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Monday, January 18th 2021, 5:31 pm By: Hunter McKee NORMAN, Okla. - A recall on chocolate milk went into effect after a local dairy company said they accidentally put a food sanitizing product inside. Hiland Dairy, which is located in Norman, said they distribute the milk across the Oklahoma City metro, as well the western side of the state. Many of the shipments even go to local schools. Sunday evening, Hiland Dairy announced some of their chocolate milk was not correctly packaged. Food conta...

Idaho reported fewer than 1,000 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 this weekend, according to data from state and local health officials.

Local schools districts are urging patrons who received meals from the districts late last week to throw out milk products after Hiland Dairy recalled chocolate milk produced at its Norman plant. Hiland Dairy recalled the one-half pint 1% low fat chocolate milk produced at its Norman facility because some of the chocolate milk may contain food-grade sanitizers, which could make someone sick if they drank it. While only eight cases, or 400 individual milk containers, were affected by the contamin...

Idaho gets more vaccine doses starting next week; state adds more than 1,100 COVID-19 cases Nicole Foy, Jacob Scholl, and Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman Jan. 16—Despite news that states wont be receiving a promised release of second vaccine doses, Idaho health officials said the state will start receiving a slight increase in the overall number of doses from the federal government next week. Idaho will begin receiving about 950 extra doses starting next week, state health...

Idaho teachers can get COVID-19 vaccine now; state adds more than 1,000 cases, 11 deaths Idaho Educators Next in Line for COVID-19 Vaccine and last updated 2021-01-13 08:32:50-05 Idaho teachers are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new schedule for the vaccine rollout from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Gov. Brad Little announced changes to the timeline on Tuesday afternoon, followed by a press briefing from the department. Idaho’s latest coronavirus vac...

Idaho wont receive as many COVID-19 vaccines as expected next week; positivity rate drops Rachel Roberts and Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman Dec. 17—Idaho will not receive as many doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week as it originally expected, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Idahos allotment for next week was reduced from 17,550 to 9,750 doses. "We dont know why it was reduced. But our focus doesnt change — health care workers will contin...

Data backlog obscures true nature of Boise areas COVID-19 outbreak; 29 new deaths reported Chadd Cripe and Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman Dec. 17—The data dashboard for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare shows Ada Countys COVID-19 incidence rate as one of the best in the state. The daily number of new cases reported shows a raging outbreak. The problem is that Central District Health has been inundated with so many cases that its nearly two weeks — and more than...

Health and Welfare adds COVID-19 vaccine tracker; Idaho reports more than 1,800 new cases and last updated 2020-12-15 21:49:59-05 The public can now keep track of how many COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Idaho using the tracker posted on the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s website. On Monday, health care workers at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg were the first Idahoans to receive the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. As of Tuesday, 38 vaccine doses had been administer...

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Record positivity rates reported across Idaho as COVID-19 cases continue to soar Nicole Foy, The Idaho Statesman The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Idaho continues to worsen by nearly every metric the state uses to track it. Thursday, updated positivity rates reported by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and local health districts broke records again. Roughly 20% of Idahoans tested were positive for the coronavirus last week, up from 18.3% the previous week. That means...