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Katheryn Houghton
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KHN
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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Walking Shadow Ecology Tours of Yellowstone
Regional News
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A few weeks after the launch of the new three-digit Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number, some of Montana’s call centers say they’re already seeing an increase in use. -
The park saw about 600,000 recreation visits last month, down 45% from July 2021.
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The first case of Monkeypox in Montana was confirmed in a Flathead County in early August, followed by another in Gallatin County. State health officials say they have received vaccines and are working with local public health departments to track the virus.
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A trial is underway in Yellowstone County over three new Montana election laws. Plaintiffs focused their first arguments on barriers to voting in Indian Country.
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Police Chief Rich St. John said at a news conference on Monday a six-year veteran of the police department shot the man in the lower abdomen as officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute between the man and a woman.
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A small town north of the Fort Belknap Reservation is home to the residents that live there.
National News
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Workers are asking Google to protect user location data and search history from law enforcement agencies that might attempt to prosecute abortion seekers.
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Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.
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Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.
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Some scientists are alarmed that the agency plans to evaluate the next generation of boosters by reviewing mouse studies alone. Others say there's no time to waste waiting for human trials.
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In the "new normal" of the hybrid workplace, are remote and in-person workers going to be treated equally? It's a matter of hot debate right now.
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