If the state receives what it expects to through March, more than 137,000 people, or roughly 25% of Wyoming’s population, could receive an initial vaccine shot before April.
Illinois residents 16 years of age and older with underlying conditions are now able to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in the state’s latest expansion of vaccination Phase 1B.
A one-day Republican walkout in the Oregon Senate on Thursday was sparked by Gov. Kate Brown's announcement that she will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency until May 2.
(The Center Square) – Despite his budget proposal cutting spending from the previous record-high year by less than $2 billion and touting a $120 million expected surplus, Gov. J.B. Pritzker maintains that Illinois is still in need of the $7.5 billion contained in President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan.
A Burlington High School teacher directed students to consider COVID-19 conspiracy theories months before the teacher’s methods came under public scrutiny, records show.
Montana reported 201 new cases of COVID-19, and the deaths of two people in an update Thursday to the state’s case mapping and tracking website.
Today's update from the LA Dept. of Health has the number of total cases for the State at 427,689 an increase of 779 cases since yesterday. These numbers list 2,864 cases for Vernon, 2,805 cases for Beauregard, 2,973 cases for Allen, 11,224 cases for Rapides, 19,181 cases for Calcasieu, 2,769 cases for Sabine, and 3,852 cases for Natchitoches Parish. The numbers show 9,561 deaths so far from COVID-19 in the State, with 96 from Vernon Parish, 65 from Beauregard Parish, and 85 from Allen Parish.
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Health reported Thursday 779 new COVID-19 cases and 33 new deaths. Confirmed cases stand at 368,218 and 8,885 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
Indiana is ending first-dose vaccine appointments for out-of-state residents to focus on immunizing as many Hoosiers as possible against the coronavirus.
Watch Gov. Kim Reynolds give updates on COVID-19 during today's press conference.
One year ago today, the first U.S. military serviceman was diagnosed with COVID-19. He was 23-year-old Army soldier stationed in Korea and was immediately quarantined. That night, seven Democrats debated in Charleston in the run-up to South Carolina's presidential primary. By any…
My sister lives a mere 7.8 miles away. That’s walkable, right? Of course, I’d have to pack snacks and maybe a tent for a nap.
Nebraska and areas all over the United States experienced some of the coldest temperatures on record last week. These extreme temperatures caused greater energy needs throughout the country, straining the power grid. This caused the last-resort need for rolling blackouts, or load shedding, a process by which power is intentionally and temporarily cut to a specific area to avoid a total blackout of the system.
“We need a long-term solution for our state's food insecurity issues and I believe urban agricultural zones are a step in the right direction," said state Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago.
(The Center Square) – Only 42% of Minnesota seniors, the group most susceptible to death by COVID-19, have received the first of two COVID-19 vaccination shots.
Montana reported 209 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, and two more of its residents have died due to the respiratory virus.
District Judge Michael Smith granted the city's motion to dismiss Madsen's case as it stands and denied a motion for an injunction that would have blocked the city from enforcing the mask mandates and other directed health measures.
Efforts to recall California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom are subject to the winds of time and time is on Newsom's side. The deadline to submit 1.5 million valid signatures of registered voters to the state is March 17; nearly 2 million signatures must be submitted to allow for many invalid signatures. Time is tight.
Special Olympics Montana has surpassed $7 million in its largest fundraising campaign since the non-profit launched more than 50 years ago. That campaign began with donations from two Billings philanthropists.
The Republican-controlled Indiana House has voted to increase the state's cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack and impose a new 10% sales tax surcharge on vaping products. The bill now heads to the Senate.
Montana reported five more residents dying due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, but over 70,000 of its residents are now fully immunized from the virus.
Mackenzie Scott, one of the wealthiest people on the planet, is donating more than $4 billion to hundreds of community organizations across the country. $5 million of that is coming to Racine County.
The grim COVID milestone we've been awaiting with trepidation arrived Monday, as predicted: 500,000 American lives lost. President Biden gave an evocative speech about the toll this has taken on our country. The flags are flying at half-staff. Even so,…
China is testing President Biden, but his party is still preoccupied with Donald Trump. Chinese authorities refused to provide World Health Organization investigators with raw data on early COVID-19 cases that could help them determine how and when the coronavirus spread in China. The stakes in learning as much as we can from this pandemic couldn’t be higher. But it’s unclear if our new leaders are ready to confront China’s increasingly intransigent leaders, who are keen to promote unlikely theories on the origins of the virus that absolve them of culpability.
