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As COVID-19 vaccinations begin across Wyoming, health care …

WEBLater that morning, Dunn and a few other members of the Wyoming Medical Center staff got their shots. The hospital received 40 vials, or 200 doses of the vaccine, from the county …

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Wyoming Department of Health recommends COVID-19 booster …

WEBBooster shots are now recommended for kids ages 16 and 17. The Wyoming Department of Health now recommends COVID-19 booster shots for fully vaccinated 16- and 17-year …

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Grants distributed to help to counter lasting effects of COVID-19 …

WEBThe Natrona Collective Health Trust gave the Wyoming Community Foundation a $350,000 grant to promote and preserve public health in the wake of the …

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Medicaid expansion has never gotten this close to becoming law …

WEBAdvocates say they're cautiously optimistic as lawmakers consider a bill to expand government health insurance to thousands more Wyomingites.

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City Council approves deal to transfer land for new Natrona …

WEBA patient enters the Natrona County Health Department on Jan 19, 2021, in Casper. In a step forward for a new health center planned for Casper, the City Council on Tuesday …

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Healthcare for the Homeless launches mobile health clinic

WEBHealthcare for the Homeless is planning a ribbon cutting ceremony to launch the mobile clinic Aug 6 at Conwell Park. The following week, they plan to offer COVID-19 vaccines …

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Governor to launch new mental health initiative

WEBThe five key pillars identified in the road map include access to mental health care, affordability, quality of care, innovation, and suicide prevention and anti-stigma …

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New Wyoming abortion legal battle centers on questions of health …

WEBIn the context of the legal battle, what matters is not how lawmakers define abortion in the Life is a Human Right Act, but how health care is interpreted under the …

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After decades in medicine, Casper doctor starts new phase

WEBAfter decades in medicine, Casper doctor starts new phase. Sally Ann Shurmur 307-266-0520, May 7, 2017 Updated Jan 20, 2020. Dr. Jay Swedberg always …

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Wyoming’s aging population brings care concerns

WEBWyoming’s aging population is a growing worry for the state’s health and elderly care systems, including those who operate the state’s nursing and long-term care …

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Casper's health department offering updated COVID-19 booster …

WEBMaya Shimizu Harris. The Casper-Natrona County Health Department will give updated booster doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines on Sept. 24 …

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High costs, limited access still plague Wyoming health care

WEBHigh health care costs have been a theme in the three decades that Boley has worked in health care in Wyoming. They likely will continue to be, he said. “Nothing’s really …

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Wyoming’s aging population is dominated by the “young-old”

WEBThe majority of Wyoming’s 65 and over residents are “young-old”, giving the state valuable time to reinforce its elderly and health care systems, according to a new report.

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Gov. Mark Gordon builds broad health care task force to tackle …

WEBA diverse and broad group of health care, state and legislative officials and groups have come together to begin the difficult task of solving — to some degree — …

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10,000 Wyomingites have lost Medicaid with more to come

WEBAug 14, 2023 Updated Sep 22, 2023. IV bags hang in the hallways of the ICU at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. In four months, 10,000 people have lost Medicaid coverage in …

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Health care prices are higher in Wyoming than elsewhere. But no …

WEBJust over $7,300. That’s about $2,300 more than in Colorado and $2,700 more than the US median price. The list goes on. The effect is felt by more than insurers or employers. …

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Dental care comes to kids in schools to boost pandemic gap

WEBClayton Warner holds a mirror as dental hygienist Mary Davis examines his teeth Feb. 21 at the Christa McAuliffe School in Concord, N.H. School-based care …

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What are key health issues in Wyoming

WEBThe state’s leading health policy panel was tasked with studying Wyoming’s EMS and firefighter workforce. But other members would like a focus on banning vaccine and …

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Amid funding concerns, lawmakers reject push for EMS as …

WEBDuring the health committee’s first interim meeting in April, lawmakers voted by a slim 7-6 margin to draft an EMS essential service bill. The panel heard from EMS …

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