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How Republicans in Montana hijacked public health and brought a hospital to the brink
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More than two years into the pandemic, hospital budgets are beginning to crack. One of the biggest drivers of financial shortfalls has been the cost to find workers.
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The pandemic laid bare the gaps and disparities in the U.S. public health system, and often resulted in blowback against local officials trying to slow the coronavirus’s spread. But one positive outcome, in part fueled by a boost in federal dollars, is that health workers have started adapting lessons they learned from their COVID-19 response to other aspects of their work.
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The state Supreme Court ruled against a group of parents that argued that school mask mandates infringed on their constitutional rights.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations increased 25% over a two-week period from June 21 to July 5 when 109 Montanans were hospitalized, according to the most recent state data.
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The final application period for a grant program to aid Montana child care providers remains open through the end of the month. The grants are less than half the amount the state health department originally projected, frustrating some recipients.
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Some Canadian parents are making the trek into Montana to get their young children vaccinated against COVID-19.
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There are a little more than 62,000 children younger than 5 years old statewide, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. While Montana health officials expect more vaccines for kids in that age group to be ordered in the coming weeks, demand could be lower compared to older children.
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Montana state health department spokesperson Jon Ebelt says the state is ordering vaccines in anticipation of the approval, but didn’t say how many. He says providers could receive the vaccines by June 21, which is the earliest they could be administered following approval.
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New cases of COVID-19 have increased in Montana over the last few weeks.