Mad about Science: Rhinovirus
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Two months into the school year and a biting chill falls upon the land. Overnight, everyone is coughing, hacking and oozing all manner of vile ichors — the tide...
Tagged: coronavirus
Bonner County COVID disaster terminated
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously April 12 to terminate the local disaster emergency the board declared on March 16, 2020, putting an end to the county’s formal acknowledgement of...
‘Cautiously optimistic’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Idaho is closing in on the end of its official coronavirus pandemic emergency status, as Gov. Brad Little announced in early March that the state would cease its emergency...
Idaho hits ‘peak’ of omicron surge
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff State health officials shared a message of tentative optimism Feb. 8 during their weekly novel coronavirus media update, telling reporters that Idaho is on the downward slope of virus...
Idaho sees highest COVID positivity rate since pandemic began
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The past week proved to be a dire one for Idaho COVID-19 statistics, as the omicron variant caused a surge in positive cases unmatched during any other time during...
Rise in omicron COVID cases have state health providers worried for hospitals, schools
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho health care officials are sounding alarm bells about the rapid upward trend in new COVID-19 cases, as the highly-contagious omicron variant spreads in what’s being reported around the...
Crisis standards of care lifted in North Idaho
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare deactivated crisis standards of care for the Panhandle Health District on Dec. 20 — nearly a month after rescinding the resource-saving measure...
Idaho lifts crisis health standards — just not in the panhandle
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced Nov. 22 that it was deactivating crisis standards of care across the state — everywhere, except for in North Idaho. “While...
Idaho National Guard pandemic mission ends
By Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced June 24 that the Idaho National Guard’s COVID-19 Task Force would begin wrapping up operations over the coming weeks as the impacts of the pandemic continue...
COVID vaccines prove effective
By Reader Staff It’s been almost a month since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — that is, two weeks post-second shot — can...
