vaccinations

The recent diagnoses mark the first confirmed cases of anthrax in Wyoming since the 1970s.

Wyoming parents can look up their kids' vaccination records on Docket, a secure website and smartphone app offered by the department.

Since the legislature is meeting in a budget session this year, non-budgetary proposals such as House Bill 59 will require a 2/3 majority vote for introduction.

The Wyoming Department of Health is urging everyone over the age of six months to get an updated COVID-19 vaccination. A WDH news release quotes state epidemiologist and state health officer Dr. Alexia Harrist as saying “We’ve seen the virus that causes COVID-19 continue to change and we’ve learned protection from COVID-19 vaccines is valuable, but does decline over time." She goes on to ...

But the overall number of people hospitalized with the virus at CRMC has declined markedly from about a month ago when 57 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus.

Chapman said federal statistics show that people who are vaccinated are ten times less likely to die or become seriously ill from the virus, and five times less likely to become infected at all.

On its Facebook page on Thursday, the department published a CDC graphic showing the ratio of COVID infections between unvaccinated and vaccinated people in the United States is 17:1.

The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that, effective immediately, they are requiring visitors, employees and contractors to wear a mask.

Officials with the Wyoming Department Of Health are recommending that some high-risk state residents consider getting a third COVID-19 vaccination.

The agency says it is shutting down the testing to focus on the local vaccination effort.