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A medical professional administers a COVID-19 vaccine on Feb 13, 2021. While not explicitly stated in Montana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, the state health department says pregnancy is a major medical condition that may qualify someone for a shot under the current phase. Elle Ruis, a seventh grade math teacher at Kalispell Middle School, says she has wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine as they’ve become more available. “I just feel like in my job, I’m really exposed constantly to tons and tons of people and at a high risk of catching COVID,” Ruis says. Ruis says she’s exci...

Montana hit two milestones Friday in the COVID-19 pandemic. State data shows the number of fully immunized Montanans surpassed the threshold of 100,000

Montana hit two milestones Friday in the COVID-19 pandemic. One: the number of fully immunized Montanans surpassed the threshold of 100,000 people, about 10 percent of the state’s population.

email article With insults, harassment, or even threats of violence against them and their families, at least 190 top public health officials have resigned, retired, or been fired in the last year, a Johns Hopkins researcher reported Wednesday. Most were victims of opposition to health guidelines or mandates issued during the pandemic. "A year into the pandemic, I'm still experiencing rather regular harassment," said Sara Cody, MD, public health director in Santa Clara, California, where some of the first coronavirus cases in the U.S. were diagnosed. "People [are] coming to protest at m...

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the best way to counter vaccine hesitancy is with respect and a step-by-step explanation of why it’s safe as he answered questions from a Montana audience on the future of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, spoke virtually to over 5,000 people last Wednesday in “A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci” for the annual Mansfield Lecture.  Fauci acknowledged the historic nature of the pandemic that has killed over 2.3 million people wor...