HELENA, Montana, April 23 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock announced a gradual and phased reopening of the state beginning Sunday for individuals, and extending to businesses on Monday. "There are very few states in the country that can say they have seen the number of positive cases decline over these past weeks. Montana can say that because, together, we have made that decline in cases possible," Governor Bullock said. "While there i more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 23 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock issued two directives to increase frontline health care provider capacity to respond to COVID-19 and expand insurance coverage to allow Montanans to access routine health care services while social distancing. "Even as Montanans continue to social distance to protect themselves and their families from COVID-19, they still need access to routine health services," Governor Bulloc more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 21 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release on April 20: Governor Steve Bullock announced that 5,000 nasal swabs arrived to the state's DPHHS warehouse from FEMA. The state will distribute the swabs to providers throughout Montana to be used for testing for COVID-19. "Just days ago I joined Republican and Democrat governors in voicing concerns to the President about the shortage of testing supplies, which impacts our ability to test on the grou more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 22 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock announced he has secured hundreds of thousands of face masks, shields and gloves from private market distributors to protect Montana health care workers on the front lines of the response to COVID-19. "Ensuring enough supplies of personal protective equipment for Montana's frontline health care workers is something I fight for every single day in response to this public health  more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, April 24 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Researchers in the Center for Translational Medicine at the University of Montana have been awarded $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to identify and advance a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The principal investigator on the two-year award is Dr. Jay Evans, the center director and a research professor in UM's Division of Biological Sciences. "When the call came from NIH in Feb more PR