Laurie Boston

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  Published on: 3/12/2007    Last Visited: 3/12/2007  

  There have been no reports of any flu#045related deaths in the two counties#044 even though three deaths have been reported statewide since the first confirmed lab report of the illness this year#044 according to Laurie Boston of Southwest District Health.
  
  Last year#044 Idaho reported a dozen flu#045related deaths#044 including #049#048 residents and two non#045residents throughout the entire flu season.Flu season typically lasts from November until March#044 but could hang around until May#044 Boston said#044 adding that flu season started earlier in October in #050#048#048#054.
  
  #034It is a lighter flu season#044#034 she said. #034That can increase#044 we can see more#044 but as far as we are concerned in Southwest Idaho it is a more mild flu season this year.#034

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  "The numbers are going up slightly, but they are still relatively low," said Laurie Boston, spokeswoman for Southwest District Health, which serves Canyon, Owyhee, Adams, Payette, Gem and Washington counties.The reasons Hispanics may be diagnosed later are complex, Thorne and Boston said.

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  Laurie Boston (Government)Southwest District Health DeptCaldwell, ID 83605

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  It sent out 497 letters to work-release inmates, jail employees and their families and friends urging them to get tested, department spokeswoman Laurie Boston said.
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  The Southwest District Health Department sees about two cases of actively ill people each year, Boston said.

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  It sent out 497 letters to work-release inmates, jail employees and their families and friends urging them to get tested, department spokeswoman Laurie Boston said.

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  Published on: 8/5/2008    Last Visited: 8/5/2008  

  Laurie Boston, a Southwest District Health Department spokeswoman, says 181 people have been tested and nine have turned up positive.
  
  Officials say a man who tested positive in May told health officials he entered work release in January.
  
  Tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by bacteria that usually attacks the lungs.
  
  It can be spread through the air when the bacteria is inhaled.
  
  Boston says there is no outbreak among the general public.

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  "They need the (money for) gas to go to work, so they come to WIC to get milk for their children to drink," said Laurie Boston, spokeswoman for Southwest District Health, which covers Canyon and five other counties, most of them bordering Oregon.

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  Published on: 5/15/2008    Last Visited: 5/15/2008  

  Blood tests for West Nile virus cost from $100 to $400, Southwest District Health spokeswoman Laurie Boston said.She said many insurance companies do pay for the tests , and Southwest District Health offers them at no charge.
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  Boston and Health and Welfare Department spokesman Tom Shanahan agreed that the cost of the blood test could lead to some under-reporting of the virus.
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  "We just don't think all the cases have been reported," Boston said.

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  Published on: 10/17/2004    Last Visited: 10/17/2004  

  "There were 400 calls in Nampa, and 400 in Caldwell on Tuesday," spokeswoman Laurie Boston said.

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  ISIPS Newsletter August 11, 2006 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/11/2006    Last Visited: 1/31/2008  

  MELBA, Idaho (AP) -- A 16-year-old Melba High School student has been diagnosed with a rare and severe form of West Nile virus called West Nile meningitis, according to Laurie Boston with the Southwest District Health Department, which covers six Idaho counties.
  
  First Michigan West Nile Virus Human Case Reported In Muskegon
  
  State health officials today have confirmed the first human West Nile Virus (WNV) case of the 2006 season in Muskegon County.

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