The Roundup -

Richland County’s flu season has begun with five residents testing positive for Influenza last week. The results were PCR confirmed for Influenza A at the Sidney Health Center Laboratory. One was hospitalized. The cases include four adults and one...

Richland County’s flu season has begun with five positive Influenza B cases tested locally in the last five weeks. The result was confirmed by MT State Public Health Lab showing Influenza B. The ages range from 1 to 62 years old. One was...

Richland County’s flu season has begun, just as we enter the holiday season of family gatherings! There has been one positive Influenza B case and one positive Influenza A case tested locally during the past week. No one has been hospitalized...

Get vaccinated as Richland County’s flu season has begun! One positive Influenza B case and two positive Influenza A cases tested locally during Thanksgiving week. The results were confirmed by MT Public Health Laboratory. None of the three...

Richland County’s 2017 Influenza season has increased with four positive Influenza A cases tested locally this past week. The confirmed results of the samples sent to MT State Public Health Lab showed Influenza A-Seasonal H3. The four cases are...

Richland County’s flu season has begun with a positive Influenza A case tested locally on December 14th, 2016. The preliminary result was confirmed on December 16th by MT State Public Health Lab showing Influenza A-Seasonal H3. The 53 yr old male...

Update - As of May 11, 2016 eight cases of Salmonella across Montana are currently associated with multi-state outbreaks likely linked to live poultry such as baby chicks. Raising backyard poultry has become increasingly popular in Montana and many...

Richland County’s flu season is here with a positive Influenza A and one Influenza B case tested locally this last weekend. The persons tested in the ER were not vaccinated with influenza vaccine. Vaccination remains the best prevention for...

State public health officials have identified the first case of Zika virus infection in Montana in an adult female from Missoula County who returned from a Zika-affected area. The infected individual is not pregnant. Zika is a disease caused by a...

The American Red Cross’s local Disaster Action Team (DAT) will be busy volunteering at the Richland County Fair this year, Aug. 5-8! Everyone is invited to the agriculture building where the Red Cross booth will be located. It will feature a large...

State and local health officials are encouraging Montanans take steps to avoid mosquito bites and prevent infection with West Nile virus (WNV). The state’s first human case has been reported in Rosebud County and reflects an early start to the...

Everyone Is welcome to attend the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Cum Christo/Cursillo for the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings. A celebration will be held on June 19-21, 2015 at Billings Central Catholic High School in Billings, MT – 3 Broadwater...

The Big Sky Cum Christo movement in the Eastern Diocese of Montana is closing in on 50 years of active ministry in 2015. The Cursillo Ministry (1965-1984) and the Cum Christo Ministry (1984-today) still continue to be special gifts to the many of us...

In Honor of National Public Health Week! Let’s celebrate our accomplishments and talk about what it will take to become the healthiest nation in one generation! The accomplishments of the public health community over the last two decades are signif...

Winter has arrived in eastern Montana! Do you want to bring back memories of the hot summer days at the fair? You are in luck if you said yes! The St. Matthew’s Youth Group will be taking orders for the pizzas beginning January 7th until the 18th!...

Richland County Health Department is seeing an increase in the number of confirmed influenza cases being reported for this season. Influenza (also known as the flu) is a contagious respiratory illness, it is not the vomiting & diarrhea stomach flu...

Richland County’s flu season has begun with a positive Influenza B case tested locally on November 22, 2014. The preliminary result was sent to the MT State Public Health Lab for confirmation. The person was not vaccinated with influenza vaccine...

So, let’s talk Spring! What does spring mean to us; growth, renewal, and redirection? Why am I talking about spring in December? Number one because it’s hopeful, number two because in 2015 the Richland County 7th Annual Community-wide...

All adults born between 1945 and 1965 -- the baby boom generation -- should be screened for the hepatitis C virus along with injection-drug users and anyone transfused before 1992, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services...

The Richland County DUI Task Force was established in 2004 but was included into the Richland County Injury Prevention team in 2005 following the first Community Conference. The community indicated that, due to statistics showing that...

People with flu can spread it to others up to about 6 feet away. Most experts think that flu viruses are spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearb...