Paws and all
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Many in Bonner County consider both the human and non-human needs of their household equally important. With that in mind, several local organizations are teaming up to offer a...
Category: Health
Idaho COVID-19 stats ‘headed in a better direction’
By Reader Staff Idaho health officials shared in a press briefing Oct. 19 that while hospitalizations and deaths due to the novel coronavirus remain high across the state, recent data may reveal that the...
COVID persists in Idaho, where half of eligible people are vaxxed
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff It has been five weeks since crisis standards of care were activated in North Idaho, as health care facilities became so strained by an uptick in coronavirus hospitalizations that...
Gem State COVID hospitalizations continue to climb
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Hospitalizations caused by the novel coronavirus have been steadily on the rise in Idaho since mid-summer, and they don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. According to data...
North Idaho operating under crisis standards of care
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho made an unprecedented move in its fight against the novel coronavirus on Sept. 7, as the Department of Health and Welfare announced that North Idaho would be activating...
Little reactivates Idaho National Guard, urges vaccine
By Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Aug. 31 that he would once again mobilize the Idaho National Guard to assist in the COVID-19 crisis — this time to “support short-staffed medical facilities”...
Half of all eligible Idahoans vaccinated against COVID-19
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus continues to ramp up case numbers across the country, the message from epidemiologists and other health care leaders remains the same:...
Reinventing health care
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor Sometimes, a ground floor view is exactly the perspective one needs. That’s true for individuals, and it’s true for organizations as well. That includes Kaniksu Health Services. Following a...
Bonner County sees ‘high’ COVID-19 transmission rate
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. hit a major milestone in the fight against the novel coronavirus on Aug. 2, announcing that 70% of American adults had received at least one dose of...
COVID cases rise in Idaho
By Reader Staff The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 guidance on July 27, now recommending that people in counties with “substantial and high transmission rates” of the novel coronavirus wear...
