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Jeff Wood has been named regional director of laboratories for the Saint Alphonsus Health System. He will be responsible for all aspects of laboratory operations across Idaho and Oregon and play a role in the health system’s COVID-19 testing strategy ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House has passed legislation to define how severe an epidemic must be before it can qualify as a disaster. Under the measure, the coronavirus pandemic wouldn’t meet the criteria. The bill, which passed 58-12 ...

The Idaho House has passed a bill prohibiting companies that contract with the state of Idaho or any political subdivision, such as local governments, from discriminating against unvaccinated people. The Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce voted to oppose the bill ...

When I was growing up in Utah, every summer my parents would host an ice cream party for the neighborhood. My Mom was a nurse and my father was an electrician, and they loved people. Every year for 44 years ...

In reaction to President Joe Biden’s executive order to reopen the federal health insurance exchange, state insurance exchanges around the country also opened special enrollment periods. All but two of the special enrollment periods are three or more months. Idaho ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has passed a bill that would halt all public funding to any entities that advise women about their abortion options. The bill, sponsored by Nampa Rep. Bruce Skaug and 15 other ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation defining pandemics that would appear to eliminate the current coronavirus pandemic from qualifying as an emergency in Idaho headed to the House on Monday. The House State Affairs Committee approved the measure that’s part of ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public health officials say extreme winter weather across the U.S. has prevented any coronavirus vaccine from being shipped to Idaho this week, potentially delaying some vaccination efforts. The news comes as Idaho Department of Health and ...

When the citizens of Power County approved a bond initiative for $15 million in 2017, the first date for renovating the 56-year old hospital was September 2020. After contracts were bid, that date moved back six months to March 2021. ...

Seven Idaho rural hospitals are at risk of closure, according to a study released in January of such hospitals. The risk assessment was based on finances from 2017 through 2019. Because of the pandemic, the financial situation of most rural ...