The county still lags behind most of the state in the percentage of residents who received a Covid vaccine. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel). ONTARIO – Health experts in Malheur County face a battle on two fronts: the highly contagious delta variant, and widely circulated misinformation. During a Covid surge that has[Read More…]

Health care workers during a shift at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center on Aug. 30, 2021. (Photo courtesy of St. Luke’s Health System) BOISE – The week after North Idaho hospitals reached a breaking point and were forced to enter “crisis standards of care,” Idaho has activated the care-rationing protocol for the[Read More…]

Coeur d’Alene-based Kootenai Health has converted a classroom to a COVID-19 care unit in preparation for crisis standards of care. (Courtesy of Kootenai Health) BOISE – Idaho on Tuesday morning moved into “crisis standards of care” for the first time in the state’s history. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare made[Read More…]