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While the world may be opening up because of the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations, top medical experts say there may be another round of shots…
Continue ReadingWhile the world may be opening up because of the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations, top medical experts say there may be another round of shots…
Continue ReadingHere’s some background information about sarin, a man-made nerve agent developed for chemical warfare. Facts Sarin is a liquid that is clear,…
Continue ReadingPocatello Mayor Brian Blad is changing the face covering policy at city…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 240 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death…
Continue ReadingBased on the CDC’s new guidance for individuals who have been fully vaccinated and the input from associates, Smith’s Food & Drug is updating its…
Continue ReadingYoung adults are now steering the course of this pandemic as the biggest spreaders of coronavirus. But many say they don’t plan to get…
Continue ReadingI recently went to pick up a gift card for a friend at a restaurant and came across an unseemly sight. The joint was packed to the rim with people,…
Continue ReadingWill you or won’t you take off your mask? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on May 13 that fully…
Continue ReadingMore than 46 per cent of Canadians have been vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday afternoon, putting Canada on track…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 vaccines have proven a tremendous ally in America’s battle against the virus. “For the first time since the pandemic began,…
Continue ReadingAppointment slots are quick to fill. Excited grins are hidden behind masks. Syringes are filled and shots are ready to go into arms. The rollout of…
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at cholera, an acute diarrheal infection that has killed thousands of people worldwide. Facts Cholera is contracted by consuming…
Continue ReadingThe great reopening and return to pre-pandemic life is a tale of two timelines — and parents are caught in the middle. Offices are itching to get…
Continue ReadingThe US has reached a “landmark day” in the Covid-19 pandemic as 60% of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus…
Continue ReadingThe Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees took action Tuesday to suspend its face-covering/mask requirement, effective immediately.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 193 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths…
Continue ReadingPeople who live in rural areas have an increased risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, yet as of April, the vaccination rate in rural…
Continue ReadingWyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has announced plans to allocate recently received federal coronavirus relief aid toward education, health and social…
Continue ReadingGrieving? Traumatized? Depressed? Unmotivated? Burnt out? It’s difficult to put a single word to the general malaise many people have been feeling…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County Health Department’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic is moving back to the Health Department’s building, located at 460 E. Pearl Ave,…
Continue ReadingMore stores announced this week they are easing their mask requirements, joining a growing number of top chains changing their policies in the wake…
Continue ReadingWhen I was a child in the 1980s, advertisements showed up in predictable ways: as 30-second video spots during TV shows, audio ads on the radio, or…
Continue ReadingThe US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday lowered the recommended age to start screening for colon and rectal cancers from 50 to 45. The task…
Continue ReadingThe US has reached a “landmark day” in the COVID-19 pandemic as 60% of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus…
Continue ReadingNearly all states require some form of parental or guardian consent for vaccine providers to administer COVID-19 shots to people ages 12 to 15, a CNN…
Continue ReadingAt first, the news sounded great: Fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks indoors, with just some exceptions, the US Centers for…
Continue ReadingWhen a friendship hits a stumbling block, how do you know whether to work on the relationship or let it go? It can be tempting to let a friendship…
Continue ReadingDays are getting longer and warmer, summer is surely coming. For millions of children, that signals the end of school and fun-filled days at camp.…
Continue ReadingSeveral days since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated Americans can — for the most part — ditch their…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls School District 91 Board of Trustees has retired its COVID-19 operational plan and dropped its mask mandate for school…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Spencer Cox has called on state lawmakers to convene for a special session this week.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 371 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths over the…
Continue ReadingEffective Monday, Idaho State University will remove the on-campus face-covering requirement for fully vaccinated individuals, President Kevin…
Continue ReadingA coronavirus variant first detected in India in February has now gone global, spreading to dozens of countries and raising fears that the strain…
Continue ReadingDue to the decline in COVID-19 cases and a decrease in demand for COVID-19 vaccinations, the Idaho State University COVID-19 Testing Site will move…
Continue ReadingThe president of the country’s largest nurses’ union has spoken out against updated federal guidance which says that — with a few…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health announced the free two-hour session class, Families Talking Together (FTT), will be offered in person or virtually…
Continue ReadingThe College of Eastern Idaho Board of Trustees conducted a Special Meeting Friday to discuss the existing COVID-19 mask and physical distancing…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is set to announce Monday that his administration will share millions more doses of COVID-19 vaccines with other countries in…
Continue ReadingThe wait-and-see approach to travel right now is prudent from a health perspective. From a booking perspective, maybe not so much. US airfares are on…
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s newly loosened masking and physical distancing guidelines for people fully vaccinated…
Continue ReadingIf you’re wondering how to get back to in-person religious services, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen recommends thinking about it like your…
Continue ReadingTalking on video-conference services like Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic has helped older people stave off the effects of dementia, a new study…
Continue ReadingCommunities across the US ushered in a quick return to normalcy over the weekend as the country responded to the latest mask guidance from the…
Continue ReadingWhen Hannah Rummer and her brother Nick Reid administer COVID-19 vaccines, they don’t just see a series of arms to inject and bandage. They see…
Continue ReadingThe wait-and-see approach to travel right now is prudent from a health perspective. From a booking perspective, maybe not so much. US airfares are on…
Continue ReadingNo more masks? As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced fully vaccinated people can stop masking or physical distancing, except…
Continue ReadingThe city of Boise has lifted its mask requirement and will no longer restrict crowd…
