Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply

Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban took effect. Read More

Idaho Maternity Ward Shutdown: Abortion Law Impact on Healthcare Access and Staffing

In a striking instance of healthcare services being shuttered, West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho has closed its labor and delivery as well as neonatal intensive care units as of April ... Read More

Joyride transit program sees a successful start

Rides are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and there is an option to request rides on the program’s Web site, joyridene.org, where people can enter their information and the scheduler will then give ... Read More

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned ... Read More

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's about 76,000 fewer than the year ... Read More