COVID-19
The Wyoming Department of Health is encouraging everyone six months and older to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to help protect against potentially serious COVID-19 illness in the coming months. Recently, the COVID-19 vaccines were updated and are being distributed to providers in Wyoming. However, the health department recommends checking on vaccine availability before visiting…
United States Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both Republican Representatives of Wyoming, joined Republican Ohio Senator JD Vance in introducing legislation to prevent the government from imposing new federal mask mandates for public transit systems, in schools and for domestic air travel. The Freedom to Breathe Act would prevent all educational institutions from refusing…
The United Farm Workers (or UFW) Foundation is now accepting applications for the USDA Farm and Food Worker Relief (FFWR) Grant Program. The FFWR Program is a program that would allow UFW Foundation to provide a one-time payment of $600 to farmworkers affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Under the FFWR Program, relief payments will be…
Walgreens, a one hundred-and twenty-two-year-old nationwide international chain, has plans to close 150 stores in the United States, and 300 stores in the United Kingdom. Will the pharmacy chain close its only location in Cody anytime soon? That decision hasn’t been announced. Walgreens has yet to disclose which U.S. stores will be shuttered but has…
The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says By RICHARD LARDNER and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that…
Urban and rural healthcare systems share more similarities than one might expect. Small rural healthcare systems like Cody Regional Health can provide the same caliber of care expected in large cities. But there are vast differences, and – according to a new study – those differences can even be observed in their employees’ unique experiences…
A Wyoming woman was one of 458 Americans indicted in 975 cases of people and businesses taking advantage of a national crisis to fraudulently obtain money for personal benefit. Three years after the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (C.A.R.E.S.) Act, IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) has investigated 975 tax and money laundering…
Statistics from the Wyoming Department of Health show 2022 was a year of “fewer,” with declines in nearly every category and a return to pre-pandemic trends. Fewer deaths, births, marriages, and divorces were recorded among Wyoming residents in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to official records held by Vital Statistics Services (V.S.S.), which…
Senator Cynthia Lummis heard reports of Americans denied certain medical procedures if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19 and wants the federal government to take a financial stand. U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) in introducing the COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act to ensure that people in Wyoming receive the best health…
Another pandemic program is ending, as the Wyoming Department of Family Services announces that payments to help Wyomingites cover their rent and housing will stop this summer, if not sooner. The Wyoming Department of Family Services will distribute the final rental and utility assistance payments from Wyoming’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) throughout June. And…