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Rising Rates of Whooping Cough in Idaho

This year patients with whooping cough/Pertussis have tripled in Idaho (central) and health officials are advising people to get themselves revaccinated against infectious respiratory disease. 72 cases have been // reported totally by central district health department so far in Ada (55 cases), Boise, Elmore (17) and Valley counties in southwest Idaho. Statistics shows that the numbers of case...

E.coli Infection Kills Idaho Toddler

E.coli infection is suspected as the cause of death in a 2-year-old boy, who had consumed spinach shake. Health officials said the total tool from the spinach infections// has risen to 166. ....Kyle Allgood, of Chubbuck died on Wednesday at a hospital in Salt Lake City. Ross Mason, a spokesman for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told Reuters that E.coli was suspected in his death. "H...

E.coli-tainted spinach causes a kid's death in Idaho

According to the Idaho health officials, the kid who died due to kidney failure last month was infected with the E. coli strain in the tainted spinach that has caused a// countrywide outbreak of food poisoning. ..'The 2-year-old boy, Kyle Allgood, from Chubbuck, Idaho, who died on Sept. 20, is the second confirmed fatality of the E. coli bacteria outbreak that has sickened 192 people in the Unit...

Disease Outbreak Claims Trout From Idaho Hatchery

A sudden outbreak of disease has claimed a tenth of Idahos trout population and a loss of $40,000, including fish food and labor. ... The outbreak of Ichthyophthirius multifilis has killed around 250,000 trout from a hatchery in southwestern Idaho- the state Department of Fish and Game hatchery, in Nampa. This is the second such outbreak in the region and official say that it probably resulted...