fatigue and sleep difficulties —…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced Tuesday four key updates on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a briefing about the COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho at 2:30 p.m.…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health and enrolled vaccine providers in Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Butte, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power counties…
Continue ReadingA significant increase in recent COVID-19 cases has created significant delays for the Teton County, Wyoming Health Department case investigation and…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 161 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths in the area…
Continue ReadingThe director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to sign today or Wednesday an order requiring all international…
Continue ReadingA nearly human-sized robot grabs a dish out of a crowded sink with its gripper arms and neatly adds it to the dishwasher. It then sets the table,…
Continue ReadingThe City of Blackfoot is supportive of the program and what it offers…
Continue ReadingBiotechnology company Moderna believes its vaccine should protect people against COVID-19 for at least a year, a top official told investors Monday.…
Continue ReadingThe US set a grim milestone Monday as the country recorded over 200,000 new COVID-19 cases for seven straight days, according to John Hopkins…
Continue ReadingDisneyland Resort in Anaheim will soon be the first “super” COVID-19 vaccination site in Orange County, California, officials said…
Continue ReadingCNN correspondent Sara Sidner has been covering COVID-19 grief firsthand, and on Tuesday, she shared the pain that comes with reporting on the deadly…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 572 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingDoctors are running a clinical trial to see if a popular anti-depressant might keep someone from becoming severely ill with COVID-19. The researchers…
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