By Reader Staff Last week, state health officials reported that Idaho had met the “peak” of its latest novel coronavirus surge, propelled by the highly contagious omicron variant. This week, data continued to indicate...
By Reader Staff Cases of the novel coronavirus have topped 300,000 in Idaho since the pandemic first began in spring 2020, according to the state’s data-tracking system. However, the latest surge in cases appears...
By Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District announced Oct. 28 that it is now offering booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine. PHD officials stated in a media release that the agency “supports authorization” by...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Federal health authorities updated COVID-19 safety guidelines on April 27, announcing that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear face coverings outdoors, unless in a crowded area. Updated...
