Angela Palermo
Business and Public Health Reporter at Idaho Statesman
business and public health reporter @IdahoStatesman. alum @uidaho.
Articles
-
4 days ago |
idahostatesman.com | Angela Palermo
In 2010, a small city nestled between the Rocky Mountains and Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho voted to stop adding fluoride to its municipal water system. The decision came after over a dozen residents bemoaned the practice at a public meeting, blaming fluoride for bone deficiencies, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Carrie Logan didn’t believe that the arguments the Sandpoint City Council heard against fluoridation were grounded in science.
-
6 days ago |
idahostatesman.com | Angela Palermo
Central District Health has narrowly decided to continue offering the COVID-19 vaccine to residents within its four-county jurisdiction who want to pay for it. Board members for the Boise-based public health agency voted 4-3 at a meeting Friday to table permanently any discussion about getting rid of that particular vaccine as part of its health services, according to a news release. The health district serves over 600,000 people in Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley counties.
-
1 week ago |
idahostatesman.com | Angela Palermo
Micron plans to impose a surcharge on some products in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs.. The surcharge is a way to pass at least some of the Boise memory-chip maker’s tariff costs onto customers, especially on goods imported from China, where Trump’s tariffs in mid-April.
-
2 weeks ago |
idahostatesman.com | Angela Palermo
When Dr. Parker Fillmore was dismissed from Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in late 2023, he was barred from getting another job in the Boise area because of a noncompete agreement he’d signed years earlier. Fillmore, a trauma surgeon, is now suing the hospital, alleging that when Saint Alphonsus terminated his contract, the noncompete interfered with his ability to take a job at West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell.
-
2 weeks ago |
wenatcheeworld.com | Angela Palermo
Idaho has struck a deal with the Trump administration to advance nuclear energy research nationwide. The state and the U.S. Department of Energy agreed to a waiver of a 1995 settlement agreement that established deadlines for removing nuclear waste from the Idaho National Laboratory site while allowing for limited shipments for research and development at the lab, according to a news release.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 3K
- Tweets
- 3K
- DMs Open
- Yes