Health care

The Department of Veterans Affairs Monday became the nation’s first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines. Montana VA officials are now carefully reviewing the new mandate that applies to about 500 workers in the state.

Montana officials are recommending that $22 million in federal stimulus money go toward disability services, COVID-19 screening at schools and programs to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

Delta is now the predominant variant of COVID-19 detected in Montana, according to the state health department’s latest variant report.

Delta is now the predominant variant of COVID-19 detected in Montana, according to the state health department’s latest variant report.

Some health officials worry COVID-19 cases could increase among the unvaccinated as people head indoors to escape hot, smokey weather.

The Montana Nurses Association and St. Peter's Health based in Helena have ratified a collective bargaining contract for more than 300 nurses in the area.…

Two universities are eyeing the chance to be the first to build a medical school in one of the few states without one. The jockeying of the two schools —…

Yellowstone County health officials say COVID-19 related hospitalizations have increased in recent weeks.

A record number of Montanans are enrolled in the state’s expanded health coverage program for low-income adults. More than 9% of the state's population is…

Nurses at Logan Health in Kalispell are on strike. Nurse union organizers say hospital officials were unwilling to compromise over pay and benefit…