COVID-19

Concern rises over possible local COVID-19 outbreak

Published on Thu, 04/28/2022 - 12:00am

Park County Health Officer Dr. Laurel Desnick is concerned about the possibility of a local major outbreak of COVID-19.

Moderna announces step toward updating COVID shots for fall

Published on Tue, 04/19/2022 - 12:01pm
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Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron variant. On Tuesday, it reported a preliminary hint that such an approach might work.

Two recent COVID-19 deaths in county

Published on Tue, 04/05/2022 - 12:01pm

While COVID-19 cases continue to decrease in Park County, two residents have recently died of the Omicron variant.

Park County COVID cases lowest in six months

Published on Fri, 03/04/2022 - 12:00am

Cases of COVID-19 in Park County are at their lowest number since August 2021, according to the county health officer.

School district to drop mask mandate

Published on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 12:00am

The Livingston School District Board during its meeting on Tuesday accepted the administration’s decision to lift mask requirements in district buildings starting on Feb. 21.

COVID surge in Park County continues

Published on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 12:00am

Half of the COVID-19 tests performed Monday at the Park County Fairgrounds drive-through testing site came back positive, “which is not good,” the county health officer said.

Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots

Published on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 12:00am
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Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original shots.

Studies: Vaccines stand up to omicron among boosted

Published on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots.

COVID ROLLS

Published on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 12:00am
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The current wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the novel coronavirus’s highly infectious omicron variant has nearly depleted the local supply of rapid tests, causing the Park County Health Department to switch to PCR testing.

Montana orders 650,000 rapid COVID-19 tests

Published on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 12:00am

The state of Montana has ordered 650,000 rapid COVID-19 tests to be distributed to residents through county health departments, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Thursday.