COVID-19
The latest news on COVID-19 and how it affects Northwest Montana.
Rule change would loosen vaccine requirements at childcare centers
The Department of Public Health and Human Services heard public comment on Thursday about a proposed rule change...
Judge: Montana can't enforce ban on mandating vaccines
Montana cannot enforce a state law that prevents most health care facilities from mandating vaccines while an interim federal rule is in place requiring mill...
Canada to drop Covid tests for vaccinated visitors
Canada will no longer require a pre-arrival COVID-19 test for vaccinated travelers as of April 1.
Health care workers brace for consequences of vaccine mandate
As of Monday, there are mainly three types of health care workers in Montana. Those with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, those with an exemption bec...
Judge denies Montana motion to dismiss challenge to vax ban
Legal challenges to a new Montana law that prevents most businesses from requiring their employees be vaccinated against any communicable disease are moving ...
States that shared Covid test kits now hoarding them
In a few short months, states have gone from donating surplus rapid covid-19 tests to states with shortages to hoarding them as demand driven by the spike in...
County to hand out free at-home Covid tests
Free Covid-19 tests will be available Tuesday, Feb. 1 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Expo Building.
FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don't work vs. omicron
COVID-19 antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don't work against the omicron variant that now accounts for nearl...
School Covid guidance stokes health board criticism
Flathead County Commissioner Pam Holmquist adamantly defended the actions of the county health board over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic after one board...
Health department suspends contact tracing, quarantines
The Flathead City-County Health Department will no longer perform Covid-19 contact tracing or recommend quarantine measures in the general population, the de...
Omicron resistance prompts Logan Health to halt antibody program
Logan Health’s monoclonal antibody program that has successfully treated thousands of Covid-19 patients ended last week after emerging guidelines indicate th...
Logan Health to comply with Covid vaccine mandate
Logan Health is once again requiring its entire staff to get the Covid-19 vaccination in order to comply with a federal rule that was upheld by the U.S. Supr...
County holds final mass vaccine clinic Feb. 1
Flathead City-County Health Department will hold its final large-scale Covid-19 vaccine clinic Feb. 1 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.
Montana hospital recruits international nurses in tight workforce
Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital here, she’d never heard of Billings or visited the United States. A native of the Philippines, she ...
Supreme Court halts vaccine rule for businesses
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or unde...