Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

State lawmakers declined to pass a bill that would have extended the maternal mortality review committee.

When the group was set up by the legislature in 2019 with federal grant funds, Idaho was among the last states with no committee to study maternal deaths and make recommendations for their prevention.

Idaho is still seeing very high flu activity in the state and the Centers for Disease Control says that many flu seasons have a second wave. In good news, the H3N2 strain of influenza which has been detected in about 80% of flu cases across the nation is a good target for this year's flu vaccine.

Since June, Denny and a group including paramedics, firefighters and county commissioners have been meeting monthly in the "EMS Sustainability Task Force."

Now that the fall season has arrived in the Gem State, so has the flu. Our Morning Edition host George Prentice sat down with Dr. Leslie Tengelson with Idaho Health and Welfare to find out more about this year's flu season.

Idaho Matters takes a look at what happens when teens in the Gem state are experiencing a mental health crisis and how a youth crisis center could help.

In Ada County and several other areas there is a shortage of Court Appointed Special Advocates. These advocates help speak in the best interest of children who find themselves in foster care. Idaho Matters finds out more about this need and the CASA program.

Two young transgender women are suing state health officials after they say the department of health and welfare discriminated against them because of their gender identity.

Idaho made national news last week when a Fox news host and a conservative media outlet reported that the state was teaching elementary students about. Idaho Matters takes a look at where that message came from.

The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency over the spread of Monkeypox. The United States has the highest number of new cases in the world, with more than 4600 infections identified. Three cases of Monkeypox have been reported in Idaho.