COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,172 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,172 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths over the…
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Here’s what could lie ahead for the US in the third year of the pandemic
Things seem to be looking up as the US crosses into year three of the COVID-19…
Continue Reading A 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be needed, Pfizer’s CEO says, but the company is working on a shot to handle all variants
By Jen Christensen and Holly Yan, CNN
To help fend off another wave of COVID-19, people will need a fourth dose of vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla…
Continue Reading Former President Barack Obama tests positive for Covid-19
By Arlette Saenz, CNN Former President Barack Obama announced Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. “I’ve had a scratchy…
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People with immunity to original COVID-19 strain likely have some protection against Omicron: study
A new study has found that those who gained immunity to the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, likely have some…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 870 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 870 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths…
Continue Reading She had a near-death experience because of Covid. But it wasn’t a glimpse of an afterlife that changed her
By John Blake, CNN The doctor pleaded with Paige Deiner to close her eyes and sleep. But she refused to listen. She was terrified. “If I go to…
Continue Reading Biden touts one-year anniversary of American Rescue Plan in Philadelphia
By Jasmine Wright and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden marked the one-year anniversary of signing the American Rescue Plan into law with a…
Continue Reading Coronavirus wastewater data, CDC guidelines can give mixed signals on whether to mask
The federal government has taken clear steps toward a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in recent weeks: The Biden administration released the…
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Medical professionals talk about COVID-19 as Idaho marks 2 years since the first confirmed case
Sunday marks two years since the first case of the coronavirus was reported in Idaho. Making it the 49th state to have a confirmed…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,028 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,028 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,052 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 11 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,052 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths…
Continue Reading COVID-19 safety tips to consider as you return to work
As COVID-19 cases continue to fall and state and local governments lift remaining pandemic restrictions, many offices are asking employees to return…
Continue Reading Pfizer begins Phase 2 and 3 trial of COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid in children ages 6 to 17
Pfizer has begun a Phase 2 and 3 clinical trial of its COVID-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, in children ages 6 to 17, the company said Wednesday…
Continue Reading Hawaii will drop its mask mandate this month, the last state in the nation to do so
By Theresa Waldrop and Paradise Afshar, CNN Hawaii’s mask mandate will expire March 25, Gov. David Ige said Tuesday, making it the last US…
Continue Reading After 549 days in 9 hospitals and facilities with Covid-19, this man is finally home
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN In the last year and a half, Donnell Hunter has missed his daughter’s first day of kindergarten, his son’s…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 824 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 824 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths…
Continue Reading Americans can now order four more free at-home COVID-19 tests
Americans can now order a second set of free at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from the federal…
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Public health disaster emergency declaration to end April 15
Governor Brad Little announced Tuesday Idaho will end the public health emergency on April 15,…
Continue Reading Here’s how to get free antiviral medicine if you test positive for COVID-19
The rollout of the US government’s COVID-19 test-to-treat program is underway, with in-pharmacy clinics ordering shipments of COVID-19 antiviral…
Continue Reading COVID-19 can damage brain tissue, U.K. study suggests
By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Some regions of the human brain may…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,674 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,674 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths over the…
Continue Reading Study links even mild COVID-19 to changes in the brain
Patients with even a mild case of COVID-19 may experience accelerated aging of the brain and other changes to it, according to a new…
Continue Reading Florida to recommend against Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children
By Steve Contorno and Carma Hassan, CNN The Florida Department of Health will recommend against Covid-19 vaccinations for healthy children, the…
Continue Reading Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 6 million
The global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 6 million on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins…
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Moderna signs with Kenya for first mRNA facility in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Moderna says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya’s government for the drugmaker’s first mRNA…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,565 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 16 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,565 new COVID-19 cases and 16 new deaths…
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Why aren’t there more COVID-19 surface transmissions? The answer is mucus, study suggests
Even though COVID-19 can survive on surfaces, a new study suggests the reason widespread cases connected to surface transmission haven’t…
Continue Reading Surgeon general launches effort to get to the bottom of Covid-19 misinformation
By Michael Nedelman and John Bonifield, CNN The office of US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a request Thursday for information surrounding…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,442 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,442 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths…
Continue Reading The NFL and the NFL Players Association have agreed to suspend all Covid-19 protocols
By Jacob Lev, CNN The National Football League (NFL) and NFL Players Association (NFLPA) have agreed to suspend all Covid-19 protocols, effective…
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Crapo, Risch, colleagues press White House for accounting of trillions in COVID-19 spending
US Senators for Idaho, Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, along with Utah Senator Mitt Romney and 33 other Republican lawmakers in Washington sent a letter…
Continue Reading Face masks expired? How to tell, plus why you should hold onto them despite easing restrictions
Mask mandates may be lifting in many parts of the United States, but don’t ditch your face coverings just…
