Little by Little
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Hosted by the Panhandle Health District, Gov. Brad Little on Jan. 29 toured a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Bonner County Fairgrounds, where residents were queued up to receive...
Category: Health
BGH pauses COVID-19 vaccine registration
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s been a year since North Idahoans began to hear concerns of a novel coronavirus causing widespread sickness and necessitating lockdowns — concerns that became a reality Americans and...
Your Health Idaho enrollments for 2021 down due to COVID-19
By Reader Staff At the close of the 2021 open enrollment period closed for the Your Health Idaho state health insurance exchange, officials reported more than 79,000 Idahoans signed up for coverage. However, that...
Idaho is ‘scaling up’ vaccine distribution efforts
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little and the state’s pandemic response officials are focused on speeding up the rate of distribution of both the COVID-19 vaccine and important information regarding how...
Teachers, people 65+ could get vaccine sooner than expected
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In an updated timeline for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Idaho released Jan. 12, health officials are now prioritizing first responders, correctional facility staff and K-12 teachers and staff to...
Kaniksu Health Services breaks ground on new clinic
By Reader Staff Three of the five Kaniksu Health Services clinic locations will soon be combined into one, purpose-built clinic. Designed to be more focused on health care integration and the patient experience, the...
Top Idaho health officials outline COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine begins to ramp up in Idaho, state health officials and Gov. Brad Little offered a pair of briefings Jan. 5 focused on...
A grain of salt
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist When my granny died, I was half a world away in India. I had seen her just days before at her home in Oregon, where she pressed a copy...
State, local COVID-19 rates continue to rise as area hospitals struggle with capacity
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho’s contribution to the nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases is continuing unabated, with the state tallying 1,310 more confirmed and probable cases on Nov. 18 alone, also adding 14...
Investing in the future of medicine
By Sheryl Rickard Reader Contributor One of my favorite times of the year is when our Idaho WWAMI students arrive at Bonner General Health. I’ve spent 34 years — my entire career — at...
