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Omicron cases are surging across the Mountain West. In several states, more than 80% of ICU beds are filled. While these COVID-19 infections tend to have milder overall symptoms for individuals, they’re still landing people in the hospital and stressing health care systems and workers.
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Idaho state health officials continue to warn we are the precipice of crisis standards of care as COVID-19 patients begin to once again fill hospital beds. That could make it harder for some patients to get the care they need.
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The Idaho legislature opened the 2022 session this week and the omicron surge is causing disruptions across the state. Idaho Matters covers these topics and more during the latest edition of the Reporter Roundtable.
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Medical clinics around Idaho have been overwhelmed with a huge influx of patients as the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads rapidly through the population. One of the Treasure Valley’s largest health care providers — the Primary Health Medical Group — hasn’t been able to keep up with demand.
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Omicron is causing a significant surge in Idaho COVID-19 cases as the state's vaccination rate remains below the national average. Although hospitals are not in crisis standards of care, a member of the governor's coronavirus task force is worried we may be headed in that direction in the coming weeks.
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When COVID-19 is spreading through a community, family doctors’ offices are usually the first to notice an uptick in illness.
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A ground-breaking vaccine came out to fend off COVID-19, but Idaho's rollout was choppy and a deadly delta variant surge took many lives — primarily among the unvaccinated. Idaho Matters looks back at another challenging year in public health as the U.S. continues to be battered by the novel coronavirus.
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Idaho Matters produced a special episode of our Doctors Roundtable looking at equity and engagement with Latinx communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 infections where going down in our state, but state health officials are concerned we could once again go in the wrong direction as the Omicron variant has been detected in Idaho.
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Several cities have tested local wastewater for COVID-19 since early on in the pandemic. Now, Idaho Health and Welfare plans to give more communities the opportunity for that testing by partnering with labs at state universities.