Continue Reading Multiple COVID-19 variants may be able to infect a person at the same time: study
By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — When a person falls ill with…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,738 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 9 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,738 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths…
Continue Reading How should you decide whether to keep wearing a mask? Our expert weighs in
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new measure for determining COVID-19 community…
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ISU mask requirement lifted Wednesday
Because of the reduction of COVID-19 cases, there are some big changes coming to Idaho State…
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Teton County Health Department updates dashboard, guidance
With these changes, the Teton County District Health Officer is rescinding Recommendation #12, which recommends mask wearing in specific…
Continue Reading Hawaii is ending certain Covid-19 safety precautions for domestic travelers later this month
By Paradise Afshar and Travis Caldwell, CNN Hawaii’s Safe Travels program, established to slow the spread of Covid-19 through safety…
Continue Reading ‘Covid-19 need no longer control our lives.’ Biden outlines plan to emerge from the pandemic
By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN The United States can “move forward safely” into a less disruptive phase of the pandemic, a…
Continue Reading COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally, WHO reports
The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,574 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 12 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,574 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths…
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COVID-19 cases improving but not where they need to be
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MT)…
Continue Reading As the CDC shifts masking guidance, Americans are split on path forward
Most adults in the United States are getting back to some degree of pre-pandemic normalcy, but they’re divided over concerns and expectations for…
Continue Reading Demand for COVID-19 testing is falling, but experts caution it’s as important as ever
As the United States emerges from the Omicron wave, COVID-19 testing has slowed to a fraction of what it was at the beginning of the…
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Gov. Gordon to lift Public Health Emergency declaration
Governor Mark Gordon has announced he has begun the process to end Wyoming’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration effective March…
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New drug to prevent COVID-19 now locally available
A new medication is now available locally for those who have a compromised immune system to help defend from…
Continue Reading CDC adds just one new destination to its highest-risk category for travel
By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Vietnam was the only destination added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,526 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 21 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,526 new COVID-19 cases and 21 new deaths over the…
Continue Reading Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness fell quickly for kids during Omicron surge but still offered some protection against severe disease
The effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge, especially among children ages 5 to…
Continue Reading FDA doubles dosage of COVID-19 monoclonal antibody, raising concerns about access and supply
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday revised the emergency use authorization for Evusheld, a monoclonal antibody against COVID-19 for…
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How the availability of COVID-19 treatments has changed throughout the pandemic
Stacker described how COVID-19 treatments and vaccines have shifted through the first two years of the pandemic, using information from the Centers…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,051 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,051 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths…
Continue Reading New CDC COVID-19 metrics drop strong mask recommendations for most of the country
New metrics from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that about 28% of people in the United States live in a county where they…
Continue Reading Amanda Kloots tests positive for Covid-19
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Amanda Kloots, who lost her husband Nick Cordero to Covid-19 in July 2020, has announced she’s tested positive.…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,409 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,409 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths…
Continue Reading COVID-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic. Here’s who’s still at risk
Plummeting COVID-19 case counts across the United States are leading to lifted mask mandates and more conversations about steps toward normalcy –…
Continue Reading Study finds children release fewer respiratory droplets and aerosols, a clue to understanding COVID-19 transmission
Children ages 8 to 10 put out about a quarter of the aerosolized particles as adults do when breathing, speaking and singing, according to a new…
Continue Reading New vaccine demonstrates strong protection against severe Covid-19 in clinical trials
By Brenda Goodman, CNN The world could soon have another vaccine option in its fight against Covid-19. European drug makers Sanofi and GSK announced…
Continue Reading These US counties still have ‘high’ Covid-19 levels as their states lift mask mandates, CNN analysis shows
By Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Most people in the United States now live in counties where those who are healthy no longer need to…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,310 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 12 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,310 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths…
Continue Reading New studies bring BA.2 variant into sharper focus
On the heels of concerning new lab and animal experiments suggesting that BA.2 may be capable of causing more severe disease than the original…
Continue Reading Time between Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines can be up to 8 weeks for some people, updated CDC guidance says
The interval between first and second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines may be as long as eight weeks for certain people, the US…
Continue Reading People with COVID-19 may face long-term cardiovascular complications, study says
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, scientists are finding that the coronavirus has far-reaching effects on health beyond the acute phase…
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WHO works to spread COVID vaccine technology to more nations
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer…
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House approves ban on businesses requiring vaccinations
The Idaho House of Representatives has approved a bill to make it a crime for an employer to require a COVID-19 vaccine or require employees to…
Continue Reading As Omicron cases fall, doctors anxiously await possible surge of dangerous child complication MIS-C
After the Omicron coronavirus variant made a record number of US children sick in January, children’s hospitals across the United States braced for…
