Barbara Schneeman

The Montana Hospital Association this week formally requested that Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration use federal COVID relief money to acquire more medical staff. Some County health departments in Montana are struggling to keep up with contact tracing as new cases of coronavirus are on the rise.

The highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant is raising concern among health officials in Yellowstone County where nearly half of cases in the state from…

The Yellowstone County health department is on-boarding school staff to track down the close contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19.

Montana health officials announced 80 new cases of the COVID-19 illness July 7, including over 50 cases in Yellowstone County, the majority of which are connected to an assisted living facility in Billings. The new cases break the state’s record for single day total cases reported.

A Billings nursing home said 58 residents and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus and the facility has been put under quarantine. This comes as…

Reopening gyms and fitness studios in a uniform and consistent way has been difficult for public health officials because every facility is different. Now…

We’ve asked reporters in communities around the state to file stories about how their towns are responding to the emerging presence of coronavirus. We’ll…

Members of Congress are home for their 4 th of July recess without voting on the Republican’s health care proposal. Senators Jon Tester, D-MT, and Steve...