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Department of Health and Welfare - By the Numbers
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With $130 million in past due child support, DHW to strengthen enforcement by suspending hunting and fishing privileges of delinquent parents
Starting Sept. 1, Child Support Services at the Department of Health and Welfare will implement stronger policies to help ensure more timely and complete child support payments from non-custodial parents.
The department will accomplish this...
Heath 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...
Child measles case reported in southeast Idaho
A case of measles in a child has been reported from southeast Idaho. The child was an international traveler who had not been vaccinated against measles. The child was seen by health care providers for symptoms of measles and was not...