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COVID-19

The latest news on COVID-19 and how it affects Northwest Montana.

Updated 1 year, 2 months ago

Gianforte asks Biden to end Covid public health emergency

Gov. Greg Gianforte and a consortium of Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday asking…

Updated 1 year, 3 months ago
Influenza cases, hospitalizations spike in Montana

Influenza cases in Montana hit a sharp rise at the start of December, with nearly 1,000 new cases and more than 50 new hospitalizations reported statewide last…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
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 that would loosen vaccination requirements at …

Updated 2 years ago
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 millio…

Updated 2 years ago
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.

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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 becau…

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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 fo…

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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 c…

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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.

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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 nearly …

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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 m…

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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 depa…

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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 that…

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
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. Suprem…

Updated 2 years, 2 months ago
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.