Idaho Matters Doctor Roundtable: April 9, 2025

By Samantha Wright

Published April 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM MDT

Unless it's strep throat, antibiotics are unlikely to help you get over a sore throat.

Measles, invasive strep, medical debt and bird flu ... those are our top health headlines today.

Dr. David Pate, the former CEO of St. Luke's Health System, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about these topics and answer your questions!

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Samantha Wright

As Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.

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