13 hospitals to postpone non-urgent surgeries amid surge
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thirteen Utah hospitals will postpone many non-emergency surgeries starting next week as health care workers are overwhelmed…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thirteen Utah hospitals will postpone many non-emergency surgeries starting next week as health care workers are overwhelmed…
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples and Jessica Firger, CNN If you’re feeling anxious and depressed right now, you’re not alone. Psychological distress,…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they want to guarantee that children attend classes in person, not…
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Howard Stern is over the Covid-19 pandemic and is taking on anti-vaxxers who refuse to get the shot. Speaking on his SiriusXM…
Continue ReadingWyoming Gov. Mark Gordon says he’s asked the state’s attorney general to be prepared to challenge President Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN Business President Joe Biden gave a gift to every major company in America by forcing them to mandate vaccines or stringently…
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN You can’t beat the convenience of tomato sauce from a jar, but what about when you’re craving something a little…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN More than 700,000 people die by suicide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Translated: Every 40 seconds,…
Continue ReadingBy Allie Torgan, CNN On a medical trip to West Africa nine years ago, Dr. Patricia Gordon had a wake-up call. She had traveled with a group of…
Continue ReadingBy Allie Torgan, CNN On a medical trip to West Africa nine years ago, Dr. Patricia Gordon had a wake-up call. She had traveled with a group of…
Continue ReadingEastern Idaho Public Health and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a health advisory Thursday for Henrys Lake and the…
Continue Reading“I fully support an individual’s Constitutional right to a peaceful protest, but when it is done in front of someone’s home in a residential…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it will need more time to decide whether the biggest-selling…
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Starting next week, the state’s indoor mask mandate will be expanded to include outdoor…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday imposed stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,459 new COVID-19 cases and 21 new deaths…
Continue ReadingTeton County Health Department officials are strongly encouraging people in the community to get a flu vaccine.…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, Amanda Sealy and Dakin Andone, CNN A Medicare beneficiary hospitalized with Covid-19 costs the health insurance program about…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Travis Caldwell, CNN Once again, Americans who don’t even have coronavirus are suffering the consequences of Covid-19 patients…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN Adolescence is a critical period of physical growth and self-discovery, but it also might be the most important phase for…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Yawning and exhausted from another night of little sleep? Congratulations, you have joined the multitude of people around the…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Travis Caldwell, CNN Once again, Americans who don’t even have coronavirus are suffering the consequences of Covid-19 patients…
Continue ReadingHospitals throughout the region are currently experiencing COVID-19 hospitalization rates exceeding those of the peak surge in December 2020.…
Continue ReadingROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Officials say an infant in southwest Oregon has died from COVID-19 complications. The News-Review in Roseburg reports the…
Continue ReadingHuman West Nile virus (WNV) infections as well as positive mosquito pools and infections in horses are on the rise in Idaho.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,504 new COVID-19 cases and 15 new deaths…
Continue ReadingWyoming Governor Mark Gordon is taking steps to address staffing challenges at Wyoming healthcare facilities amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases and…
Continue ReadingThe mu variant of the coronavirus was first identified in Colombia in January and has since caused isolated outbreaks in South America, Europe and…
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN The World Health Organization’s vaccine-sharing program COVAX forecasts an additional 1.1 billion Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN For fully vaccinated Americans, the risk of being hospitalized or dying from Covid-19 is low — much lower than the…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives It has been a trying 18 months since the pandemic first struck, and it appears it will take…
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed more people away from the profession of driving, signaling a bumpy road ahead for key industries…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s move to crisis standards of care this week is allowing some hospitals to ration…
Continue ReadingIn conjunction with the health department, the Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen hosted a free COVID-19 vaccination site today. It is open from…
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Food insecurity among families with children rose in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic upended the US economy, according to a US…
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN Some forgetfulness — like occasionally forgetting to pay a bill or recall a word — can be expected at any age. But…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Surging Covid-19 cases — and the increasing proportion reported in children — are causing many health experts…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has activated Crisis of Standards of Care in hospitals located in north Idaho Tuesday morning. …
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, CNN The grip of the Delta variant of Covid-19 on the United States and the world continues to have travel ramifications as the summer…
Continue ReadingThe hospitals in our area say they are not under crisis standards of care yet, but they are seeing a spike in COVDI-19…
Continue ReadingFor a second year in a row, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will not visit the University of Wyoming due to the…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,025 new COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN As more people get vaccinated against Covid-19 and the National Football League season starts September 9, you may be…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Two tropical islands half a world apart and popular with tourists — Jamaica in the Caribbean and Sri Lanka in South Asia…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MDT)…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, Amir Vera and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Children now represent more than a quarter — or 26.8% — of weekly Covid-19…
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Whether you smoke it, vape it or eat it as an edible, cannabis may be significantly increasing your risk of a heart attack.…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Back-to-school after the Labor Day weekend could mean fresh spread of coronavirus unless schools take strong action to keep…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Like many new parents, René Marsh felt her life was “transformed” in March of 2019 when her newborn son Blake was…
Continue ReadingBy John Duffy, CNN Within the first several weeks of any school year, I receive dozens of calls from parents concerned about their increasingly…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,524 new COVID-19 cases and 14 new deaths over the holiday day…
