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**Monkeypox prevention in Idaho** Sep 19, 2022
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Visual examples of Monkeypox. ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Back in July, Idaho's first case of Monkeypox was reported. Since then, 11 more cases have been confirmed.
Central District Health has been working on raising public awareness about Monkeypox; what it is, how it spreads and who is most at risk.
Sarah Wright, Epidemiologist with CDH, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about the disease.

**Predicting wildfire behavior with fuel moisture** Sep 19, 2022
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Taylor Zarifis plucks live leaves off of sagebrush to demonstrate how to collect samples to measure fuel moisture levels. (Madelyn Beck / Mountain West News Bureau)
The world of wildland firefighting has a lot of wonky lingo, but one key phrase is "fuel moisture" - and no, we're not talking about oil and gas. It refers to how much water is in certain plants that could fuel a wildfire.
The Mountain West News Bureau's Madelyn Beck explained how scientists measure it and why it's so important.

The impact of climate change on our drinking water supply Sep 19, 2022

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The Colorado River is drying up and the major cities in the west that depend on it are scrambling to boost their supplies and keep taps flowing. Climate change is already cutting into the amount they get from Mother Nature, so some cities are finding ways to reuse the water they already have.

A bare shrub sticks out of a hilltop over a green and brown landscape. — **The story of six Kentucky nuns who built a hospital in India** Sep 16, 2022
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(Michal Svec / Flickr)
This episode of Idaho Matters originally aired on April 20, 2022.
In 1946, six nuns from Kentucky made a journey to one of the poorest states in India to start a hospital and train women to become nurses.
This never before told story is being memorialized in a new book, “Sisters of Mokama.”
The book’s author, who is also the senior opinion editor at the New York Times, Jyoti Thottam joins Idaho Matters to talk more about her book.

Could Yellowstone National Park erupt soon? Sep 15, 2022

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This episode of Idaho Matters originally aired on July 27, 2022.

When our summer intern Jack Bevan heard rumors that Yellowstone National Park could explode soon and start a new ice age, he had to find out if there was any truth to it.

First, he set out to find if Yellowstone or any other volcanic formations in the northwest, like Mount St. Helens, were likely to blow up soon and he found himself learning all about volcanoes and geysers from a Boise State University graduate student and researcher.

Maggie Holahan has been listening to the sounds made by the Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park to learn more about it. She Joined Idaho Matters to discuss Yellowstone, volcanoes, and the possibility of an eruption.

Intern Jack Bevan helped produce this segment.