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The state health department says an unvaccinated adult from Carbon County was exposed out of the country. Two other cases were previously confirmed in Niobrara and Natrona counties.

A new study found that rural residents are more likely to have preexisting health conditions that make them sensitive to heat, like asthma or heart disease.

Legislators heard from experts and members of the public about topics including rural emergency services and maternal healthcare.

The rural healthcare shortage has hit some tribal nations especially hard. One tribe in Nevada has found a solution: a doctor’s office on wheels.

As Texas contends with more than 750 cases of the measles, much smaller outbreaks in Mountain West states appear to be subsiding.

Wyoming healthcare stakeholders are expecting a double whammy if changes proposed by Congress to Medicaid and the healthcare Marketplace are enacted. They predict 20,000 Wyomingites could lose coverage. Plus, hospitals and nursing homes' financial capacity will fall.

A new study says the abortion pill mifepristone is 22 times more dangerous than previously known. What to make of a study that seems to upend years of accepted science?

The American Lung Association’s annual air quality report shows that some of the most polluted air is in the areas around Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, and Salt Lake City, but some of the cleanest is in the mountain areas in Wyoming, Colorado, St. George, Utah, and Prescott Valley, Ariz.

A new study from Climate Central shows that Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have had more than 20 extra high heat-risk days on average, and pregnant mothers without access to cooling could be more at risk.

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