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Prior and Kristen Rogers, CNN Can this year just stop already? It’s a thought ricocheting around the world as we cope with Covid-19,…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is offering a no-cost, home-based virtual diabetes prevention program known as #PreventDiabetes to Wyoming…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen and Amir Vera, CNN Covid-19 infections have risen “exponentially” among children in the US since July, according to…
Continue ReadingBy David G. Allan, CNN Our work-life balance has, to borrow a term we all learned in the 2020 Olympics, been feeling “the twisties”…
Continue ReadingWith the more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 sweeping across the country this summer, health care workers and officials are finding themselves…
Continue ReadingBy John Bonifield, CNN Booster doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine may be delayed from rolling out the week of September 20 as planned, Dr.…
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady had Covid-19 in February shortly after the Super Bowl championship boat parade and…
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Health experts are reinforcing the point that full vaccination remains highly effective against severe illness and death…
Continue ReadingForrest Brown, CNN Throughout the pandemic, US passport holders have seen an ever-morphing list of international travel options. The only constant…
Continue ReadingThe American landscape is filled with divisive issues that split the country down the middle. But while a sizable portion of American adults remain…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Amir Tal, CNN One-year-old Israeli twin girls, who were born joined back-to-back at the head, have been separated after a rare and…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As she held up her cell phone to take back-to-school selfies with the new school resource officers last week, the…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As she held up her cell phone to take back-to-school selfies with the new school resource officers last week, the…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci says there’s an important step adults can take to protect children who are too young to be…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci says there’s an important step adults can take to protect children who are too young to be…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN It’s not clear if or when boosters doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be OK’d for fully vaccinated people in the…
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, CNN Human health is already being harmed by the climate crisis, and the impacts could become catastrophic and irreversible unless…
Continue ReadingBy John Bonifield, CNN Booster doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine may be delayed from rolling out the week of September 20 as planned, Dr.…
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN With the more contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country this summer, health care workers and officials…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Ping! It’s the email you’ve been dreading — your child may have been exposed to Covid-19 at school. How are…
Continue ReadingBy Randi Kaye, CNN A Florida teen who spent 11 days on a ventilator after she contracted Covid-19 has a message for her peers and others. “My…
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Health experts are reinforcing the point that full vaccination remains highly effective against severe illness and death…
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN One of the greatest success stories of the Covid-19 crisis has hit an alarming bump in the road. The initial stages of the vaccine…
Continue ReadingWith COVID-19 infections at their highest levels since January and hospitalizations at a level not seen since the winter surge, the US Centers for…
Continue ReadingIntensive care beds are full of unvaccinated coronavirus patients at a hospital in Boise, Idaho, and doctors are bracing for the need to conserve…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN More children went to the hospital and emergency room in states with lower vaccination rates, according to a new study from…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,388 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths…
Continue ReadingUS states that saw some of the country’s worst COVID-19 case rates over the past week also reported the highest number of new vaccinations per…
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN One of the greatest success stories of the Covid-19 crisis has hit an alarming bump in the road. The initial stages of the vaccine…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business A group of researchers has developed a new material they say is as soft as cotton but as strong as Kevlar and as…
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN We’re all trying to make healthier choices, but when it comes to fish, is one type truly better than another?…
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Amanda Kloots returned to Broadway to honor her late husband, Nick Cordero. The co-host of “The Talk” attended the…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Kids are heading back into the classroom for yet another pandemic school year, but this time with the more contagious Delta…
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN With the latest Covid-19 surge upending American life yet again, an official rollout of booster doses could begin within…
Continue ReadingVictor City Attorney, Herb Heimerl, penned a memorandum to the Mayor and City Council insisting the Mayor’s recently issued Order requiring all…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,604 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An estimated…
Continue ReadingDuring a special meeting on Thursday, the Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to extend the current Teton District Health Officer…
Continue ReadingMore than 80% of Americans 16 and older have some level of immunity against the coronavirus, mostly through vaccination, a survey of blood donations…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, Amir Vera and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Children now represent more than a quarter — or 26.8% — of weekly Covid-19…
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has called a meeting of its vaccine advisers for September 17 to discuss…
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Paramount Pictures is delaying the release of three big movies due to the ongoing pandemic. “Top Gun: Maverick,”…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Anxiety is high among parents as more kids head back to school without the protection of a Covid-19 vaccine for at least a…
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US jobs recovery is about to get a reality check. It was a strong summer, with nearly 2.5 million jobs added back…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new study of breakthrough Covid-19 infections finds that vaccines not only reduce the risk of severe disease and…
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell and Deidre McPhillips, CNN US states that saw some of the country’s worst Covid-19 case rates over the past week also…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer More companies are requiring COVID-19 vaccines and taking actions to motivate employees into getting their shots. Some…
Continue ReadingSpinal surgery is now a little easier at Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls thanks to augmented reality…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Those hit hardest by Hurricane Ida now face an even longer test of survival. Catastrophic damage means some…
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