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Warabay pupils make cut
Five more cases in Nez Perce County
Nez Perce County added another five newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the total of confirmed cases in the county to 10.
Health care group injects money into valley
The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation is loosening its purse strings to give local nonprofits a leg up while they wait out the COVID-19 pandemic.
UI employee tests positive for COVID-19
MOSCOW -- A University of Idaho employee has tested positive for COVID-19 but school officials say the likelihood this individual spread the disease on its Moscow campus or to the surrounding community is low.
Idaho schools closure may be extended
Here's an article from the Lewiston Tribune:
Remember to 'look for the helpers'
Mr. Rogers, the late children television show host, told children to look for the helpers in times of crisis, just as his mother told him to do.
Being pregnant during a pandemic
By now, the collective anxiety, uncertainty and even fear about what we know — and don’t know — about COVID-19 is a universal one. But what if you’re pregnant?
Ferro: Notes from a time when handwashing made headlines
How long have we been ‘sheltering in place’ now? Four months? Five?
Cheers and Jeers for March 31, 2020
Jeers to the schools shutting down, but giving out food and telling people and kids to social distance. What do you think happens when you hand out food? Adults and kids see each other and meet and talk. What about…
Governor signs HB 601, public records bill, and HB 440, anti-affirmative action bill; vetoes tele-dentistry bill
Idaho Gov. Brad Little today signed HB 601, the bill to add new public records exemptions for legislators and public officials; and HB 440a, Rep. Heather Scott's anti-affirmative action bill, which amends the Idaho…
Governor signs both HB 500 and HB 509, the anti-transgender bills
Here's a report from the Associated Press:
More Than 5,000 Surgery Centers Can Now Serve As Makeshift Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis
The Trump administration cleared the way Monday to immediately use outpatient surgery centers, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, hotels and even dormitories as makeshift hospitals, health care centers or quaranti…
South Central Public Health Districts asks for donations of personal protective equipment
TWIN FALLS — South Central Public Health District is encouraging residents, businesses and organizations to donate new, unused personal protective equipment to assist first responders, health care providers, and he…
EIPH reports three new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County
Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County and is identifying two of the three cases were acquired through community transmission.
Health officials say community transmission of COVID-19 identified in East Idaho county
Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) (which serves Bonneville, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, and Teton counties) is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County and are identifying two…