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Nate Hegyi

COVID Stalks Montana Town Already Saddled With Asbestos Disease

By Nate Hegyi October 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Residents of a small Montana community exposed to decades of asbestos contamination are taking extra precautions to keep COVID-19 away.

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