A brief look at American health care’s long, complicated history
Health care in the U.S. has a history that’s as far-reaching and complex as the country itself. To document how it as evolved over time, Sidecar…
Continue ReadingHealth care in the U.S. has a history that’s as far-reaching and complex as the country itself. To document how it as evolved over time, Sidecar…
Continue ReadingThe surgery Abigail Rose needed is only performed at a few hospitals nationwide, including the Utah Fetal Center.…
Continue ReadingBy Tasnim Ahmed, CNN The flurry of new abortion restrictions across mostly Republican-led states leaves neighboring states to fill the gap in…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 43 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths…
Continue ReadingThe federal transportation mask mandate is being extended for another 15 days, meaning individuals traveling aboard airplanes, trains and on public…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The unprecedented rise in drug overdose deaths in the United States continues, reaching another record high, according to…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus restrictions are disappearing by the week in much of the world, as more Western countries scale back their remaining restrictions and…
Continue ReadingAs the United States navigates a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases are rising modestly in the Northeast, Philadelphia has reinstituted an…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN As the United States navigates a third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, cases are rising modestly in the Northeast, Philadelphia…
Continue ReadingA recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases among officials in Washington, with dozens testing positive after attending the Gridiron Club Dinner, has put the…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Covid-19 case numbers have begun to edge up in the United States, and nearly all of them are caused by the Omicron subvariant…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 107 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN A recent outbreak of Covid-19 cases among officials in Washington, with dozens testing positive after attending the…
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN Data published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually transmitted…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN If you have a history of asthma or allergies, you may be at increased risk of developing high blood pressure and coronary…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Factories shut down, new model launches delayed and sales plunging. China’s huge car market has been thrown into…
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Lululemon doesn’t mind if you’ve power walked, danced, stretched or meditated in its clothing. Soon you…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN If you have a history of asthma or allergies, you may be at increased risk of developing high blood pressure and coronary…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 120 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths over the…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Philadelphia will reinstate indoor mask mandates Monday, April 18, as its Covid-19 cases quickly rise, the city’s…
Continue ReadingAs COVID-19 numbers reach pandemic lows across the United States, many COVID-19 testing sites have begun closing their…
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has revealed that she was left “very tired and exhausted” following her recent…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Certain personality traits may be a key factor in whether people develop mild cognitive impairment later in life, a new study…
Continue ReadingTwo-plus years into the COVID-19 pandemic, you probably know the basics of protection: vaccines, boosters, proper handwashing and…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN How we feed our pets, store their food and wash their dishes can have negative health consequences if not done properly…
Continue ReadingBy Dejania Oliver, CNN As Covid-19 numbers reach pandemic lows across the United States, many Covid-19 testing sites have begun closing their doors.…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Sealy, CNN Two-plus years into the Covid-19 pandemic, you probably know the basics of protection: vaccines, boosters, proper handwashing…
Continue ReadingBy Greg Clary, CNN US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, said Saturday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and…
Continue ReadingA new observational study out of the U.K. has found that those who contract the Omicron variant of COVID-19 experience different symptoms that are…
Continue ReadingBy Channon Hodge, CNN I have been in pain nearly every day for 21 years. It’s like a brick of hell at the crux of my neck and shoulders that…
Continue ReadingBy Channon Hodge, CNN I have been in pain nearly every day for 21 years. It’s like a brick of hell at the crux of my neck and shoulders that…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The health care work force in the US had huge turnover at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic but seems to be getting back to…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 53 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Washington, DC is coping with a cluster of high-profile Covid-19 cases after a series of public events exposed high-level…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Life expectancy in the United States took another hit in 2021, furthering a dramatic decline from 2020 that was the largest…
Continue ReadingMore people can now get second COVID-19 booster shots after federal health officials announced they are allowing a broader group to get fourth doses…
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Two days after Matthew Broderick was sidelined from the Broadway play “Plaza Suite” because he tested…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN More people can now get second Covid-19 booster shots after federal health officials announced they are allowing a broader group…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline across the United States, health leaders warn that the…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 61 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths…
Continue ReadingDr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Wednesday he thinks there will be an uptick in…
Continue ReadingBy Naomi Thomas, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Wednesday that he thinks there…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Music is a powerful tool to access information about ourselves. Two recent studies are offering new insight into how our…
Continue ReadingThe future of COVID-19 vaccines — including when and how often booster doses might be needed — remains unclear and “complex,” according to advisers…
