Outdoor Gatherings Up to 250 Persons to be Permitted Under New Health Orders

Governor Mark Gordon has announced that updated public health orders effective June 1 will ease restrictions on public gatherings, allowing outdoor gatherings of up to 250 people. The updated orders allow for outdoor events to occur with social distancing and increased sanitization measures in place. Sporting events, rodeos and...

Additional Coronavirus-Related Nursing Home Death Reported

An additional death associated with a Washakie County long-term care facility facing an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). An older woman who was a Washakie County resident has died; she was previously identified as a laboratory-confirmed case....

Outbreak Leads to Another Coronavirus-Related Death

Another Washakie County resident previously identified as a laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case has died, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The older man had been hospitalized and was a resident of a Washakie County long-term care facility identified earlier as experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19....

Department Alarmed by Drop in Immunizations During Pandemic

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has seen an alarming decline in the number of immunizations administered by providers enrolled in the WDH Immunization Unit’s Vaccines for Children (VFC) and Wyoming Vaccinates Important People (WyVIP) programs since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Data obtained from the Wyoming Immunization...

Shakeup Noted in Wyoming’s Most Popular Baby Names

Olivia topped the newborn name charts in Wyoming last year for girls, while Oliver and Liam tied in first place for boys, according to Vital Statistics Services (VSS), part of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). For girls in 2019, Olivia was followed by Harper, Charlotte, Emma and Willow...