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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued long-awaited guidance on what fully vaccinated people can safely do, and with it, an…
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued long-awaited guidance on what fully vaccinated people can safely do, and with it, an…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 481 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths on…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus cases in the US are dipping and the number of daily vaccinations is rising. But public health experts are pressing two key concepts they…
Continue ReadingSome celebrated when the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with its long-awaited guidelines for the fully vaccinated Monday.…
Continue ReadingIdaho is continuing to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine across the state to first responders, K-12 teachers and staff, daycare
workers, people age 65…
Local health officials reported 231 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingI’m tired, you’re tired, we’re all tired — I know. I feel it in my bones. I have been in 8 states caring for thousands of…
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 the Idaho Office of Drug Policy are providing a way Idaho households can safely and conveniently clean out…
Continue ReadingAnnual lung cancer screening should include people as young as 50 and with shorter smoking histories, according to a new recommendation from an…
Continue ReadingA safer future is just a few months away, but it’s crucial that Americans keep practicing COVID-19 safety precautions and heeding health…
Continue ReadingFor Jayashree Krishnan, who has painted more than 150 portraits of first responders across the globe since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little issued a statement Tuesday reflecting on one year of Idaho’s pandemic fight.…
Continue ReadingMen who use anabolic steroids to build muscle for that “perfect bod” may be harming their testicular function for years after they stop…
Continue ReadingUS lawmakers are calling for research into the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on mental health. Democratic senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota…
Continue ReadingAs millions watched Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell of an interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Sunday night, one of the most…
Continue ReadingThe next two months could determine whether the US will experience another surge in coronavirus cases, according to the director of the Centers for…
Continue ReadingDuring my career I have worked with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other national organizations to construct guidelines…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 378 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingIn the fall, waking up to realize Daylight Saving Time ended overnight might feel great — especially when you get that extra hour of sleep. In the…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 224 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths in the area…
Continue ReadingPets are often celebrated for matching their owner’s mannerisms. Walking at the same pace? A sign of good training. Cuddling and watching TV…
Continue ReadingA COVID-19 test collected from a Teton County resident in January 2021 has been genotyped and identified as the COVID-19 variant B.1.351, which was…
Continue ReadingOnline platforms directed by Russian intelligence are spreading disinformation about two of the coronavirus vaccines being used in the US, a State…
Continue ReadingNew guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely visit with other…
Continue ReadingThe US is in the “eye of the hurricane” right now, according to epidemiologist Michael Osterholm. After months of devastation, it…
Continue ReadingHealth experts have long argued that face masks are critical to slowing the spread of the coronavirus and ending the pandemic. But some elected…
Continue ReadingWith every Covid-19 vaccination, the United States inches closer to defeating the pandemic that has killed over half a million Americans and left…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police say that while a permit was given for the protest, there were to be no open…
Continue ReadingWith each day and each vaccination, the US inches closer to the finish line of what has been a brutal battle against Covid-19. But it’s not…
Continue ReadingIf they’re vaccinated, they will come. At least, that’s the hope of many state and federal officials who are trying to envision the road…
Continue ReadingWhen Brittany Hall from upstate New York received her first COVID-19 vaccine after barely leaving home since last March, she pulled out her phone and…
Continue ReadingA Cumberland County healthcare worker says she is being fired after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. 26-year-old Desiree Pelletier of Newville says her…
Continue ReadingKatharine Dunn got really worried about her son Nolan even as his doctors told her she shouldn’t — the 13-year-old’s fever was…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 104 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths on…
Continue ReadingThe release of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine and its partnership with Merck means that President Joe Biden expects the US to have…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 73 new COVID-19 cases in the area Saturday.…
Continue ReadingHighly contagious variants will soon have a ridiculously easy chance to spread rapidly across the US. Spring break starts for hundreds of…
Continue ReadingDetroit’s Democratic mayor, Mike Duggan, caused a major headache for the White House and public health officials when he declined an allotment…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is voting into the wee hours of Saturday morning on a series of amendments to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, following a nearly…
Continue ReadingMore states are relaxing measures to protect against Covid-19 as variants circulate in the United States — a combination that means…
Continue ReadingThe pace of Covid-19 vaccine administration in the US continues to improve, each day bringing the country closer to herd immunity — the point…
Continue ReadingAs coronavirus cases and deaths continue to fall in many states, political leaders are facing decisions on when to loosen restrictions meant to help…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 240 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue ReadingWhat exactly can you expect when you go to get your…
Continue ReadingNearly a year ago, Brian Wolin got involved because he wanted to help. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, reports from inside hospitals…
Continue ReadingAbout one of every three high school students who said they were misusing prescription opioids when they were surveyed reported they had attempted…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 125 new COVID-19 cases and one new COVID-19 related death in the area Friday.…
