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FILE – This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP) NY869

March 9, 2021 at 5:03 pm

Idaho man thought ‘the virus would disappear the day after the election.’ He was wrong.

"I was one of those conspiracy theorists" who thought the coronavirus pandemic would disappear the day after the election, says Paul Russell of Boise. The...

January 30, 2021 at 8:01 am

10,000 doses of COVID vaccine sat with pharmacies. Now, Idaho is getting them back

More than 10,000 of the doses are being returned to the state's control this weekend, for use in upcoming vaccination clinics.

FILE – In this April 17, 2020, file photo protesters gather at the Idaho Statehouse, in Boise, Idaho, in defiance of Gov. Brad Little’s extension of the statewide stay-at-home order. Doctors serving Idaho and Oregon spent hours Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, trying to sway health districts, city leaders and the public to do more to stop the spread of coronavirus, warning that rationed care is looming in Idaho’s future. But in one public health department, they were met with debunked conspiracy theories and skepticism. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP,File) IDBOI221 IDBOI221

November 20, 2020 at 11:01 am

Idaho hospitals may have to start rationing care next month

Idaho’s largest health care system is projecting a crisis in December if the spread of COVID-19 continues unabated. Idaho hospitals may be forced to begin...

Protesters demonstrating against coronavirus restrictions on a street corner in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Oct. 29, 2020. Governors around the country, particularly Republican ones, are following the president’s lead in resisting new restrictions against a virus that has powerfully persisted despite lockdowns over the spring and summer. (Rajah Bose/The New York Times)

November 17, 2020 at 7:03 pm

Idaho public-health board invites anti-mask conspiracy theorists to talk COVID-19

Idaho is “a victim of a very sophisticated psy-ops, psychological warfare,” said Dr. Vicki Wooll, who shared conspiracy theories during her presentation. “It’s getting us...

Nation & World

October 21, 2020 at 7:00 am

With 1 in 4 patients sick with COVID-19, an Idaho hospital tries to weather the storm

COVID-19 patients are inundating a hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho, that serves more than 100,000 people. Hospital resources are strained; staffers are tired. They wonder...

Life

March 27, 2019 at 7:12 pm

A federal court ruling shook up Wednesday’s Idaho Senate hearing on Medicaid work rule

A federal court's ruling on Medicaid work requirements threw Idaho lawmakers for a loop -- coming in the middle of a hearing Wednesday afternoon on...

September 22, 2017 at 11:01 pm

Idaho child-guardians program in dire need of volunteers

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ashley and her husband became foster parents about two years ago. The Nampa couple have fostered seven children. They only have...

Nation & World

July 16, 2017 at 1:31 pm

Manure pond deaths raise concerns about farmworker safety

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It was still dark the morning Ruperto Vazquez-Carrera began his shift at Sunrise Organic Dairy. It was mid-February 2016. A winter...

Nation & World

March 6, 2014 at 9:40 pm

Safeway, Albertsons announce merger

Albertsons and Safeway, the nation’s second-largest grocery chain, said Thursday that they will merge under the control of the company that owns Albertsons. Safeway’s CEO,...

Business

August 1, 2013 at 7:14 pm

Idaho artist’s coloring books become Costco hit

BOISE — Two years ago, Pamela Smart was hawking self-published coloring books from her car. Or she’d make a sale by carrying a stack of...

Business