Continue ReadingRosalie Lacorazza already has lived through two 17-year cicada events and dreads what’s coming. As the periodical cicadas in Brood X begin to…
Continue ReadingAnthony Fauci has used his experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic to call upon Emory graduates to fight societal divisiveness and work together to…
Continue ReadingThe news flashed across the country — mask-free at last! People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer have to wear masks inside…
Continue ReadingWe’re starting to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, at least in some parts of the world, but the pandemic won’t be over until most…
Continue ReadingIn the past week, America took two big steps closer to a semblance of the normalcy we’ve longed for. On Monday, the Food and Drug…
Continue ReadingHere’s some information about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus,…
Continue ReadingIsaac Rothbart’s twins had always known their daddy doesn’t like fireworks. But he’d never told his kids why. Then, while…
Continue ReadingJust before the CDC’s new mask guidance for vaccinated people became the country’s hot Covid-19 topic, a different feature of the…
Continue ReadingIn the United States, the finish line for the pandemic as we’ve been experiencing it for the past year-plus is very much in sight — so…
Continue ReadingIn a major moment for Disney parks, and the theme park industry overall, Walt Disney World changed its mask rules for guests following new guidance…
Continue ReadingBetween the first 12-year-olds receiving their Covid-19 vaccines and new guidance that vaccinated people can remove their masks indoors, the outlook…
Continue ReadingSeveral state governors and big retailers signaled a return to normal on Friday, a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…
Continue ReadingA fresh batch of data from a big study of health care workers across the country helped prompt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to…
Continue ReadingFor Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, daily life may look increasingly different than for those who aren’t inoculated yet following…
Continue ReadingShoppers who are vaccinated against COVID-19 can shop without masks in some Walmart, Sam’s Club and Costco locations as well as at Trader…
Continue ReadingPublic health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges — even struggling — as they try to…
Continue ReadingDisney’s parks division, one of the company’s foundations since the opening of Disneyland in 1955, is trying to rebound after a…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 173 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths…
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice…
Continue ReadingGrowing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus variant first identified in India may force the United Kingdom to tweak its Covid-19 vaccination…
Continue ReadingLeadership coach John Bates was speaking at a TED conference in front of a huge audience when his dog Flash walked across the stage, sniffed him, and…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration has extended the authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds, and the Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingThe data didn’t make sense. Five years ago, University of Maryland researcher Alisa Morss Clyne was studying pulmonary hypertension — a…
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday abruptly changed its guidance on masks and social distancing, saying people who are…
Continue ReadingCVS, Walgreens and Macy’s said they are reviewing their requirements for facial coverings following new CDC guidance easing mask wearing for…
Continue ReadingPeople fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain…
Continue ReadingWhile Krispy Kreme is offering free doughnuts to people who are vaccinated against COVID-19, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is betting dollars to those…
Continue ReadingWashington Gov. Jay Inslee says that the state is on track to fully reopen its economy by June 30.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 149 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths…
Continue ReadingPeople fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain…
Continue ReadingAs a nutritionist, I have been privy to lot of debate in the nutrition world about which foods keep us healthy and which foods actually cause…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County Health Department will begin administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to individuals ages 12 and…
Continue ReadingNow that we’ve ticked past the one-year mark of COVID-19 safety restrictions, the calendar is scrolling once more through the same holidays…
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the 2001 anthrax attacks, also referred to as Amerithrax. Facts about anthrax There are three types of anthrax infection:…
Continue ReadingA US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expert said Wednesday that it’s OK to give the coronavirus vaccine alongside other…
Continue ReadingThe day after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with its much-awaited updated mask guidance in late April, email inboxes at…
Continue ReadingThe risk of dying from COVID-19 is 40 times the risk of developing a rare blood clotting condition after getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a…
Continue ReadingScientists working with samples of ancient feces have found previously unknown microbes that could help in the fight against chronic illnesses such…
Continue ReadingFollowing the Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12-to-15-year-olds, Southeastern Idaho Public…
Continue ReadingAmericans could soon see milestones like a full return to in-person classrooms now that Covid-19 vaccinations are open to young teens, the director…
Continue ReadingAmericans could soon see milestones like a full return to in-person classrooms now that Covid-19 vaccinations are open to young teens, the director…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) announced all Idaho children ages 12-15 are now eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County Health Department announced Teton County, Wyo. has moved down into the Green (New Normal) Risk Level for COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday the agency now recommends the use of…
Continue ReadingPeople who got mixed doses of coronavirus vaccines — receiving a different vaccine type as a second dose than the first dose — appear to…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 225 new COVID-19 cases and six new deaths…
Continue ReadingUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend giving Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to…
Continue ReadingThe governor of Wyoming has announced that the state will end its participation in federal supplemental benefits intended to address high…
Continue ReadingWith a new demographic now eligible for Covid-19 vaccines, public health officials hoping to fight variants will have to adjust their strategy to…
Continue ReadingThe benefits of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any harms, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official will tell the…
Continue ReadingSmith’s Food & Drug and Kroger Health announced Wednesday the company is offering walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations at most of its 141 locations across…
Continue ReadingA woman who is recovering from a liver transplant not only has a new lifesaving organ, but one that made history. That’s thanks to Cecil…
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