The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) and the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections (IDJC) have awarded grant funding to four applicants to operate youth behavioral health community crisis centers in Idaho.
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First influenza death of season reported in Idaho
A Nez Perce County man older than 65 years of age is Idaho’s first reported influenza-related death of the 2022-2023 season.
Idaho WIC makes annual adjustment to income guidelines
Idaho’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) will implement new income guidelines effective July 1, 2022, that raise household income eligibility limits to help offset cost of living increases. This review and adjustment happens annually.
Parents of infants: Urgent recall issued for infant formulas
Abbott Laboratories announced Thursday, Feb. 17, it was recalling powdered infant formulas (including Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare) made at a facility in Sturgis, Michigan, after four consumers complained about bacterial infections in infants who consumed the products.
Gooding County man is Idaho's first influenza-related death of the season
A Gooding County man older than 65 years of age has been reported as the first influenza-related death of the 2021-22 season.
All vaccinated adults in Idaho are now eligible for a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
In light of today’s CDC recommendation, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is encouraging all Idaho adults age 50 years and older who received the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at least six months earlier, as well as adults age 18 and older who…
Booster doses of Moderna, Johnson & Johnson vaccines now available for some people
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare supports authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to administer booster doses of the of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
Booster doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine now available for some people who have had Pfizer two-dose series
The Department of Health and Welfare supports the authorization of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to administer booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to certain people.
DHW statement about FDA committee meeting on COVID-19 booster doses
Here is a statement from the Department of Health and Welfare regarding today’s meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s…
DHW supports recommendation for extra dose of COVID-19 vaccine for those with weakened immune systems
An extra dose of COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized by the U.S.