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Folks with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and pregnant people are advised to avoid excessive exertion and to keep outdoor activities light and short during periods of poor air quality.
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The Alzheimer’s Association of Wyoming recently received a more than $15,000 grant from the Wyoming Community Foundation to bring in-person education programs to the southwest and northeast corners of the state. The grant will support programming in Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater, Uinta, Crook, Niobrara and Weston counties.
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Heat advisories have been issued for much of eastern Wyoming from noon on Thursday to Sunday night. Those advisories include the areas around Bighorn Basin, Wind River Basin, and Natrona and Johnson counties.
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The rollout of the relatively new crisis lifeline has been uneven across Mountain West states. Wyoming has some of the highest response rates at 90%, while Nevada’s is at 68%.
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Currently, there is no national standard for worker protection during extreme heat, only a patchwork of state guidelines. New federal guidelines call for minimum standards, such as access to water and shade, and an acclimation period for new workers.
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After several years of working to restructure state-funded community mental health centers, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) launched a new system on July 1st. It creates three tiers of patient categories, some of whom won't need to pay at all.
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The first-ever Wyoming Reproductive Freedom Summit took place in Lander on June 22. It comes as Wyoming grapples with how to regulate abortion, which remains legal for now. Panels of healthcare providers, clergy, lawmakers and patients considered the uncertain future of abortion care in the state and the ripple effects of that uncertainty.
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The first-ever Wyoming Reproductive Freedom Summit took place last weekend at the Lander Convention Center on June 22. More than 150 people gathered to talk about the state of abortion care in the state. The summit was hosted by Chelsea’s Fund, a non-profit abortion advocacy organization.
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Since 2018, three delivery units have shut down in Wyoming, significantly decreasing the number of OBGYNS in the state. A committee dedicated to addressing the issue came out of a recent meeting with more questions than answers.
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The Supreme Court is expected to make its decision in the coming days on a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing emergency care, including abortions. Idaho's near total abortion ban is in conflict with this federal law. A group representing thousands of doctors is warning of the consequences if the federal law is overturned.
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The Wyoming Livestock Board announced last week that bird flu has been found in a herd of dairy cattle in Wyoming. It's the first confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the state.
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a ruling on Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe, a case centered on questions about funding for tribally-run health care from the Indian Health Service. The 5-4 ruling affirms that the IHS is required to fully reimburse tribes for administrative expenses connected to running their own health care.