Missoula County Health Department

The Missoula County Health Department announced on Tuesday that as per the CDC and the FDA, the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been placed on hold until further notice.

Missoula County officials made the announcement on Wednesday that vaccinations will begin for Phase 1 B Plus starting on Monday, March 15.

Missoula City County Health Officer Ellen Leahy and her fellow department heads have been seeing a rapidly growing incidence of COVID 19 infections in various age groups over the past weeks, and are preparing a press briefing set for Tuesday.

As the Thursday meeting of the Missoula County Board of Health was underway, a small number of parents of out of town football players were protesting outside the Missoula City County Health Department building over not being allowed to attend this weekend’s high school football games.

With school now officially in session, high school sports are already underway, according to the Executive Director of the Montana High School Association, Mark Beckman, who said school athletic directors have been working hard to protect student athletes.

The smoky haze in the Missoula Valley on Thursday is not from the small lightning fires burning in the Lolo National Forest.

The Missoula Police department announced on Friday afternoon that two officers have tested positive for COVID 19.

A person middle-aged or older has died from complications due to COVID 19 infection in Missoula County.

Surrounded by wildfires, Missoula's air quality varies from day to day, the time of day, and even various locations within the area.

The state of Montana is dealing with a rash of new sexually transmitted disease outbreaks.