Continue Reading Omicron continued to disrupt work and families’ lives even as Covid-19 cases dropped
By Tami Luhby, CNN Millions of Americans remained out of work because they or a loved one were sick with coronavirus symptoms in late January and…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 3,496 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 29 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 3,496 new COVID-19 cases and 29 new deaths over the holiday…
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Health officials urge vaccines as Idaho lags behind
We’re two years into the pandemic, and doctors are still echoing the same…
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What are the new COVID-19 rules for kids? Our expert weighs in
Parents are experiencing…
Continue Reading Canada looks to end Covid-19 protests with tougher financial measures after another weekend of arrests
By Susannah Cullinane, CNN Another weekend of protests against Canada’s Covid-19 mandates saw around 200 arrests in the nation’s capital…
Continue Reading Justin Bieber tests positive for Covid, reschedules Las Vegas show
By Chloe Melas and Joe Sutton, CNN Justin Bieber has a mild case of Covid-19, a representative for Bieber tells CNN. Bieber was scheduled to perform…
Continue Reading ‘We’re doing everything we can to survive’: As the US looks to move on from Covid-19, high-risk and disabled Americans feel forgotten
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Tasha Nelson’s 10-year-old son held back tears when he heard the news. The two were in the car when the announcement…
Continue Reading Britain’s Queen Elizabeth tests positive for Covid-19
By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for coronavirus, Buckingham Palace announced…
Continue Reading Growing number of states, major cities lift Covid-19 restrictions
By Emma Tucker, Melissa Alonso and Chuck Johnston, CNN As the number of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations slowly falls, cities and states are…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,214 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 20 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,214 new COVID-19 cases and 20 new deaths…
Continue Reading COVID-19 hospitalizations average $4,000 in out-of-pocket costs per visit, research says
Measures to protect patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from financial liability have been rolled back by most insurers in the United States, leaving…
Continue Reading Surgeon general tests positive for Covid-19
By Sonnet Swire and Rachel Janfaza, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced Friday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. Murthy wrote…
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Supreme Court gives Judicial Districts more oversight of COVID-19 precautions
Idaho’s administrative district judges will determine what courtroom COVID-19 precautions are appropriate for conditions in their parts of the…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,029 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 20 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,029 new COVID-19 cases and 20 new deaths…
Continue Reading All members of Congress will be invited to attend the State of the Union in person
By Kristin Wilson and Maegan Vazquez, CNN All members of Congress will be invited to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March…
Continue Reading Hybrid immunity offers increased protection that is longer-lasting against Covid-19 reinfection, studies show
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine provides an added layer of protection against reinfection for people who have been…
Continue Reading CDC lowers its risk advisory for cruises from ‘very high’ to ‘high’
By Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved cruise travel out of the “very high” risk category of…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,323 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,323 new COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths…
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Teton County updates COVID-19 dashboard
Teton County Health Department will be making some changes to the Teton County COVID-19 Dashboard as it begins to move out of the emergency phase of…
Continue Reading COVID-19 daily case rates plunge to one-fifth the record high reached a month ago. But thousands are still dying from COVID-19 every day
While new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations keep tumbling, more than 2,000 Americans are still dying every day from…
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House committee OKs ban on businesses requiring vaccinations
A panel of Idaho lawmakers has advanced a bill that would make it a crime for Idaho businesses to require employees to get vaccinated against the…
Continue Reading White House seeks additional $30 billion in Covid-19 funding
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The Biden administration has informed key lawmakers that it will likely need $30 billion in supplemental funding to continue…
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Idaho deactivates crisis standards of care as conditions improve, but some hospitals are still reporting stress
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has deactivated Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) in the three public health districts in southern…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,177 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 38 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,177 new COVID-19 cases and 38 new deaths…
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COVID-19 press conference Tuesday
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MT)…
Continue Reading You’ve lost your vaccine card. Stay calm and follow these steps
Oh no. Your vaccine card is…
Continue Reading Covid-19 booster shot uptake is at all-time low in the US, CNN analysis finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The pace of people getting Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in the United States has dropped to the lowest it has ever been,…
Continue Reading More than half of all travel destinations are ‘very high’ risk
By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated a half dozen new places “very high”…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,581 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 24 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 2,581 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths over the…
Continue Reading Here’s what happened with Canadian Covid-19 protests over the weekend
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Canadian authorities made headway over the weekend against protesting truck drivers and others who have been blocking US…
Continue Reading When can younger children be vaccinated against COVID-19? ‘Not yet’
The timeline for when children younger than 5 in the United States might start receiving COVID-19 vaccinations has just been pushed…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes new COVID-19 monoclonal antibody that works against Omicron variant
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment that seems to work against the Omicron variant of the virus…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,749 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 15 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,749 new COVID-19 cases and 15 new deaths…
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