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Dickey Amendment blocks public health research on gun …

WebIt’s because research showed us that doing so saves lives. Despite our continuing failures, federal gun violence research funding has been limited since the 1996 Dickey Amendment. And funding

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Idaho doctors say physician shortage will likely get worse.

WebSaltzer Health, a medical group with 11 clinics in the Treasure Valley, announced mid-January that it would close completely by the end of March absent a last-minute sale, prompting new worries

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Conservative groups weigh in on Idaho ER abortion case

WebThe briefs challenge numerous aspects of the case, from the need for emergency abortion to the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to instruct health care providers to

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St. Luke’s, Saint Alphonsus health systems lift mask …

WebSt. Luke’s Health System has lifted a years-old requirement for all patients, staff and visitors to wear masks. Masks will still be worn in certain settings, including in operating rooms.

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Ex-Saltzer doctors open new practices. Where to find …

WebSaltzer closure a ‘roller coaster’. Dr. Mark Rasmus, a sleep medicine specialist and former board member at Saltzer, opened the doors to his new clinic, Everything Sleep Idaho, at 7272 Potomac

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Sterling Urgent Care opens 4 clinics in Boise, Idaho, area

WebIndividual memberships cost $60 a month and family memberships, which include up to four people, cost $120 a month. Sterling Urgent Care’s new clinic at 10965 W. Overland Road in Boise. Angela

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Valor Health in Emmett, Idaho, to stop delivering babies

WebValor Health, the only hospital in Emmett, announced Wednesday that starting in a couple of months, it no longer will provide labor and delivery services to the city of nearly 8,000 people.

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Saltzer Health plans to close Boise-area clinics Idaho …

WebSaltzer Health, one of the state’s oldest and largest primary care groups, plans to close its doors by the end of March, laying off over 450 employees and leaving the roughly 100,000 patients it

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Primary Health announces influenza surge in Treasure …

WebFebruary 20, 2024 2:48 PM. Primary Health Medical Group said it’s seen a surge in influenza type B cases across the Treasure Valley. The medical group, which has 23 clinics in the Boise area

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CDH employees allege retaliation that drove high turnover

WebGina Pannell, right, Liz Cosio, center, and Zack Ward were three former employees at Central District Health who alleged the public health district became a toxic workplace. Darin Oswald doswald

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Boise and Ada County, Idaho, restaurant, food, inspections Idaho

Web208-377-6451. Michelle Jenkins compiles event calendars, archives and writes a Helping Works column for the Idaho Statesman. She attended Boise State University and grew up in New Plymouth, Idaho

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Boise-area city seeks medical growth, new development helps

WebApril 15, 2024 4:00 AM. Meridian Mayor Robert Simison said last year that he envisioned his city becoming a medical epicenter in the Treasure Valley. The latest addition of two new medical

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Saltzer Health leases clinics, surgery center to Saint Alphonsus

WebAsked if the Meridian clinic would resume its 24-7 schedule upon reopening, Ramirez told the Statesman that the health system is assessing the clinic’s operating hours and leaning toward

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Medical leaders urge Idaho legislators to change abortion law

WebAs lawmakers seek to finish the 2024 legislative session any day now, Kasper and several other doctors and medical leaders urged legislators to add a maternal health exception to the state’s

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Saltzer Health to close its Treasure Valley clinics Friday Idaho

WebThe Idaho Statesman is reporting in 2024 on the implications of Idaho’s health care shortage. Saltzer Health, the multipractice physician group and chain of urgent care clinics in the Treasure

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Buyer for ID’s Saltzer Health clinics unlikely, experts say Idaho

WebPrimary Health, started nearly 30 years ago, has 23 clinics in the Boise area. Tommy Ahlquist, a prominent Idaho developer and former emergency room physician, bought Saltzer in early 2019 before

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Primary Health acquires Saltzer ear, nose and throat practice

WebThe ear, nose and throat practice Primary Health Medical Group acquired from Saltzer Health is located in Suite 200 on the second floor of Saltzer’s former building at 867 S. Vanguard Way, off

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Health and Welfare reimbursed ‘some’ drug paraphernalia buys

WebGov. Brad Little Letter to DHW Director Dean Cameron. Contributed by Idaho Statesman. p. 1. April 19, 2024 Dean Cameron, Interim Director Idaho Department of Health and Welfare P.O. Box 83720

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Idaho doctors: Emergency abortion ban hurts patients’ health

WebAbsent is an important distinction: preserving pregnant patients’ health. Shortly after the ban became Idaho law, the Department of Justice sued the state and said this missing provision

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