An Idaho Health Department Is Barred from Offering Covid Shots

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Idaho public health department restricted from giving COVID-19 vaccines

Experts say Southwest District Health in Idaho is the first public health department in the nation to be restricted from giving COVID-19 vaccines.

Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID vaccines anymore

A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board

Health - ABC News - November 1

This Idaho Health Department Has Stopped Providing COVID-19 Vaccines

This appears to be the first district in the nation to put a restriction on COVID-19 vaccines.

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Abortion-related ads in Nebraska prompt tension between health department and doctors

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Trump picks Robert Kennedy Jr to run US health department

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$5,000 reward offered after bald eagle shot and killed in Vermont

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A 'Gangster' Is Blowing Up India-Canada Relations---From Behind Bars

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When Yankees Fans Take the Game Into Their Own Hands. Literally.

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Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms

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Johnson announces policy barring transgender women from Capitol women's bathrooms

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