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Take Down Tobacco Day

April 1 is Take Down Tobacco Day – an opportunity for people to come together to stand up to tobacco and e-cigarette companies.

CDH and Health Care Partners Providing Free Naloxone Distribution

CDH is partnering with several health care providers, treatment agencies and community-based services to provide more than twenty stand-alone Naloxone distribution containers or “Barney Boxes” in Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley counties

Central District Health Urges Consumers to Use Caution Around Unlicensed Restaurants and Unregulated Food Vendors

Over the last few months, Central District Health (CDH) has received food poisoning complaints related to unlicensed food vendors advertising through social media in the Treasure Valley. CDH urges consumers to use caution when purchasing foods from home vendors and to refrain from visiting unlicensed “underground” restaurants operated out of residential kitchens.

CDH Alerts About Death from Pertussis

Central District Health announces that a resident of their health district has died from pertussis.

Central District Health Project Coordinator to Serve as Community Lead for Communities for Youth Boise Initiative

Central District Health (CDH) is expanding its support for improving the health and well-being of young people in the city of Boise and beginning in January 2025, will serve as the Community Lead for the Communities for Youth Boise Initiative.

CDH Conducting a Tuberculosis Investigation

CDH has confirmed that an individual residing in the Meridian High School Attendance area has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The individual attended Meridian High School between August and November 2024.

CDH Grant Supports Youth, Families in Boise County

Central District Health and Boise County community partners helped foster positive experiences for area youth through a grant that funded outings, events and sports scholarships and continues to promote family engagement.

Local Health Districts Warn About Sharp Increase in Pertussis Cases

Central District Health (CDH) and Southwest District Health (SWDH) advise that there have been 171 cases of pertussis (aka. whooping cough) reported in the region so far this year. This is a sharp increase compared to 10 cases total for 2023.

First human infections of West Nile virus in Idaho this year

Idaho’s first two human West Nile virus (WNV) infections this year were identified in a female Canyon County resident who is over the age of 60 and a male Ada County resident who is also over the age of 60 on Monday, Aug. 26.

Health officials investigate outbreak linked to raw milk

Idaho Public Health officials are investigating recent reports of 18 people who recently experienced symptoms of, and tested positive for, Campylobacter, and who also reported purchasing and drinking unpasteurized (raw) milk from Paradise Grove Dairy.
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