Norovirus is on the rise, there is an increase in AIDS in eastern Idaho and raw milk is making people sick in the Gem State.

31 infants across the United States have been hospitalized in connection with a botulism outbreak, including one suspected case in Idaho.

The Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act was introduced by Democratic California Senator Adam Schiff and Republican Utah Senator John Curtis. If passed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal officials would have one year to develop a plan to make “commercially available appropriate respiratory personal protective equipment for wildland firefighters and supporting staff in settings in which smoke exposure surpasses covered permissible exposure limits.”

Idaho’s Crisis and Suicide Hotline services have seen a sharp increase in calls in the last few years.

Whooping cough cases are on the rise across the United States and new data from the CDC indicates infections are higher now than at the same time last year.

The tragic Los Angeles fires were a historically destructive disaster, but they also presented a unique opportunity to study the toxic exposures faced by firefighters. New findings point to a heightened risk for serious diseases like lupus.

Measles, flu shots and animal vaccines are the focus for this Doctor Roundtable.

For most of us, we only get a few minutes with our physician at the doctor’s office. With so many patients and so few doctors, there is very little face-to-face time with the medical professionals who can have a profound impact on our bodies and our minds.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding, leaving patients statewide without free and low-cost contraception and reproductive health care services from a key family planning program.

Every summer, thousands of wildland firefighters endure months of heavy exposure to smoke and other toxins without respiratory protection. As a troubling picture of the health implications emerges, policies are beginning to change.