SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has halted plans to buy 200,000 treatments of malaria drugs that have been widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said Friday the state is reviewing the circumstances around the planned $8 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State and local governments across the United States have obtained more than 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump to treat patients with the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors that more research is needed. The states acquired the medication […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court says recent law school graduates can become practicing lawyers without taking the typical bar exam under new temporary rules forced by the coronavirus pandemic. The Daily Herald says the process requires the graduates to perform 360 hours of supervised legal service under […]
Three new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Central Utah Health District on Apr. 22. Of the three new cases two are in Juab County and one is in Sanpete County. According to Nate Selin, health director at the Central Utah Public Health Department, all three cases are in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Unemployment slowed somewhat again in Utah last week, but jobless claims remained crushingly high during the coronavirus pandemic that’s dealt a body blow to the economy. State officials said Thursday that about 19,800 people filed for unemployment last week, down from more than 24,000 the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah launched a new cell phone app Wednesday to track coronavirus symptoms and identify people who may have been exposed, known as contact tracing. The state has contract worth up to a $2.75 million with the social-media company Twenty, which built an app called “Healthy […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State officials say Utah will buy 200,000 treatments of malaria drugs widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors that the medications shouldn’t be used until more testing is done. Utah Department of Health spokesman Tom Hudachko said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state health officials say all but one of Utah’s 28 confirmed coronavirus deaths have been people over the age of 55. That breakdown mirrors national trends. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show more than nine in 10 of the 15,000 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man was arrested after police say he threatened a civil war if Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall refused to lift the city’s lockdown. Marlin Richard Baer was arrested Friday on suspicion of making a terrorist threat and electronic communication harassment. He was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least 27 people in Utah have died and over 3,000 have tested positive for the coronavirus. Sunday’s figures from state health officials come a day after about a thousand people violated a Salt Lake City health order by rallying against social distancing and business […]
