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A tiny town in eastern Idaho is dealing with lead contamination from some very old silver mines.
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The Idaho Behavioral Health Council is asking for public input on how to spend money in the state’s opioid settlement fund to combat the epidemic.
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Since April 1, more than 35,000 people have lost their Medicaid coverage and that's putting a strain on Idaho's free health care clinics.
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State lawmakers declined to pass a bill that would have extended the maternal mortality review committee.
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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.
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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.
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Since June, Denny and a group including paramedics, firefighters and county commissioners have been meeting monthly in the "EMS Sustainability Task Force."
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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.
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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.
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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.