Health

Last week, Felton announced that "immediate" restrictions would be put in place if an average of 50 new cases per 100,000 residents a day was reported. Yellowstone County ended last week with an average of more than 61 new positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents.

Beginning this upcoming Monday (10/12), RiverStone Health will again be offering free COVID-19 testing, but the location is moving.

According to a press release today (Monday 10/5) from RiverStone Health, Yellowstone County's public health department, we hit new records in the past month with regard to COVID-19.

President Donald Trump says he will leave the military hospital and return to the White House Monday evening.

Health officials are urging Americans to seek a flu vaccine this month, hoping to avoid twin epidemics as COVID-19 continues to circulate.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer.

The coronavirus pandemic in Montana continued to grow as the state recorded a record number of cases Saturday, surpassing the high marks reached two days earlier.

Two free community events are planned later this month in Billings, part of Suicide Prevention Weekend September 25 and 26.

Services are limited in the park.

Why do they offer minimal protection? Because the particles are too small, they can sneak right through most of the cloth face masks that people are being forced to wear. Wait a minute, I thought. Aren't virus particles even smaller than wildfire smoke particles?