This spring the United States Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a national ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and cigars with a characterizing flavor in an attempt to limit tobacco consumption and as a result improve public health. According to a new analysis from the Tax Foundation for Montana in the first full year after p...
50% Of Montana’s Population Vaccinated One Year Later
It was one year ago today when COVID-19 vaccinations arrived in Montana. Since then at least 1,276,145 doses have been administered in the state. Vaccinations were phased in through the year for different age groups now including those as young as five years old. The Food and Drug administration also recently approved boosters for those 16 and...
Vaccines For Children Already Available Throughout Montana
Montana planned ahead for the FDA’s approval Monday of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 by pre-ordering nearly 25,000 doses last Friday. Dr. Sean Murphy an associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine on why vaccines like Pfizer’s should be effective on kids. htt...
CDC Urges States To Stop Administering Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Federal health agencies called for an immediate pause of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine this morning after six people in the United States developed a rare disorder involving blood clots within about two weeks of getting the vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop us...