The Idaho Women, Infants & Children program – otherwise known as WIC – is switching from paper cards to an electronic benefits system, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Households that were approved or re-evaluated by Jan. 15 will receive benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program this coming Sunday, Jan. 20.
Public health officials say a 50-year-old north Idaho woman died recently due to influenza, the first reported flu-related death in the state this season.
Public health officials say a confirmed case of plague has been reported in a southwestern Idaho community. It is the first confirmed human case pf plague identified in Idaho since 1992.
The peak period where most cases of infection occur is late June through September, with one in 150 infected persons developing severe illness, according to the department's data.
Public health officials are saying that an E. coli outbreak that has affected people in 11 states, including Idaho, is linked to chopped romaine lettuce from Yuma, Ariz.