Billings Clinic, the Rehabilitation Hospital of Montana, RiverStone Health and St. Vincent Healthcare published the county’s sixth community needs assessment since 2005 on Wednesday.
BILLINGS. - RiverStone Health held a press conference with local health leaders on Wednesday to give an update on COVID-19 in Yellowstone County.
County Health Officer John Felton says the county is seeing more hospitalizations and COVID-19 infections because of the Delta variant. He says the county has 50% more confirmed Delta cases than any other counties in Montana.
In Yellowstone County, to date, Felton says, more than 1,300 people have been hospitalized with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic, and only 17 of those people were fully vaccinated.Â
Among the 284 deaths from COVID-19 in the county, only four were fully vaccinated.
The following is a letter from MSUB s COVID-19 Incident Command Team & Chancellor Hicswa:
Dear Campus Community,
Last Friday, Commissioner of Higher Education Clay Christian sent a memo to all MUS campuses formally sunsetting the Healthy MUS Planning Guidelines, effective immediately. This action is taken in partnership with the Montana Board of Regents and is based on federal, state, and local public health guidance and on the recommendation of the Healthy MUS Task Force. The Commissioner s memo also covers issues related to quarantine & isolation housing; international travel; event hosting and vaccines. View the full memo here.
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Mask requirement: There is no longer an MUS system-level mask mandate, which includes MSU Billings. RiverStone Healthâs CEO and Health Officer John Felton, with whom we maintain a close relationship, concurs with these guidelines as there is no longer a mask mandate for Yellowstone County or Montana. The CDC has released updated healt
March marks one year in a global pandemic; Yellowstone County leaders reflect
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BILLINGS â Yellowstone County hit another milestone this week as another person died from the COVID-19 virus, bringing the countyâs total to 241.
Each day since the pandemic began, those with RiverStone Health have sent out a media release for every individual who lost their battle with the virus. It s just one way Health Officer John Felton said theyâve tried to commemorate the milestones of the pandemic.
And it s just another way that many of our community leaders tasked with making the tough decisions regarding restrictions and safety have been impacted since the pandemic began one year ago.