Planning safer events this summer
We are now in Phase 2 of Gov. Steve Bullock’s reopening plan. This phase allows some group events with responsible planning and precautions. For guidance on how to safely hold an event check out this week’s Health Matters article.
Keeping Your Customers Safe from COVID-19
Yellowstone County is home to 8,700 businesses — retail, hospitality, professional services, visual and performing arts and others. As businesses take steps to reopen and restore their vitality, each has a responsibility to keep customers safe.
Investing in Public Health Pays Off
The COVID-19 pandemic has made Americans much more aware of how public health agencies help keep them healthy and safe. This column underlines the ways public health is an investment in the future of our community, our state and nation.
Bonding with Your Baby
A registered nurse with the Nurse Family Partnership at RiverStone Health offers tips on bonding with your baby, starting in pregnancy. You can begin establishing that emotional connection by talking, singing or reading to your baby before the baby is born.
Adjusting to life with COVID-19
While we all long to return to the comfortable world we left behind, the new normal amidst COVID-19 means monumental changes in how we work, socialize, shop and care for family members. Here are some things to consider before going out.
How Nurses Investigate COVID-19 Cases
Contact tracing may be a new term for a lot of people, but its actually been around for a very long time. Public Health nurses use contact tracing for a number of diseases and conditions. For more on what contact tracing is, and why it happens check out this week’s Health Matters.
Vaccines gives parents power to protect kids
It’s normal for parents, especially new parents, to worry about their baby’s health. During National Infant Immunization Week, April 26-May 3, please remember that immunizations give parents the power to protect their children.
Take a minute to manage your stress
Life was stressful enough before COVID-19 arrived. Now we have extra stress and greater reason to manage it effectively.
One technique for managing stress that can help even the busiest people is meditation.
Pandemic spotlights importance of public health
The American Public Health Association has designated the first week of April as National Public Health Week. This year, public health professionals across the nation are extremely busy dealing with COVID-19. We won’t have time to celebrate this designated week, but we ask everyone to do their part for public health right now.
We can all help stop the spread of COVID-19
When everybody stays home, practices social distancing for essential activities and frequently washes hands, fewer people will be infected each day. This will prevent overwhelming our Billings hospitals with more patients than they can care for at one time.