Continue ReadingLeaders and businesses across the United States are pushing back against states lifting mask mandates by doubling down on their commitment to…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration on Friday said that people should not use ivermectin to attempt to treat or prevent Covid-19. The drug is…
Continue ReadingEight months ago, Delia Ramos was unable to say goodbye to her husband, Ricardo, in person as he died in the hospital from COVID-19. Now, after Texas…
Continue ReadingDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan declined an initial allocation of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine this week even as nationwide…
Continue ReadingAll baby food manufacturers must consider toxic chemicals when they test their baby food for potential hazards, the US Food and Drug Administration…
Continue ReadingFor the month of March, Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2, Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme announced Thursday.…
Continue ReadingOver the course of the pandemic, many people who previously commuted to office spaces and job sites joined the at-home workforce. Unfortunately, that…
Continue ReadingIn counties where states require masks, COVID-19 case and death rates slow down — but in counties where states allow on-site restaurant dining,…
Continue ReadingSARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may latch more easily onto the airway cells of those with type A blood than any other blood group,…
Continue ReadingAs more patients and friends get fully vaccinated, Dr. William Schaffner’s phone has been ringing constantly, his email box flooded. The fully…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
Continue ReadingThe US shouldn’t ease restrictions in place to prevent COVID-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, “and…
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee will meet from noon to 2 p.m. MST on Friday, March…
Continue ReadingA new COVID-19 vaccine appointment pre-registration system is now…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, the Pocatello City Council voted to continue Pocatello’s face covering ordinance for at least another month.…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
Continue ReadingLeaders and businesses across the US are pushing back against states lifting mask mandates by doubling down on their commitment to enforcing Covid-19…
Continue ReadingConcerned that there weren’t enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the…
Continue ReadingHealth officials are urging us to remain alert even as more vaccines are rolling…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 299 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue ReadingI was getting my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Bayou City Event Center in Houston when the news broke that Governor Greg Abbott is…
Continue ReadingHealth officials in Idaho have announced a new centralized state system will allow residents this month to reserve coronavirus vaccine appointments.…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 107 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingA mass vaccination clinic opens this week in the Sam and Aline Skaggs Health Science Center on the University’s Meridian…
Continue ReadingItaly invoked European Union powers to block the export of 250,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Australia on Thursday, in a dramatic escalation of a…
Continue ReadingWhile tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some…
Continue ReadingSexually transmitted infections can be a nuisance at best and deadly at worst. Human papillomavirus, also known as HPV, is the most commonplace,…
Continue ReadingCountries where more than half the population is overweight, such as the US and the UK, have recorded much higher death rates from COVID-19,…
Continue ReadingThe risk of death from COVID-19 is about 10 times higher in countries where most of the population is overweight, according to a report released…
Continue ReadingThe director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually “do the right thing”…
Continue ReadingCountries where more than half the population is overweight, such as the US and the UK, have recorded much higher death rates from Covid-19,…
Continue ReadingFor many teens, the pandemic has created an environment in which most of their lives take place in the shadows. Our kids have become increasingly…
Continue ReadingThe United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart.…
Continue ReadingRowdy Piva of Challis, Idaho is turning 21 Thursday, but instead of celebrating, he’s in Minnesota fighting for his…
Continue ReadingWith recent assistance from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Home Helpers Home Care in Pocatello now has access to 6,400 COVID-19…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 452 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingTeton County Health Department has now opened registration for both the employment and higher risk population-based Phase 1c groups.…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 126 new COVID-19 cases in the area Wednesday.…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health is urging people aged 65 and older who have not yet received their COVID-19
vaccination to call Public Health at…
The University of Idaho has reported an increase in COVID-19 positives after a recent long weekend and subsequent snow closure in Moscow.…
Continue ReadingBefore the pandemic, Anne Leonard’s friends and family had only a cursory interest in her two decades of work manufacturing pharmaceuticals.…
Continue ReadingAs officials and health experts race to get Americans vaccinated against Covid-19, some Catholic bishops have weighed in to discourage Church members…
Continue ReadingAs more US COVID-19 vaccine sites begin offering one-dose Johnson & Johnson shots Wednesday, more states are easing coronavirus restrictions…
Continue ReadingTeens are about twice as likely to report “wheezing or whistling” in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or…
Continue ReadingFor the past year, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s sidekick has been a blue and pink-spiked model of the COVID-19 virus. And now, he’s making sure…
Continue ReadingSeveral states on Tuesday announced they are loosening restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, even as health experts warn against…
Continue ReadingAs some Canadian provinces open COVID-19 vaccinations to their oldest residents, experts say meeting up with older loved ones who’ve received the…
Continue Reading“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine! I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate,” sang Dolly Parton, riffing on her hit song…
Continue ReadingOn a recent trip to the supermarket, I was trying and failing miserably to open a plastic bag to tuck my broccoli into — without licking my…
Continue ReadingGetting enough sleep was tough even before the pandemic. With disrupted routines, extra screen time and the incredible amount of stress most people…
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