upixa/iStock(NEW YORK) –Faced with more critically ill COVID-19 patients than equipment to treat them, New York hospitals are mapping out how they can ration care and equipment in order to save the greatest number of patients possible. In the last two days, internal memos from a chairman of surgery at […]
LOGAN, Utah (The Herald Journal) — The judicial nomination process for a Utah district court vacancy will likely be restarted after an appointed judge was not confirmed by the state Senate. The Herald Journal reported the regular legislative session ended before Robert Lund could be confirmed. Lund is the National […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney and Utah state leaders have criticized a large gathering of family and friends who converged at Salt Lake City’s airport to welcome home missionaries even though people are supposed to be keep their distance to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Photos and videos […]
Wachiwit/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — With the spring semester for many U.S. college students studying abroad cut short due the novel coronavirus pandemic, one student who has since tested positive for COVID-19 wanted to repeat an important message for others. Olivia McLaughlin, a 20-year-old student at the University of California-Berkeley who flew […]
Manel Vinuesa/iStock(WASHINGTON) — National Park Service staff and communities around the national parks issued pleas for the visiting public to consider the risk of exposure to the novel coronavirus in national parks, saying that despite the desire to get out of their homes, crowded trails or parking lots could be […]
Julian J Rossig(HOUSTON) — Pastor Joel Osteen was one of many religious leaders across the country to stream sermons Sunday, as people lean on faith amid the novel coronavirus affecting the globe. Four million worshippers tuned in as Osteen spoke from Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, without an audience present […]
PeopleImages/iStock(NEW YORK) — In the last week, cases of coronavirus have spiked around the country causing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to announce a 100% workforce reduction for all non-essential businesses statewide, while California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a “stay-at-home” order for all of the state’s 40 million people. […]
PeopleImages/iStock(NEW YORK) — In the last week, cases of coronavirus have spiked around the country causing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to announce a 100% workforce reduction for all non-essential businesses statewide, while California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a “stay-at-home” order for all of the state’s 40 million people. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah congressman who has the new coronavirus was hospitalized over the weekend, and a state lawmaker was also diagnosed with the disease. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams was treated with oxygen in an isolation unit after suffering severe shortness of breath Friday evening, he […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American tribes across the country are pressing the federal government for more resources to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. In the meantime, tribal leaders are suspending travel off reservations, closing casinos and hotels, instituting curfews in some places and strongly urging their citizens […]
