LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's Wyoming Telehealth Network (WyTN) is helping health care providers virtually connect with patients to prevent the spread of and assist in the diagnosis of the COVID-19 virus. The network is administered by the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), a unit of the College of Health Sciences, in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health. The WyTN provides ongoing trai more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 2 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Hand-washing is one thing, but using the big guns of cleaning and sanitizing can decimate the coronavirus threat at home and in the workplace. "Cleaning and sanitation are not the same, but are steps in the overall process," says Gleyn Bledsoe, a food scientist working with the Wyoming Food Coalition and University of Wyoming Extension. Bledsoe, an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer working with UW Extension in  more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 1 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Social distancing is a necessary precaution to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but that doesn't mean communities can't stay connected, especially with older adults, says a gerontologist with the University of Wyoming. About 11.7 percent of Wyomingites are older than 65, and about one out of three of the state's older adult residents live by themselves. "Too much isolation was already an issue more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 28 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's Tyler Kerr never thought he and his team would be on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle. With the nationwide spread of the coronavirus the last several weeks, medical supplies have become dangerously low, especially the demand for medical masks used by professionals to guard against the spread and protect against the virus. Wyoming is not immune from COVID-19, with the nu more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 31 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Coronavirus is taking a bite out of local businesses on Main Street, and now the implications for agriculture are beginning to take shape, says the rural entrepreneurship specialist with University of Wyoming Extension. Those implications include falling commodity prices affecting any farmer who had March contracts for delivering grain, says Cole Ehmke, a senior extension educator in UW's Department of A more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 3 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Nearly one-third of Wyomingites say they or immediate family members have been laid off or lost their jobs due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, according to a new survey by the University of Wyoming's Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center (WYSAC). And, more than half of the state's residents or their immediate family members have seen reductions in work hours or pay because of the pandemic, with nearly thr more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, April 4 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on April 2: * * * - Governor also Directs 14-Day Quarantine for Travelers Arriving in Wyoming from another State or Country * * * Governor Mark Gordon and State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist have extended the three existing statewide health orders through April 30 to slow community transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect lives. The Governor continues to emphatically state that people  more PR