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  • Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge

    09/07/2021 6:19:59 PM PDT · by Callahan · 127 replies
    AP ^ | 9/8/21 | Rebecca Boone
    BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a statement Tuesday morning — warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they need to be hospitalized.
  • Ban On Black Cat Adoptions Questioned (Black Cat Urban Legend Alert)

    10/29/2006 1:34:28 AM PST · by goldstategop · 20 replies · 816+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 10/29/206 | Rebecca Boone
    BOISE, Idaho (Oct. 28) - A black cat won't cross your path this Halloween, not if a northern Idaho animal shelter can help it. Like many shelters around the country, the Kootenai Humane Society in Coeur d'Alene is prohibiting black cat adoptions from now to Nov. 2, fearing the animals could be mistreated in Halloween pranks - or worse, sacrificed in some satanic ritual. The shelter's executive director, Phil Morgan, said that while the risk may be remote, the policy will remain just in case. Janet, a black cat, will have to wait till after Nov. 2 to be adopted...