After being shut down “indefinitely” at the start of April, the registration portal of the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer is operational again. The registry is considered by many to be one of the largest and most promising efforts to further understand cancer risks among firefighters, including wildland firefighters.

With the future of abortion rights in Wyoming in limbo, two residents share how their pregnancies led them to opposite sides on the issue.

COVID-era grants for vaccine clinics and community health outreach workers were slashed in Teton and Natrona counties.

The loss leaves the county without Spanish-speaking Medicaid help.

Earthside Birth and Wellness Center in Cheyenne received a certification from the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers.

The Evanston-based Maternal Health Connections launched this month and provides prenatal and postpartum care to the community.

As the Wyoming Supreme Court considers whether the state’s abortion bans are constitutional, data show women who are denied abortions and carry their pregnancy to term have worse financial and physical well being than women who got abortions.

The temporary pause means Wellspring Health Access, the only clinic that provides procedural abortions in the state, will be able to reopen later this week to offer its full range of services. It also means Wyoming women will not be subject to a new ultrasound requirement.

The five people with confirmed cases are adults and children who are residents of Gallatin County and exposed to the highly-contagious virus while traveling outside of Montana.

Both counties had grants terminated by the Wyoming Department of Health last month. The grants supported COVID-19 vaccinations and community health worker programs.