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Montana reached a grim milestone on Monday: 3,000 people have died from COVID-19.
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Earlier this month Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced the state had ordered 650,000 rapid COVID-19 tests. Those test kits are now rolling in, and counties like Missoula are starting to announce distribution locations and times.
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The COVID-19 mmicron variant is forcing changes to contract tracing in the state. It's also amplifying staff shortages at hospitals.
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For the first time, Little Shell members will have guaranteed access to health services — and see their culture reflected in the offerings.
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The state health department’s latest update now confirms over 1,400 cases, and the state as a whole is less vaccinated than last year. So far there have been 59 reported influenza hospitalizations in Montana.
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RiverStone Health gave out more than 1,800 at-home COVID-19 test kits Tuesday at a distribution event at Metrapark in Billings.
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Montana will receive 650,000 rapid COVID-19 tests later this month. Until then, the state health department says a national shortage on the tests has prevented orders from getting filled.
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Great Falls Public Schools will resume classes on Tuesday after moving to remove learning last week when it did not have enough teachers to instruct students in person.
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After announcing last month it was planning to make masks optional, Billings Public Schools now says it will keep its mask requirement in place when the new semester starts next week.
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Lawmakers in Montana and Wyoming praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday blocking a federal vaccine mandate for private businesses – but some say the court should have gone further and also blocked the vaccine mandate for health care workers.