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Before, there was a vaccine shortage. Now, Idaho’s vaccine demand is out of whack Audrey Dutton, Idaho Statesman © Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette/The Baltimore Sun/TNS The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is kept refrigerated until it is needed and the diluted for injection. Older Idahoans gobbled up appointments wherever they could find them starting on Feb. 1. But in the past few weeks, the frenzied demand has quieted in the state. BOISE, Idaho — The rollout of COVID-19 vacci...

Boise mom says social isolation pushed her 6-year-old son to his breaking point “Last year he was an angel, you would not know that he had any behavioral issues at all. In May he tried jumping out of a moving vehicle,” she said. Author: Katija Stjepovic (KTVB) Updated: 8:11 PM MST March 3, 2021 BOISE, Idaho — Nearly a year ago when schools across Idaho shut down to stop the spread of the COVID-19, school district officials, teachers and parents had to scram...

“I have practiced many years and honestly, I have never had so many children brought to me with issues of depression and anxiety."

Medical providers prepare to vaccinate Idahos seniors starting Monday Many healthcare providers are deciding to either only accept appointments for those 80 or older, or encourage their patients to let the most vulnerable go first. Author: Katija Stjepovic (KTVB) Updated: 9:04 AM MST February 1, 2021 BOISE, Idaho — Editors note: A St. Lukes spokesperson told KTVB that all appointments for their available vaccines were reserved by early Monday morning. They wil...

“These vials are unpredictable,” Dr. Patrice Burgess of St. Alphonsus Health System told Idaho Matters. “Sometimes they contain, for Pfizer, as many as five doses, sometimes as many as seven. For Moderna, sometimes ten, sometimes as many as twelve.” Credit Richard Villalon / Adobe Stock Complicating matters further, providers rarely know how many doses theyll get until a delivery arrives. Primary Health Medical Group CEO Dr. David Peterman said his clinics received about 2,000 first do...

The committee met for two hours Friday afternoon. It will sent its recommendations to the governor for final approval.

Idaho’s COVID-19 vaccine advisory committee voted to move adults 65 and older up on the state’s priority list on Friday.

Idaho reports 21 new COVID-19 deaths, over 1,200 cases -- with 562 confirmed in 3 counties Ruth Brown and Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman Jan. 7—Idaho reported 900 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Wednesday and 330 new probable cases, for a total of 1,230, as well as 21 new deaths. Three counties in the state continued to make up the bulk of the new cases. Ada County confirmed 255 coronavirus cases, bringing the countywide total to 34,356 confirmed infections, according...

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care By KEITH RIDLERDecember 5, 2020 GMT BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Soldiers triaging patients in parking lots in a capital city is normally the stuff of science fiction. Yet that’s the reality in Boise, where troops direct people outside an urgent-care clinic revamped into a facility for coronavirus patients as infections and deaths surge in Idaho and nationwide. Inside Primary Health Medical Group’s clinic, physician assistant Nicole Thom...

St. Luke’s, Saint Alphonsus, Primary Health receive first shipments of Moderna vaccine St. Lukes said 600 doses of the Moderna vaccine were distributed to medical facilities in McCall and the Wood River Valley. Author: KTVB Staff Updated: 7:12 PM MST December 23, 2020 BOISE, Idaho — The Moderna vaccine has begun arriving at hospital and primary care clinics around Idaho. St. Lukes announced that 600 doses of the Moderna vaccine were distributed to medical fac...