Idaho is slated to receive another approximately $186 million grant in the second year of the five-year federal Rural Health Transformation Program. The state awarded all of its first $186 million to organizations statewide for projects meant to improve access and services…
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — A Boise State University research team is launching an 18-month study to better understand how artificial intelligence is affecting Idaho's nurses and teachers — and what "human-centered AI" means to the people using it on the front lines. A…
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that nearly $186 million in Rural Health Transformation Program funding will go to improve healthcare access across rural Idaho. The investment will help rural providers deliver and coordinate care locally through modern technology, new care models,…
Idaho health officials on Tuesday reported the state’s second flu death in the 2026-27 influenza season. The death was of a resident of Elmore County, a rural area outside Boise, who was in their 80s, the regional health agency, Central District Health,…
A shipment of diapers made to Southeastern Idaho Public Health’s Diaper Bank. The $2,500 donation from ICCU paid for half of the shipment. POCATELLO — Idaho Central Credit Union recently made a donation to Southeastern Idaho Public Health’s Diaper Bank that is…
Five Idaho families share how losing the Family Personal Care Services program has left them exhausted, in debt and unable to find caregivers. More than a year after Idaho terminated the Family Personal Care Services program, families of children with…
A caregiver prepares to administer a flu vaccine at the Montgomery County Office of Public Health Upper Merion Township Community Clinic in King of Prussia, Pa., Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said an Owyhee County man…
IDAHO — The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) has reported the first flu death of the 2026-27 season in the state. According to IDHW, an Owyhee County man over 65 years old was confirmed to have died of the illness. They…
Idaho lawmakers will weigh whether to fund several drug-prevention and treatment projects, totaling over $3 million, through the state's endowment fund from tobacco lawsuit settlement money. The legislative Joint Millennium Fund Committee, which oversees the endowment, heard 10 proposals Friday for use…
“As a nurse, I don’t feel safe here,” she says. “As a mother of two daughters, I definitely don’t feel safe here.” There are precious few exceptions — in cases of rape and incest, an abortion can only be performed within…
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