The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is issuing health advisories for Chesterfield Reservoir and Island Park Reservoir, urging caution when recreating in or near the water. Chesterfield ...
Few DHW employees have had such a sustained public role as Idaho State Epidemiologist and Public Health Medical Director Dr. Christine Hahn. From disease outbreaks to COVID-19 through more than 30 ...
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is issuing a health advisory for Sawyer’s Pond, urging caution when recreating in or near the water. Sawyer’s Pond is in the southwest portion of Emmett, ...
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is issuing a health advisory for Ririe Reservoir, urging caution when recreating in or near the water. Ririe Reservoir is east of Idaho Falls off Highway 26 ...
Project Filter is Idaho's tobacco prevention and cessation program. We offer free resources and support to help people quit smoking, vaping and chewing. Project Filter offers free Nicotine Replacement ...
The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) was authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Section 71401 of Public Law 119-21) and empowers all states to strengthen rural communities by ...
Idaho’s first reported case of human West Nile virus (WNV) meningitis this year was identified in a Canyon County resident over the age of 65. This person had been hospitalized for the illness but is ...
The first heat-related deaths in Idaho this year have been reported to public health officials at the Department of Health and Welfare. Three Idaho residents, all over the age of 55, died in the past ...
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is issuing this update about the implementation of new reporting requirements for the state’s Medicaid expansion population, effective Jan. 1, 2027.
NAMPA -- The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is working with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to determine whether recent test results showing uranium levels above the ...
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has begun to post funding opportunities on its Rural Health Transformation Program webpage. Specific information about three opportunities and an overview of ...
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is working with local and state partners to investigate a recent increase in illnesses after consumption of unpasteurized (raw) milk. Since May 19, 2026, ...