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The number of syphilis cases in Southwest Idaho is on the rise prompting public health officials to declare an outbreak of the sexually transmitted disease

The measles outbreak continues to spread through the northwest creeping in closer and closer to Idaho.

Flu outbreak in Idaho shuts down multiple schools and an entire school district.

Elko County authorities say an outbreak of flu has been reported in Elko and are asking the public to take precautions and get the flue shot

Public health workers met on Wednesday to learn about various pathogens and what they can do in the event of a disease outbreak.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Health officials in northern Idaho have confirmed one case of mumps, and school districts in the area are preparing for a possible outbreak of the disease.

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts pharmacy board's director has been fired for ignoring a complaint that a company linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak was shipping drugs in bulk, in violation of its state license. The Colorado pharmacy board complained about the New England Compounding Center in July, before the third of three batches of tainted steroids linked to the outbreak was shipped... Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health inspectors say they found bacteria and mold growing in rooms that were supposed to be kept sterile at the pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis. The Food and Drug Administration has released its initial report after investigating the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's chief medical officer says the rate of new infections from a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak appears to be declining in the state where it was first discovered. Dr. David Reagan said in an interview Thursday that not everyone who received the contaminated medicine that caused the infections will get sick...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State health officials say a hospital in southwest Idaho and a private clinic in the eastern part of the state are the only two medical facilities that received shipments of a recalled steroid linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis...