With an outbreak stemmed, the dining room is finally looking more full.

Stepping away from pandemic-related restrictions as infections rise but hospital capacity remains stable, the Eastern Idaho Public Health board on Thursday revamped its plan and signaled it would rely on people to choose whether to adhere to pandemic precautions.

New data on the race and ethnicity of Idahoans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 showed that Latinos were accessing virus shots at low rates.

Days after federal regulators approved another COVID-19 vaccine, Idaho’s timeline for when food and agricultural workers can access shots has moved up two weeks.

Last week, Idaho started requiring COVID-19 vaccination sites to make people seeking shots prove that they live or work in the state.

If the regional health board sticks to its plan, masks should again be mandatory throughout eastern Idaho’s most populous county.

Dr. David Pate, a leading voice on Idaho’s COVID-19 response, posed a hypothetical best-case scenario this week.

Idaho’s top health leader said if the COVID-19 vaccine supply continues to rise, the state’s weekly inventory could more than double within a month and secure a path to reach “some sense of normalcy” by summer’s end.

The College of Eastern Idaho is holding a live town hall talk Monday afternoon with Mountain View Hospital to answer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Eastern Idaho Public Health is letting essential workers in a handful of industries sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine waitlist.

Just before the first COVID-19 vaccines arrived mid-December, new reported infections began dropping across eastern Idaho.

If you’re headed to a vaccine appointment in the Gem State, you’ll need to bring proof that you live or work in Idaho.

SPOKANE, Wash. — In light of studies that found pregnant women are at greater risk of contracting — and dying from — COVID-19, researchers are calling for action from any states that don’t have pregnant women at or near the front of the line for vaccinations.

Idaho COVID-19 vaccine planners have decided who to put at the front of the line for virus shots. But they are in a pickle as they decide how to structure the rest of the line.

At Eastern Idaho Public Health clinics, pregnant women who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 need a doctor's note first — a policy that leading national health groups advise against, calling that step an unnecessary barrier to vaccine access.

Idaho’s weekly COVID-19 vaccine dose allotment has increased again while another boost may be fast-approaching.

Idaho plans to let uninsured Idahoans potentially sign up for discounted health insurance on its state-run market next month.

Two days before Thanksgiving, the Idaho Falls City Council signaled its intent to prosecute people who organized events where more than 10 people congregated.

The first draw of Eastern Idaho Public Health’s vaccine lottery signup system for seniors and other eligible people is underway.

Idaho's top health leaders say they've been pressing the federal government for the state to get its "fair share" of COVID-19 vaccine doses. And some say it's beginning to pay off.

Idaho Falls City Council on Tuesday began backtracking its plan to enforce state-issued COVID-19 restrictions.

The region’s health board lifted Bonneville County’s mask mandate Monday night.

It felt like a sinus infection at first.

A state vaccine panel Friday rejected several proposals to recommend more workers become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines immediately.

Carmen Marler was one of the lucky ones.

Eastern Idaho health officials voted Thursday to remove mask mandates in Custer and Jefferson counties. And they may lift restrictions in Bonneville County, home to Idaho Falls, on Monday.

Luck of the draw will now decide when eastern Idaho seniors can get COVID-19 vaccines through the health district.

State re-allocates unused virus shots, looks to raise ‘equity’ in vaccine rollout

Gov. Brad Little asked Idahoans to be patient with the limited number of available COVID-19 vaccines over the next weeks and months.

At 9 a.m. Saturday, Eastern Idaho Public Health opened registration for 2,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments for seniors, who state vaccine planners made eligible for shots Monday. It's unclear when all appointments were fully booked. Some seniors claimed it happened within minutes.

Health officials in eastern and southeastern Idaho are bracing for a "surge" in COVID-19 vaccine demand.

Health officials in eastern and southeastern Idaho are bracing for a "surge" in COVID-19 vaccine demand.

Gov. Brad Little issued an executive order Thursday requiring medical providers to get COVID-19 shots into people's arms within a week of receiving them.

It's been one month since Idaho began allowing long-term care facility residents to start getting vaccines.

BOISE — The Idaho House on Monday voted 55-15 in favor of immediately lifting all COVID-related limits on gatherings statewide, with one North Idaho representative declaring the pandemic over.

Idaho has some idea of who its front-line essential workers are — those who are at incredibly high risk to be exposed to the virus and will be given early access to vaccines.

Idaho’s budget chief Alex Adams on Thursday hailed Gov. Brad Little’s push to relieve over $455 million in taxes for individuals and businesses while boosting infrastructure projects.

The Eastern Idaho Public Health District on Thursday reported six COVID-19 deaths, including the death of a Bonneville County woman between the ages of 18 and 29.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged its members to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it’s their turn, while announcing Tuesday that eight top leaders and most of their wives received their first doses.

With demand outpacing supply, Idaho health officials are bulking up vaccine administration efforts in hopes of quickly getting COVID-19 shots into people’s arms.

In early December, staff at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center asked questions about the nation's largest vaccine campaign to two local doctors leading the fight against COVID-19.

After a new infectious COVID-19 variant was found in Wyoming, officials in a mountainous area of Idaho that draws tourists warn that the variant may soon be identified in eastern Idaho.

The race against the virus that causes COVID-19 has taken a new turn: Mutations are rapidly popping up, and the longer it takes to vaccinate people, the more likely it is that a variant that can elude current tests, treatments and vaccines could emerge.