Idaho Health News

Last Thursday, Lake Grove Elementary School was the first in line for H1N1 vaccines in the county’s campaign to vaccinate children under 18. The school went first simply because school officials were ready to go, said Clackamas County spokesman Tim...

More than 1 million doses have been ordered for Tennessee since Sept. 30. The vaccine availability also has expanded beyond health departments to retail pharmacies and doctors' offices.

H1N1 death toll rises to 15, but reported illnesses fall  - Statesman staff Published: 11/26/09 In its latest weekly update on the swine flu, the Idaho Health and Welfare Department said 369 patients with swine flu have been hospitalized since Sept....

Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests. The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even...

School absences and emergency room visits for H1N1 influenza are declining, but health officials say the flu epidemic is likely taking a breather before making a return visit this winter. Wayne County's H1N1 immunization clinic from 3 to 6 p.m....

Republican leaders on Thursday denounced the House Democrats' version of the so-called "doc fix," a $210 billion plan to keep doctors who treat Medicare patients from experiencing severe cuts in their annual federal reimbursements.  The "doctor fix" would be paid...

Many received only a small fraction of their orders because of the national shortage of the vaccine, state health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said. "We don't want to create more confusion or frustration by giving a false expectation of availability...

Statewide, 27 percent of the 357 patients sick enough to be admitted to hospitals so far this flu season are ages 9 or younger, according to new state data. In the Central District Health Department, which serves Ada, Elmore, Valley...

Locally, the number of hospitalized flu patients has fallen or held steady in the past couple weeks, according to Southwest District Health. But spokeswoman Laurie Boston said pandemics tend to strike in cycles, so the number of H1N1 flu reports...

The Central District Health Department is preparing to hand out about 3,200 vaccines to private pediatricians, obstetricians and pharmacies and about 1,000 to Boise State University...The health department will keep open open a single mass vaccination clinic from 10 a.m....