A Grain of Salt: A health column… sort of
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist As a natural health practitioner, it seems rather reasonable that my expectation of the human body is as follows: give it what it needs, and it will probably chug...
Category: Health
Idaho debuts online tool for COVID-19 vaccine scheduling
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho launched a new website for people hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, in an effort to offer a one-stop-shop to connect patients with those providing the shots. The...
Past, present, pandemic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Messages surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic in Idaho are becoming increasingly more optimistic, with Gov. Brad Little taking a tone of near-victory in a March 2 statement announcing a...
An open letter on VA health care
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Dear President Joe Biden, There are more than two parties, let’s face it. There is another major party — something like a C.E.O.cracy. Led by billionaires and hyper-lobbyist-minions, this...
Idaho to require proof of residency for COVID vaccine
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho health officials took steps this week to ensure vaccines against the novel coronavirus make it into the arms of Idaho residents, announcing measures to verify residency of those...
A few thoughts on surviving COVID-19
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist I promised myself I would write something light and funny this month. But then, I went to town. I hadn’t been for a while. I’d been pretty much holed...
Idaho health insurance marketplace Your Health Idaho will reopen March 1
By Reader Staff The Biden administration in January announced a special reopening of the federal health insurance marketplace, which consumers can access through May 15. The enrollment period, authorized by an executive order from...
COVID milestone: More Idahoans vaccinated than infected
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho reached a major milestone last week when the number of residents with at least one dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 surpassed the number of Idahoans who have...
Local providers spearhead Bonner, Boundary vaccine efforts
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner General Health is once again taking registrations for the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine after temporarily pausing sign-ups for people 65 and older on Jan. 27 due to a backlog...
A Grain of Salt: A health column… sort of
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist It should come as no surprise that if there is any means of dissociating from stress, discomfort, emotions, boredom, intrusive thoughts, yammering children, apocalyptic outbreaks or life in general,...
