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Idaho Matters Doctor Roundtable: July 2, 2025

In this May 15, 2019, file photo, a dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is displayed at the Neighborcare Health clinics at Vashon Island High School in Vashon Island, Wash. Sri Lanka and Maldives have become the first two countries in the World Health Organization's South-East Asia region to eliminate both measles and rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the U.N. health agency announced Wednesday.
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Recent changes at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are raising concerns about future access to certain vaccines. The agency has started limiting the approval and use of some vaccines. Plus, what happens to Medicaid under the Big Beautiful Bill in Congress?

Dr. David Pate, the former CEO of St. Luke's Health System, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about the removals and the latest in health news.

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