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesman for the California Democrat said…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Your good friends may be able to help you get out of a jam. They may be good listeners and they may be good at keeping you…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Last July, Andrea Ogg stood outside a pharmacy in Castle Rock, Colorado, fully prepared to lie…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Strawberries and spinach continue to top the annual list of the “Dirty Dozen” fruits and veggies that contain the…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The future of Covid-19 vaccines — including when and how often booster doses might be needed — remains unclear…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 24 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths…
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Most Americans say the way they conduct their lives is still affected to some extent by the pandemic, according to a new…
Continue ReadingBy Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Watching an ad in which former President Donald Trump promoted Covid-19 vaccines was linked to increased vaccinations in US…
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, Jasmine Wright and Sam Fossum, CNN Two members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingACLS Medical Training reviewed scientific journals to identify 10 medical and surgical milestones in heart disease management during the past 100…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN From the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed that in severe cases of Covid-19 — the ones that landed people in…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has become a chronic condition for tens of millions of people — and an expensive one, as…
Continue ReadingBy Ada Wood, CNN Have you ever cracked open a bottle of beer, poured it into a clear glass and left it outside sitting in the sun? Maybe you’ve…
Continue ReadingMaybe BA.2 really is the “stealth…
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Matthew Broderick will sit out Broadway’s “Plaza Suite” after testing positive for Covid-19. The actor tested…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Vaccine experts are grappling with how to formulate a U.S. strategy for future COVID-19…
Continue ReadingThere will be no lonesome polecats when Idaho Falls District 91 puts on its district-wide musical this…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Covid-19 has become a chronic condition for tens of millions of people — and an expensive one, as well. Long Covid…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Maybe BA.2 really is the “stealth variant.” The Omicron subvariant caused as many as 3 in 4 cases of Covid-19 in…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau Millions of people across China’s locked-down financial hub of Shanghai have been desperately…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN An additional 42 genes connected to the development of Alzheimer’s disease have been uncovered in the largest study of…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN A fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine seems to offer short-lived protection against infection overall, but…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 76 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Are you a sucker for large, liquid “puppy-dog” eyes gazing soulfully up at you, begging for, well, just about…
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN A new study found that women in the US face the highest rates of preventable and maternal mortality when compared with…
Continue ReadingWyndly compiled research from academic journals, governmental departments, and nonprofit organizations to identify six ways climate change is…
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN In recent years, public figures openly sharing their mental health struggles have helped lift fellow sufferers out of silent…
Continue ReadingAdvisers to the US Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Wednesday to get a clearer picture of what the future of COVID-19 booster shots…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Wednesday to get a clearer picture of what the future…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN The Senate has reached a bipartisan deal to provide an additional $10 billion in Covid-19 assistance, less than…
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN Two new pieces of research highlight the broader effects of gun violence on health and examine how early intervention on…
Continue ReadingBy John Bonifield, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced a sweeping review of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 213 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths over the…
Continue ReadingPandemic hospitalization rates are at new lows, the vast majority of US counties have low community levels of the coronavirus, and as of March 25,…
Continue ReadingBy Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Pandemic hospitalization rates are at new lows, the vast majority of US counties have low community levels of the coronavirus,…
Continue ReadingExpress Lab, Idaho State University and Southeastern Idaho Public Health will be moving the location of their drive-thru COVID-19 testing site on…
Continue ReadingInterest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor COVID-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the early detection tool come…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN The stories of sleeping pills gone wrong are legendary. Ask any flight attendant, and you’ll hear amusing tales of…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN For some people, coffee jump-starts their bowel movements in addition to their energy. Despite the drink’s popularity,…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Pregnant women who were exposed to cannabis products that contained THC and CBD were more likely to have children with…
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Mansour, CNN Many of us have walked to take breaks from work, burn calories and be more active outside during the pandemic. As we gear…
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare enrollees can now obtain home Covid-19 tests from certain pharmacies and providers at no cost, the Centers for Medicare…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 208 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths…
Continue ReadingBy Tasnim Ahmed, CNN The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America released new…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Community Hospital teamed up with Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital to provide a brand new Pediatric Specialty…
Continue ReadingStopping the next major coronavirus variant involves knowing where it might come…
Continue ReadingFewer people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals…
Continue ReadingBy Michael Nedelman, CNN Stopping the next major coronavirus variant involves knowing where it might come from. With Omicron, those answers are still…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate has failed to override Republican Gov. Brad Little’s veto of legislation making it illegal for most businesses to require the…
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